The Ministry of the Interior on Friday reported that Taiwan’s population last year decreased for the first time on record, with the number of deaths exceeding births by 7,907. Coupled with concerns about slowing growth in the nation’s labor force and productivity, and the effects of an aging society, this is causing an escalation of Taiwan’s demographic crisis. The government must seriously address the issue with effective measures, as it is a matter of national security.
Taiwan’s population shrank to 23.56 million as of the end of last year, a decline of 41,885, or 0.18 percent, from 2019, the lowest population