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Rising incomes, improved living environment dense area was Taitung, at 60 people, followed by
and nutrition, advances in medicine and health care, Hualien, at 69 people.
and greater health awareness have led to a gradual
Section 1 Population Age Structure
increase in Taiwan's life expectancy. As baby boomers
The declining birth rate and the rising life
become older, and the birth rate declines, one must
expectancy at birth have reduced the proportion
pay greater attention to the health needs of an aging
population. The changing demographics may affect not of young population, and conversely increased the
only national health expenditure (NHE) and resource proportion of the elderlies. Between 2011 and 2022,
distributions, but also the rate of economic growth. the proportion of the population aged 0-14 dropped
In this section, we address these topics by examining from 15.1% to 12.1%, while the proportion of the
important health and welfare indicators, including population at 65 years old or over has exceeded 7.0%
population indicators, vital indicators, NHE, social as of 1993. Taiwan has entered a transitional phase
welfare indicators, and international comparisons. towards an aging society continuing to rise ever since.
The figure rose to 10.9% in 2011, rising to 14.6% in
Chapter 1 Population Indicators 2018 and we officially became an aged society. The

At the end of 2022, Taiwan had a registered percentage continued to rise to 17.6% in 2022 as
population of 23.27 million, a decrease of 4.71‰ shown in Figure 2-1.
from 2021. There were 11.5 million males, a decrease Regarding gender differences, females
of 6.91‰, and 11.77 million females, a decrease of accounted for a greater proportion of aging population
2.63‰. The sex ratio (the ratio of males to females in a than the males. In 2022, females accounted for
population) was 97.74. higher proportion 19.0% of elderlies than males which
At the end of 2022, there were 643 people per accounted for 16.1%. On the other hand, females
square kilometer, slightly less to the previous year. The accounted for lower proportion 11.5% of young
densest city was Taipei, at 9,127 people. The least population than males which accounted for 12.7%.

Figure 2-1 Population Age Structure

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Source: Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Source: Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

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