Taiwanese people prefer to give birth in the Year of the Dragon, but the number of newborns this year is ”decreasing”

In Taiwan, where people tend to give birth in the Year of the Dragon, it has been revealed that the number of newborns this year has decreased by 3.26%. On the 14th, the daily newspaper "Liberty Times" and other Taiwanese media cited the latest statistics from the Taiwanese government.
"The number of newborns from January to June this year was 63,874, down 2,154 from the same period last year," the report said. A source said, "The number of newborns last year was the lowest on record," and "This is
"If this trend continues, the 130,000 mark will collapse this year," he predicted. Taiwan had 135,571 newborns last year, the lowest figure since 1945.
Another source said, "The number of newborns was at its highest in 1976, the Year of the Dragon (425,000). Although the number has been declining since then, there were three years in the Dragon, namely 1988, 2000, and 2012.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese media said, "Taiwan's population is 23,412,899 (as of the end of June), down 709 people from May, and the population has declined for six consecutive months this year.
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