Opinion polling on Taiwanese identity

This page lists public opinion polls conducted in relation to the issue of Taiwanese identity.

Date(s)	Sample size					Lead
Date(s)	Sample size	Taiwanese (臺灣人)	Chinese (中國人)	Both	No response / Do not know	Lead
December 2025^[1]	14985	62.0%	2.5%	31.7%	3.8%	30.3%
June 2025^[1]	5996	62.9%	2.3%	30.5%	4.3%	32.4%
December 2024^[1]	16442	63.4%	2.4%	31.0%	3.2%	32.4%
December 2023^[1]	14933	61.7%	2.4%	32.0%	3.9%	29.7%
December 2022^[1]	12173	63.3%	2.5%	30.6%	3.6%	32.7%
December 2021^[1]	12026	62.3%	2.8%	31.7%	3.2%	30.6%
December 2020^[1]	11490	64.3%	2.6%	29.9%	3.2%	34.4%
December 2019^[1]	16276	58.5%	3.3%	34.7%	3.5%	23.8%
December 2018^[1]	9490	54.5%	3.6%	38.2%	3.7%	16.3%
December 2017^[1]	13455	55.5%	3.7%	37.0%	3.7%	18.5%
December 2016^[1]	11490	59.5%	3.3%	33.3%	4.0%	26.2%
December 2015^[1]	22509	59.5%	3.3%	33.3%	4.0%	26.2%
December 2014^[1]	20009	60.6%	3.5%	32.5%	3.5%	28.1%
December 2013^[1]	13359	57.1%	3.8%	35.8%	3.3%	21.3%
December 2012^[1]	18011	54.3%	3.6%	38.5%	3.6%	15.8%
December 2011^[1]	23779	52.2%	3.9%	40.3%	3.7%	11.9%
December 2010^[1]	13163	52.7%	3.7%	39.8%	3.8%	12.9%
December 2009^[1]	20244	51.6%	4.2%	39.8%	4.4%	11.8%
December 2008^[1]	16280	48.4%	4.0%	43.1%	4.5%	5.2%
December 2007^[1]	13910	43.7%	5.4%	44.7%	6.2%	1.0%
December 2006^[1]	13193	44.2%	6.3%	44.9%	4.6%	0.7%
December 2005^[1]	7939	45.0%	7.2%	43.4%	4.4%	1.6%
December 2004^[1]	34854	41.1%	6.2%	47.7%	5.0%	6.6%
December 2003^[1]	14247	42.5%	8.3%	43.3%	5.9%	0.8%
December 2002^[1]	10003	41.2%	9.2%	43.7%	5.8%	2.5%
December 2001^[1]	10679	41.6%	10.6%	43.1%	4.7%	1.5%
December 2000^[1]	11062	36.9%	12.5%	44.1%	6.5%	7.2%
December 1999^[1]	9273	39.6%	16.3%	42.5%	5.8%	2.9%
December 1998^[1]	14063	36.2%	16.3%	39.6%	7.8%	3.4%
December 1997^[1]	3910	34.0%	19.2%	41.4%	5.3%	7.4%
December 1996^[1]	10666	24.1%	17.6%	49.3%	9.0%	25.2%
December 1995^[1]	21402	25.0%	20.7%	47.0%	7.3%	22.0%
December 1994^[1]	1209	20.2%	26.2%	44.6%	8.9%	18.4%
December 1992^[1]	4120	17.6%	25.5%	46.4%	10.5%	7.9%

Date(s)	Pollster/client	Sample size					Lead
Date(s)	Pollster/client	Sample size	Taiwanese (臺灣人)	Chinese (中國人)	Both	No response / Do not know	Lead
March 14, 2023	Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation^[2]	1073	78.0%	7.7%	9.1%	5.2%	68.9%
April 19, 2022	Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation^[3]	1071	80.1%	5.3%	10.2%	4.4%	69.9%
July 21, 2021	Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation^[4]	1072	76.8%	7.5%	11.3%	4.4%	65.5%
February 25, 2020	Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation^[5]	1097	83.2%	5.3%	6.7%	4.8%	76.5%
November 24, 2019	CommonWealth Magazine^[6]	1073	61.9%	6.5%	28.3%	3.3%	33.6%
December 15, 2009	CommonWealth Magazine^[7]	--	62%	8%	22%	8%	40.2%
March 11, 2009	TVBS^[8]	1113	49%	3%	44%	4%	5%
June 9, 2008	TVBS^[9]	1015	45%	4%	45%	6%	0%

Date(s)	Polling organisation/client	Sample size				Lead
Date(s)	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Taiwanese	Chinese	No response / Do not know	Lead
February 5, 2015	Taiwan Braintrust^[10]	1079	89.5%	6.0%	5.5%	83.5%
June 9, 2008	TVBS^[9]	1015	68%	18%	14%	50%

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Conflicts	Chinese Civil War Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan Guanbi policy First Taiwan Strait Crisis Project National Glory Battle of Dong-Yin Battle of Dongshan Battle of East Chongwu Second Taiwan Strait Crisis Third Taiwan Strait Crisis Senkaku Islands Dispute Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis August 2022 April 2023 August 2023 May 2024 October 2024 December 2024 April 2025 December 2025
Incidents	Capture of the Tuapse Kashmir Princess United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations CAAC Flight 296 China Airlines Flight 334 1987 Lieyu massacre Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident Min Ping Yu No. 5202 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions White Paper on the Taiwan Question Qiandao Lake incident Tzuyu Incident Sunflower Student Movement Braga incident Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement Wang Liqiang Freedom pineapples 2021 Solomon Islands unrest 2024 Kinmen Chinese motorboat capsizing incident Liu Zhenya incident 2025–2026 China–Japan diplomatic crisis
Legislation	Cross-Strait Act Anti-Secession Law Anti-Infiltration Act Guidelines on Imposing Criminal Punishments on Diehard "Taiwan independence" Separatists for Conducting or Inciting Secession
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