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Half a Crowd Still Gets Married. Barely.
55% of Taiwanese adults are married — but the number getting married each year keeps dropping. Taiwan now has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and 630 people in this crowd have never walked down the aisle. The pressure to marry remains. The willingness is fading.
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Taiwan's average age at first marriage has risen above 32 for women and 34 for men — the highest ever recorded. The crowd keeps getting older before it couples up.
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- OtherTaiwan's falling birth rate due to marriage hesitancy2023
- OtherNumber of married couples in decline; singles hit 4.4m2017
- OtherSolution to Taiwan's aging population: Reimagining family2023
- OfficialDGBAS — 2020 Population and Housing Census, Table 3: Marital Status of the Resident Population Aged 15+2020