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Taiwan's Fertility Rate Plummets, Population Crisis Looms

4/5/2026

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Taiwan faces a demographic crisis as the fertility rate fell to 0.695 in 2025 and marriages dropped.
Births totaled about 107,000, far below 400,000 births in the 1970s–1980s.
The average age at first marriage is 33.1 for men and 31.1 for women.
With 20% of residents aged 65 or older, the population could fall below 12 million by 2065.

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Story summary

Taiwan faces a demographic crisis as the fertility rate fell to 0.695 in 2025 and marriages dropped.
Births totaled about 107,000, far below 400,000 births in the 1970s–1980s.
The average age at first marriage is 33.1 for men and 31.1 for women.
With 20% of residents aged 65 or older, the population could fall below 12 million by 2065.