2023-07-22 10:55:00
International Center / Reported by Lin Ruien
▲Taiwan’s birth rate is predicted to be the lowest in the world. (Schematic diagram / flipped from Pixabay gallery)
The trend of young people in Taiwan not getting married or having children has accelerated the phenomenon of declining birthrates. The government has also offered various policies and benefits. A netizen on PTT today (22) discovered that Taiwan seems to be the last place in the CIA’s global fertility forecast.
I actually consulted the “List of Fertility Rates by Countries and Regions” on Wikipedia, which conducts statistics on 227 countries and regions around the world. Unexpectedly, Taiwan’s predicted birth rate in 2023 is the bottom in the world, and the latest figure is only 1.09.
In addition to Taiwan, the top Asian countries accounted for a lot, including South Korea ranked second from the bottom with 1.11, Singapore ranked third from the bottom with 1.17, Macau and Hong Kong both ranked 1.23 and ranked fourth from the bottom; Japan, which is also suffering from declining birth rate and aging population, ranked 12th from the bottom with 1.39.
Conversely, the top ten countries with the highest estimated fertility rates in the world are almost all African countries, with Niger ranking first at 6.73 and Angola ranking second at 5.76.
According to Wikipedia, the fertility rate refers to the total number of children born to a woman of childbearing age under ideal conditions. Countries with high fertility rates are mostly least developed countries, and most of them are located in sub-Saharan Africa, while countries with low fertility rates are mostly developed countries and richer developing countries.
Relevant data appeared on the gossip version of the hot article, many netizens left a message saying “no surprise”, and some even complained regarding “how the world can keep up with Taiwan” and “we did it together!”.
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