1. PopulationTaiwan

   Taiwan: the UN expects the population to shrink by 57% by 2100

   23.3M in 2023; 10M in 2100 in the UN's medium variant. Between 4.46M and 18.8M with 95% probability. A calculation under assumptions about fertility and migration, not a certainty.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• 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

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