Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/27
By: Liu Lee-jung and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) Taiwan’s population grew at its slowest pace in recorded history in 2017, rising only slightly to reach 23.571 million people, according to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on Saturday.

Data from the MOI showed the number of people with household registration in Taiwan rose by 31,000 from the end of 2016 to the end of 2017, a 0.133 percent growth that was the lowest annual increase since the country began recording such statistics.

Taiwan’s population growth, like that of most developed countries, has been on the decline, and the drop has been especially noticeable in recent years. It now has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.

Whereas the annual growth rate in 1951 was 4.168 percent, it dropped to 1.483 percent by 1984 and 0.133 percent in 2017.    [FULL  STORY]