OBJECTIVES: To estimate the annual incidence of lymphoma in Taiwan population. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using 1998-2012 Taiwan National Cancer Registry. Patients with the following 4 different types of lymphoma were identified: Hodgkin’s lymphoma, aggressive or indolent B-cell lymphoid neoplasm, and T/NK-cell lymphoid neoplasm. Annual incidence was reported per 100,000 individuals as crude rate and age-standardized rate. Sex-specific incidence and age of diagnosis were also reported. RESULTS: The crude incidence rate of aggressive B-cell lymphoma was highest among all 4 lymphoma types, which was 2.02 per 100,000 persons in 1998 and surged to 5.68 per 100,000 persons in 2012. Indolent B-cell lymphoma were less frequently occurred (crude incidence rate 0.66 per 100,000 persons in 1998 and 2.13 per 100,000 persons in 2012), followed by T/NK-cell lymphoma (crude incidence rate 0.34 per 100,000 persons in 1998 and 1.63 per 100,000 persons in 2012). As other countries, the incidence rate of Hodgkin’s lymphoma was much lower than non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (crude incidence rate 0.38 per 100,000 persons in 1998 and 0.75 per 100,000 persons in 2012). The incidence trends during 1998-2012 were similar among men and women. However, the incidences of most lymphoma were higher in males then in females, especially for T/NK-cell lymphoma. Besides, Hodgkin’s lymphoma tended to occur at a younger age of life than non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. CONCLUSIONS: The incidences of all 4 types of lymphoma yielded increasing trends during 1998-2012 among Taiwanese population and aggressive B-cell lymphoid neoplasms increased fastest.