The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by population. Data is current as of June 2009 and was sourced from the Ministry of the Interior.

Rank	County name¹	Chinese name	Population		City name	Chinese name	Population
1	Taipei	台北縣	3,849,492		Taipei	台北市	2,616,520
2	Taoyuan	桃園縣	1,967,038		Kaohsiung	高雄市	1,526,420
3	Taichung	台中縣	1,559,178		Taichung	台中市	1,070,145
4	Changhua	彰化縣	1,312,165		Tainan	台南市	769,892
5	Kaohsiung	高雄縣	1,242,652		Hsinchu	新竹市	408,466
6	Tainan	台南縣	1,103,789		Keelung	基隆市	388,703
7	Pingtung	屏東縣	883,075		Chiayi	嘉義市	274,171
8	Yunlin	雲林縣	723,065
9	Miaoli	苗栗縣	560,581
10	Chiayi	嘉義縣	547,550
11	Nantou	南投縣	531,307
12	Hsinchu	新竹縣	506,546
13	Yilan	宜蘭縣	461,461
14	Hualien	花蓮縣	340,903
15	Taitung	台東縣	232,071
16	Penghu	澎湖縣	94,886
17	Kinmen	金門縣	89,471²
18	Lienchiang	連江縣	9,798²

Notes:
1. Only the cities of Taipei, Kaohsiung, province-administered cities and counties are listed. County-administered cities are excluded.
2. Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdictions of Fuchien Province of the Republic of China (not to be confused with the Fujian Province of the People's Republic of China). All other counties are part of the Taiwan Province.

[edit] See also

• List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area
• List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population density
• List of cities in the Republic of China

[edit] External links

• Taiwanese national bureau of statistics
• MOI Statistical information service