Bloomberg

No. 24 Taiwan

2010 Population: 23,162,000
Forecast 2050 Population: 21,472,000
Percent Decrease: 7.3 percent
2010 Population over age 65: 11 percent
Fertility Rate: 1
Net Migration Rate: 2

When it comes to population, Taiwan's biggest problem is its fertility rate—the world's second-lowest after Macau, according to the Population Reference Bureau. The island's population is still growing, but Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development says that because the birth rate is dropping faster than expected, numbers are likely to start falling in 2017.

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