Taiwan becomes 'super-aged society' in a first
AFP | Taipei
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Taiwan has become a "super-aged society" for the first time, with 20% of its shrinking population aged 65 or older in 2025, government data showed yesterday.
The island of more than 23 million people faces a looming demographic challenge, with its population falling overall as well as ageing. There were 4,673,155 people aged 65 or older in Taiwan in 2025, or 20.06% of the population, according to the interior ministry.
That means it met the World Health Organization's criteria for a super-aged society, with one in every five citizens aged 65 or more.
The number of people aged 0-14 accounted for 11.51% of the population, the ministry's data showed. Only 9,027 newborns were recorded in December 2025, a decrease of 27% from a year earlier, with the total number of newborns last year hitting a record low of 107,812.
The crude birth rate, based on the number of childbirths per 1,000 people each year, came in at 4.56 last month. The government proposed last month expanding access to assisted reproduction for single women and married same-sex female couples in a bid to boost birth rates.
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