Year begins with negative growth

THE NEW NORMAL? The nation as of last month had 23.6 million people — up 10,899 people from a year earlier, but down 3,362 from January, statistics showed

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 15, 2020
By: Huang Hsin-po and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Nurses at Hungchi Women and Children’s Hospital in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District pose with babies that were born on New Year’s Day.
Photo: Lee Jung-ping, Taipei Times

The nation’s population could be entering negative growth, the Ministry of the Interior has said, citing the 26,046 people born and 30,884 who died in the first two months of this year.

Last month, there were 13,536 births, or about one birth every 3.1 minutes, and 16,211 deaths, or one death every 2.6 minutes, statistics released on Tuesday showed.

The nation as of last month had 23.6 million people — up 10,899 people from a year earlier, but down 3,362 from January, the statistics showed.    [FULL  STORY]

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