According to data released by the Taiwan authorities on Friday, the birth intention in Taiwan has fallen below that of South Korea, setting a global low record. The crude birth rate dropped sharply from 5.76 per thousand people in 2024 to 4.62 per thousand people last year, and the total fertility rate may have fallen below 0.8. Previously, Taiwan's total fertility rate (the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime) was the second lowest in the world. Meanwhile, South Korea's total fertility rate has rebounded since 2023, rising from 0.72 to between 0.82 and 0.85 last year, with an estimated crude birth rate of 6.7 per thousand people. Japan's crude birth rate is expected to have fallen below 6 per thousand people last year, but it remains higher than 5 per thousand people.
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