TAIPEH: Thanks to the Year of the Dragon baby boom, Taiwan will see a respite from the greying of its population.
The latest figures from the Council for Economic Planning and Development delay the arrival of zero population growth from the earlier estimation of 2022 to between 2024 and 2027. Taiwan is estimated to officially become an aged society (with 14% of population over 65 years old) by 2018, one year later than previously estimated.
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