According to statistics released by Taiwan’s interior ministry, the country’s population has declined for the eighth consecutive month. The total population by the end of August was 23,406,608 people.
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00:00Taiwan's population has shrunk for the eighth month in a row. Interior Ministry data shows
00:06the 11,000 babies born in August were not enough to replace the 16,000 people who died
00:11that month. Taiwan's population has declined nearly 18,000 people since December 2023,
00:18now at just over 23.4 million people. It continues the slow but steady trend over the year. Adding
00:25to Taiwan's population troubles are predictions that the country will become a super-age society
00:29by 2025. That means more than 20 percent of the population will be over 65 years old.