The World has a New Lowest Birth Rate Country: Taiwan at 0.72
https://www.newsweek.com/world-has-new-lowest-birth-rate-11343356
The World has a New Lowest Birth Rate Country: Taiwan at 0.72
https://www.newsweek.com/world-has-new-lowest-birth-rate-11343356
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Keep going ladies!, Let these neo-capitalists die amid the ashes of their ponzi scheme of unbridled greed and inequality.
Submission Statement:
Taiwan’s fertility rate in 2025 is expected to be a world record low 0.72 in 2025. This is based on monthly data reported by the Ministry of the Interior last year. This makes Taiwan the least fertile country in the world, overtaking South Korea for the number 1 ranking. Do note that South Korea also achieved this 0.72 record low number in 2023, but has seen a slight increase since that year.
Births in Taiwan fell for the 10th consecutive year, with 107,812 newborns in 2025. This is down a massive 20 percent from the 2024 number. Moreover, it is the lowest number ever seen since the ministry first started keeping such statistics.
At the same time, the share of people aged 65 and older in Taiwan’s population of 23 million has now reached 20 percent. This makes the country a “super-aged society” under United Nations definitions. Joining Japan and South Korea for that honor.
Not surprised considering their soul crushing work culture.
My partner is Taiwanese, we’re expecting our second…I’m doing my part!
There’s a reason why the 4B movement is so popular in Taiwan, given how misogynistic Taiwanese men can be.
That means, their population will decrease by two-thirds in a lifetime.
I know too little about Taiwan, work culture, how parents are supported, etc. I heard the work culture is better than Japan and Korea – how are the bullying levels? What are the reasons to not have kids?
I have not known of any era in human history when having kids was an unaffordable luxury. It tells a lot about how bad the world economy actually is.
Friend of mine worked in Japan, in Japanese, for 10 years.
Had 2 children there.
Told me beyond birth rate, it’s the whole Japanese society that forgot how to raise children.
Luxury magnificent empty neighborhood playground is unusable as nearby elderly residents complain immediately as soon as they hear a single child scream.
It seems a society can actually forget children exist, matter and are part of it…
Same reasons many developed nations are choosing to not have children.
Things are expensive.
Was in Taiwan last week and saw so many prams.
They were prams for dogs and cats. It was actually so visible that you immediately realise there’s a fertility crisis because you see way more pet prams and shops for pets than shops for baby items.
My cousin is forgoing a wedding and just registering his marriage. He said that you no longer can make a profit in weddings. Yes, that’s a thing. Due to all the red packets we get at weddings, you can usually make a profit at weddings and the new couple can start a new life together. My brother made a profit at his wedding but that’s more than 10 years ago.
Can’t do that now. He told me a table of 10 costs 30K NTD these days. That’s about 3000NTD per person. (Do your own conversions). And most people would not be giving you 3K NTD cause….too expensive.
So he’s just skipping it. That and I’m pretty sure he’s child free just too scared to say it out loud. His parents won’t approve. He and his fiancee has a “dog daughter” (their words).
Out of 8 first cousins I have in Taiwan, 5 are married/have long term partners and only one of them have one child. And that’s after severe pressure from the parents. 3 have said they’re childfree.
My brother is also one and done cause he said it’s too expensive to raise more.
I’m sure people would have more if they could but s*** is just expensive.
Im from TW. Have two female cousins that are very close and basically like sisters. Both are unmarried in their late 30s/early 40s. The younger one lives with her parents, while the older one works in Japan, and both have no relationships or ever been in a serious one afaik.