The following is a list of counties under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by population density. The data was calculated based on population and area data sourced from the individual county entries at the . All units are in persons per square kilometer. Rank County name Chinese name Pop'l density1 Taipei County 台北縣 17962 Taoyuan County 桃園縣 15003 Changhua County 彰化縣 12254 Taichung County 台中縣 7425 Lienchiang County 連江縣 686¹6 Penghu County 澎湖縣 6567 Yunlin County 雲林縣 5728 Tainan County 台南縣 5499 Kaohsiung County 高雄縣 44310 Kinmen County 金門縣 40311 Pingtung County 屏東縣 32512 Hsinchu County 新竹縣 32313 Miaoli County 苗栗縣 30814 Chiayi County 嘉義縣 29415 Yilan County 宜蘭縣 21616 Nantou County 南投縣 13117 Hualien County 花蓮縣 7618 Taitung County 台東縣 69 Source: [wikipedia: list of taiwanese counties by population density]