Presently supporting a population of 2.4 million, Taipei has come a long way, in a brief span of time, from the days when it was designed to accommodate a maximum of 600,000 residents.
台北城原僅擬容納六十萬人卅多年來，台北是「跳」著成長的。在民國卅八年底政府初來台時，台北僅有城中、建成、延平、大同、中山、松山、大安、古亭、雙園、龍山十區；民國五十六年改制為院轄市時，市區擴及內湖、南港、木柵、景美、士林與北投區，面積擴大了將近三倍。