Taiwan’s population falls for 25th consecutive monthStaff Writer, with CNATaiwan’s population fell for a 25th consecutive month in January, with the number of live births falling by 304 from December 2025, according to data released Tuesday by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI). As of the end of January, Taiwan’s population totaled 23,289,045, down 10,087 from December 2025, the data showed. Newborns sleep in a nursery at Ton-Yen General Hospital in Hsinchu County on Oct. 17, 2025. The natural population decrease, the difference between births and deaths, was 8,806 in January, MOI data showed. The MOI data also showed that the population aged 65 and older totaled 4,692,484, or 20.15 percent of the population, meeting the United Nations’ definition of a “super-aged society,” in which people 65 and older account for more than 20 percent of the population.

Source: Taipei Times February 10, 2026 17:21 UTC