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CIA estimates Taiwan s fertility rate to be world s lowest
Taiwan s total fertility rate, or births per woman, will be the lowest in the world in 2021, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency says in latest estimation.
Its statistics published online show that among the 227 countries and regions, Taiwan ranks last at 1.07 children per woman, far below the 2.1 replacement rate needed to maintain the population. People form a line at a polling station in New Taipei City on Jan. 11, 2020, to vote in Taiwan s presidential and legislative elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The bottom five countries or regions are all in Asia, with estimated fertility rates under 1.23. They are Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Japan ranks No. 10 from the bottom with an estimated fertility rate of 1.38
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