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Taiwan Becomes ‘Super-Aged Society’ in 2025, Data Shows
Taiwan's 20.06% elderly population in 2025 marks a super-aged society amid ongoing population decline and record-low births, government data showed.
- On Jan 9, the Interior Ministry reported Taiwan's population at 23,299,132, with 4,673,155 aged 65 or older, making it a super-aged society under WHO criteria.
- Only 9,027 newborns were recorded in December 2025, down 27% year-on-year, with annual newborn total of 107,812 as demographers cite later marriage and smaller families.
- Other counties showed that Taipei, special municipality, had 24.18%, Kaohsiung 20.79%, Tainan 20.48%, while Hsinchu County was lowest at 15.08.
- The government proposed last month to expand assisted reproduction access for single women and married same-sex female couples as marriages fell to 104,376 and divorces numbered 52,101 in 2025.
- Meeting World Health Organization criteria means Taiwan qualifies as a super-aged society with 20 percent elderly, while MOI data show a 101,088 population decline from 2024, continuing a trend since 2020.
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TAIPEI: Taiwan has become a "super-aged society" for the first time, with 20 per cent of its shrinking population aged 65 or older in 2025, government data showed on Friday (Jan 9).The island of more than 23 million people faces a
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Taiwan becomes a super-aged society
Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) Taiwan has officially become a "super-aged society" under United Nations criteria, with people aged 65 and older now accounting for more than 20 percent of the population, according to statistics released by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on Friday.
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