USDTWD.ai Taiwan Macro Atlas

Taiwan Indigenous Groups, 2026

Amis, Paiwan and Atayal make up about 72.6% of listed group totals.

Demographics
Taiwan Indigenous Groups, 2026: Amis, Paiwan and Atayal make up about 72.6% of listed group totals.

What the Data Shows

Taiwan’s recognized Indigenous population is small nationally but internally diverse. CIP lists sixteen recognized peoples, with Amis, Paiwan and Atayal making up about 72.6% of the displayed group totals. The distribution shows why a single Indigenous-population share hides large differences in group scale.

Data table

Amis 37.8%
Paiwan 18.4%
Atayal 16.5%
Bunun 10.5%
Truku 5.9%
Other groups 10.9%
Recognized groups 627.9k

Data notes & caveats

CIP group totals sum to 627,905 in the accessed page. IWGIA reports 629,456 officially recognized Indigenous people, or 2.7% of Taiwan’s population, at end-2025 based on MOI data; not-yet-declared or timing differences may explain the gap.

Methodology

Uses current group totals from the Council of Indigenous Peoples website. Shares are calculated from the sum of the sixteen recognized group counts displayed on the CIP page; the residual combines the smaller listed groups.