https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3620955 Curious if anyone has dug into the numbers (clearly the author of the linked article did not). Is the further decline in growth rate reported driven by less births or more deaths?

:melting_face: [image] Why NT$100K subsidies unlikely to boost Taiwan birth rates │ TVBS World Taiwan Taiwan’s birth rate dropped over 27% in Sept. 2025. Despite new subsidies and policies, skepticism remains about their impact. Experts highlight financial burdens. …

Chat GPT solved Taiwan population crisis in 58 seconds and a lot of people won’t like it :laughing: Context being that Taiwan had between 90,000 and 300,000 abortions in 2024. So, in summary, Taiwan can make a 5 year plan where heavy restrictions are placed on contraceptives and a an almost comple…

Just need a 1 day a year sex fest in an open air park… Everyone wears a face mask but nothing else.

[image] ppp: Just need a 1 day a year sex fest in an open air park… Everyone wears a face mask but nothing else. Haha maybe, but actually getting pregnant is not the issue, Taiwan has an abundance of pregnancies, it’s just that the conversion rate is low.

Why not just pair off all young people in arranged marriages to be immediately consummated after graduation from high school, with 4 year college or trade school deferments available. Infants conceived during the optimal fertility years of the late teens and early 20s are genetically healthier than …

[image] qbert: Think of your country. If we go in this direction, we may need parallel campaigns: a) Lie back and think of Taiwan. b) Lie back and be proud you’re Chinese ! Guy

Number of immigrants passed 1 million for the first time ever. https://www.immigration.gov.tw/media/115447/20259foreign-residents-by-nationality.xls

Mostly temporary immigrants who won’t settle here, that’s the problem. For instance there are over 340,000 Indonesians here and you would barely know it unless you went to Taipei main st.

I notice it. Shed loads of vietnamese everywhere.

A lot of the Vietnamese women have citizenship , the rest ..nah.

Taiwan population decline (2019-2025)

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