Demographics

Taichung City population by year (as provincial city) 1949 192,889 1985 674,936 1995 853,221 2000 965,790 2005 1,032,778 2010 1,082,163 Taichung County population by year 1990 1,285,029 1995 1,378,000 2000 1,510,480 2009 1,562,162

Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city (50.97%) than males. 24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly. According to Ministry of Interior statistics, the fertility rate in Taichung City in 2007 was 1.165 for each woman.

Educational Attainment

According to the Ministry of Interior, there are 846,863 residents over the age of 15. Of these, educational attainment is as follows: graduate degrees - 33,371 (3.9%); university or college degrees - 136,076 (16.1%); junior college degrees - 122,442 (14.5%); senior high school - 55,432 (6.5%); vocational high school - 168,349 (19.9%); junior high school - 78,729 (9.3%); junior vocational school - 1,949 (0.2%); primary school - 80,004 (9,4%). The official literacy rate for the city is 99.04%.