Taiwan: 75% fewer births than in 1962
The peak was 432k births in 1962; in 2025, 108k. Fertility (1962–2025): 5.54 → 0.70 children per woman.
Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →
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- Taiwan: an older population than France
- Taiwan: lower fertility than Japan
- Taiwan: fewer babies were born in 2025 than in any year since 1906
- Taiwan: 1.5 times as many people aged 65+ as children under 15
- Taiwan: more people now die than are born
- Taiwan: now 1.4 times as many foreign-born residents as natives living abroad