Statistics of the Taipei City Government reveal that in 1968, when the city became a special municipality directly under the central government, the population was 1.6 million.
台北市政府統計資料顯示，民國五十七年、台北市改制為院轄市時，全市人口為一百六十萬人；到了六十三年則突破兩百萬人；至今日近三百萬人。