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Table 12-1 International Comparisons-Population

Population
Crude birth rate Crude death rate Natural increase rate Total fertility rate Dependency Ratio
Country
2023 2023 2023 2023 2023
‰ ‰ ‰ Per woman *
R.O.C.(Taiwan) 6 9 -3 0.9 43
Japan 6 13 -7 1.3 68
Republic of Korea 5 7 -2 0.8 43
United States 11 10 1 1.7 54
Canada 9 8 1 1.4 52
United Kingdom 10 10 0 1.5 56
Germany 9 13 -4 1.5 57
France 11 10 1 1.8 63
Australia 11 7 4 1.6 54
New Zealand 11 7 4 1.6 54
Data source: Ministry of the Interior and 2023 World Population Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau
Notes: 1. International data is expressed in western calendar.
2. * Dependency ratio refers to the number of dependents (aged 0-14 and 65 and over) raised by per 100 persons in working age (15-64).
3. Data in this table is the data in the recent year of each country.

Table 12-2 International Comparisons- Life Expectancy and Mortality Rate

Life expectancy and mortality rate
Life expectancy at birth
Neonatal mortality rate
Country Total Population Male Female
2022 2022 2022 2022
Years Years Years Per 1,000 live births
R.O.C.(Taiwan) 79.8 76.6 83.3 2.8
Japan 84.1 81.1 87.1 0.8
Republic of Korea 83.6 80.6 86.6 1.3
United States 76.4 73.5 79.3 3.6
Canada 81.6 79.3 84.0 3.5
United Kingdom 80.4 78.4 82.4 2.9
Germany 80.7 78.3 83.0 2.3
France 82.3 79.3 85.1 2.8
Australia 83.2 81.2 85.3 2.3
New Zealand 82.3 80.5 84.0 3.0
Data source: Ministry of Interior, Department of Statistics, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan), OECD Health Statistics
Note: Data in this table is the data in the recent year of each country.

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