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                      The dependency ratio [(population aged 0-14   population aged 15-64 x 100] from 49.4 to 17.2, and
                  + population aged 65 and above) / population aged   the steady increase in the old-age dependency ratio
                  15- 64 x 100] fell from 56.3 in 1981 to 42.2 in 2022.   [population aged 65 and above/population aged 15-64
                  This was primarily due to the rapid decrease in the   x 100] from 6.9 to 25 (Figure 2-3).
                  young-age dependency ratio [population aged 0-14 /


                    Figure 2-3   Population Age Structure and Dependency Ratio, by Year
                                 Population                                                        Dependency
                                 (10,000 people)                                                         ratio
                                 2,500                                                                   70
                                                                                 311   327   394
                                                                      229  253                     409
                                        56.3  52.1              197                                      60
                                 2,000        103   135   169
                      65 years &        80         49.0                                                  50
                      Above             49.4  44.1       44.9
                                                               42.1                          41.3  42.2
                      15-64  years  1,500          39.2              39.1              37.0              40
                                                         1,485             35.1  36.1
                      0-14 years                               1,577
                                       1,164  1,282  1,383           1,644             1,721  1,655  1,636
                                                         33.5                                            30
                      Young-age   1,000                        29.6  25.2  1,719  1,729            25.0
                      dependency                                           20.4              23.8
                      ratio                                                      18.0  19.0
                                                                                             17.5  17.2  20
                                                                     13.9  14.7  18.2  18.0
                      Old-age     500               9.7  11.4  12.5
                      dependency        6.9   8.0                                                        10
                      ratio
                      Dependency        575   566   543   498   466   415  350   314   309   289   282
                      ratio         0                                                                    0
                                       1981  1986  1991  1996  2001  2006  2011  2016  2017  2021  2022
                  Source: Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
                      Source: Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
                  Section 2 Birth and Death
                      With the evolving social and economic landscape,   proportion of elderly population, rose from 5‰ in
                  the fertility rate among the population of Taiwan has   the 1980s to 8.98‰ in 2022. As a result, the natural
                  been on a long-germ decline. The crude birth rate (births/  population growth rate (crude birth rate minus crude
                  mid-year population x 1,000) fell from over 20‰ in the   mortality rate), has decreased from over 10‰ in the
                  early 1980s to below 10‰ in 2000s, and to 6.0‰ in   1980s to about 0.1‰ in 2019 and -0.3‰ in 2020, the
                  2022. Conversely, the crude mortality rate (deaths/mid-  first time the population experienced negative growth. In
                  year population x 1,000), influenced by the increasing   2022, the rate was -2.9‰, as show in Figure 2-4.


                    Figure 2-4   Crude Birth Rate, Crude Death Rate, and Rate of Natural Increase, by Year
                        ‰
                        25

                        20
                                                 Crude Birth Rate
                        15

                                   Rate of Natural Increase
                        10                                                                        8.9
                                                                                                  6.0
                         5
                                                 Crude Death Rate
                         0
                         1981              1991             2001             2011              2022

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