Taipei shrinks as population growth hits low | taipei population 2018
Taiwan’spopulationlastyeargrewatitsslowestpaceinrecordedhistory,risingonlyslightlytoreach23.571millionpeople,theMinistryoftheInteriorsaidyesterday. ThenumberofpeoplewithhouseholdregistrationsinTaiwanroseby31,000fromtheendof2016totheendoflastyear,a0.133percentincrease,ministrydatashowed. Thenation’spopulationgrowth,likethatofmostdevelopedcountries,hasbeenonthedecline,andthedrophasbeenespeciallynoticeableinrecentyears.Taiwannowhasoneofthelowestbirthratesintheworld. In1951,theannual...
Taiwan’s population last year grew at its slowest pace in recorded history, rising only slightly to reach 23.571 million people, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday.
The number of people with household registrations in Taiwan rose by 31,000 from the end of 2016 to the end of last year, a 0.133 percent increase, ministry data showed.
The nation’s population growth, like that of most developed countries, has been on the decline, and the drop has been especially noticeable in recent years. Taiwan now has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.
In 1951, the annual population growth rate was 4.168 percent, but by 1984 it had dropped to 1.483 percent.
The National Development Council said Taiwan’s population is to peak at 23.741 million in 2024, after which it is to stop growing and begin to decline.
Previous studies by the council ...