Taiwan's population fell for first time in 2020

[Mista]

TAIWAN (AFP) - Taiwan's population shrank for the first time ever in 2020, government data showed on Friday (Jan 8), as the island faces a burgeoning demographic crisis similar to that affecting South Korea and Japan.

Births last year plunged to 165,000, down 7 per cent from 2019. Deaths also overtook births for the first time, pushing the island's overall population down 0.2 per cent to 23.56 million, the interior ministry said.

Taiwan's birth rate has been falling continuously since 2000, a period where wages have remained stubbornly stagnant.

Demographers say Taiwanese women are increasingly getting married at an older age, opting for smaller families or choosing to stay single.

Rising living expenses and insufficient childcare support have also forced some working women to postpone plans to enter motherhood.

The rapidly ageing population has sparked concerns the island's economy will suffer from a declining workforce.

The previous record low was 166,000 babies born in 2010 - the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac, when births typically fall because of many taboos associated with the sign.

The Year of the Dragon - next due in 2024 - is considered the most auspicious in the Chinese zodiac and usually sees a spike in births.

In 2019, Taiwan's birth rate was the second-lowest in the world after South Korea, where the population also fell for the first time in 2020.

Experts say there are multiple causes for the phenomenon in South Korea, including the expense of child-rearing and soaring property prices, coupled with a notoriously competitive society that makes well-paid jobs hard to get.

Japan first registered a population decline back in 2011.

Some countries are bracing for a spike in annual deaths for 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Taiwan is one of the few places to have successfully halted the virus and kept it away with just eight recorded deaths and 825 infections.

The number of deaths Taiwan recorded in 2020 was 173,156, a 1.8 per cent drop from a year earlier.

Taiwan's population fell for first time in 2020

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In 2019, Taiwan's birth rate was the second-lowest in the world after South Korea, where the population also fell for the first time in 2020.

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[Place Of Space]

It's enough labor force a tiny province has 23 m population.

 

[Ray02589]

It's enough labor force a tiny province has 23 m population.

A falling birth rate decreases not just the population, but also increases the elderly portion of the population. This reduces economic vitality (as more worker and state resources are put into elderly care instead of R&D and exports) and worker mobility (as more workers are tied down to care for or be near elderly relatives). There's a reason wealthy countries provide a level of state-supported care for the elderly that they don't provide for the working-age population: to encourage the able-bodied to work as much as they can, and move where the jobs are.

 

[casual]

In a future where automation takes over, humans will become negative value.

 

[AUz]

The smartest person (in terms of computational/mathematical abilities) I ever met in my life was a Taiwanese housemate of mine in first year of university. He would study hours and hours and hours----would not go to any parties, and would not socialize at all. Had a very small circle of friends.

One time, a group of us students (at a top 1% university of the US, mind you. So intelligent kids) were trying to solve this Calculus problem together. Literally took us 50 minute+ but we weren't able to make the breakthrough. One girl in the group said lets involve ***** (My Taiwanese housemate who studied alone always). We knocked his room and requested him to give his insight. I kid you not. He solved the entire question correctly in 11 seconds (we timed it).

He graduated with a 4 year electrical engineering degree in just 2.5 years!!! As I said, he was literally the smartest person I've known in my life.

I wonder where he is now.

 

[Oracle]

People are scared to have babies during pandemic.

Mother life gets in great danger if she gets coronavirus

 

[Mista]

The smartest person (in terms of computational/mathematical abilities) I ever met in my life was a Taiwanese housemate of mine in first year of university. He would study hours and hours and hours----would not go to any parties, and would not socialize at all. Had a very small circle of friends.

One time, a group of us students (at a top 1% university of the US, mind you. So intelligent kids) were trying to solve this Calculus problem together. Literally took us 50 minute+ but we weren't able to make the breakthrough. One girl in the group said lets involve ***** (My Taiwanese housemate who studied alone always). We knocked his room and requested him to give his insight. I kid you not. He solved the entire question correctly in 11 seconds (we timed it).

He graduated with a 4 year electrical engineering degree in just 2.5 years!!! As I said, he was literally the smartest person I've known in my life.

I wonder where he is now.

That's not just intelligent, but also passionate.

 

[Song Hong]

Imagine if an entire 1.4 billion nation or1.8 billion East Asians work like this guy (though most will not have his talent).

The only exception is Singapore. GoS is telling Singaporean students not to study and be lazy. Then GoS give jobs to foreigners,

That's not just intelligent, but also passionate.

The smartest person (in terms of computational/mathematical abilities) I ever met in my life was a Taiwanese housemate of mine in first year of university. He would study hours and hours and hours----would not go to any parties, and would not socialize at all. Had a very small circle of friends.

One time, a group of us students (at a top 1% university of the US, mind you. So intelligent kids) were trying to solve this Calculus problem together. Literally took us 50 minute+ but we weren't able to make the breakthrough. One girl in the group said lets involve ***** (My Taiwanese housemate who studied alone always). We knocked his room and requested him to give his insight. I kid you not. He solved the entire question correctly in 11 seconds (we timed it).

He graduated with a 4 year electrical engineering degree in just 2.5 years!!! As I said, he was literally the smartest person I've known in my life.

I wonder where he is now.

 

[S10]

I think boosting birth rate should be one of the metrics for CCP officials in the future. A population replacement rate of 2.11 should be the target to avoid aging population and the associated economical and social problems with that.

This needs to be a priority. One Child Policy went on 15 years longer than it should have.

 

[shanlung]

Imagine if an entire 1.4 billion nation or1.8 billion East Asians work like this guy (though most will not have his talent).

The only exception is Singapore. GoS is telling Singaporean students not to study and be lazy. Then GoS give jobs to foreigners,

To CECA cockroaches who graduate with flying colors from their skools and institutions.
And higher degrees from South Pacific University .
They all gain priority over that of Singaporeans.

But Singaporeans getting what they deserved.
Nothing more
Nothing less
For voting in PAP despite all that they know what that regime represented