In the past 12 years, the number of net emigrations from Taipei City is equivalent to the total population of Chiayi City

From 2015 to the first nine months of 2026, Taipei City’s net population emigration has accumulated to nearly 300,000 people, or about 294,000 people. (Photo by reporter Xu Yiping)

[Reporter Xu Yiping/Taipei Report] Looking at the monthly statistical report of the Ministry of the Interior and the registration statistics of current residents in Taipei City in the past 12 years, from 2015 to the first nine months of 2026, the number of net out-migration of Taipei City’s population has accumulated to nearly 300,000, or about 294,000, which is equivalent to the loss of nearly one Chiayi City’s total population.

Real estate industry players pointed out that observing the migration changes of Taipei City's current population over the years, since the net population migration in 2015, except for 2023 after the epidemic ended, people whose household registrations were moved out because they had not entered the country for more than 2 years applied to restore their household registrations, which led to a net migration of more than 35,500 people in Taipei City that year. The other 11 years have shown net population migration, which means continued population loss.

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Huang Shuwei, director of the Real Estate Owner Representative Service Department of Colliers International, said that if we look at the trend of the out-migration population in Taipei City's 12 administrative districts, Da'an District has always ranked first in terms of the proportion of out-migration population. About 18,000 people move out every year, accounting for 13.5% of the city's e-migrant population. It is far ahead of the second place Neihu with 9.7% and the third place Zhongshan District with 9.6%.

Relatively speaking, Nangang and Datong have the smallest number of residents who have moved out, mainly because they have the smallest registered population. Further comparing the registered population with the proportion of the emigrated population, Zhongzheng District has the highest emigration rate, followed by Daan, Zhongshan, and Songshan, all of which are egg yolk districts. This means that the base period of housing prices is high, and there is an obvious trend of overflow of rigid demand such as first purchase and house replacement. Taking advantage of their purchasing power and price perception, these out-migration buyers have also become a rail economy, igniting housing prices in Jin District, New Taipei City, and Taoyuan City.

Small mark: Housing prices in Beijing City are high and the houses are old.

He Shichang, CEO of Xinchuan Real Estate Think Tank, pointed out that Taipei City’s population continues to emigrate due to high housing prices. From a social structural perspective, Taipei City’s elderly population ratio is too high, which is detrimental to urban development and will increase social welfare burdens. But in fact, although the registered population in Beicheng has been lost, the floating population may still be huge, and the impact of the increase or decrease in the registered population on the overall development is not obvious.

The out-migration of the population in Taipei City is mainly related to the increase in job opportunities in other areas, and the high density and completeness of the Taipei MRT network system. Zeng Jingde, project manager of the Xinyi Housing Real Estate Enterprise Research Office, said that the housing prices in Taipei City are relatively high and the houses are old, which is related to some people looking for housing outside the MRT. However, the population change of household registration does not mean actual relocation. It is more accurate to look at telecommunications data. #

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