According to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, births in Taiwan totaled only 196,486 in 2008, the lowest since records have been kept, and it's the first time that number has ever dipped below 200,000. Meanwhile, the birth rate, at 1.1, is the lowest in the world.
根據主計處統計，2008 年我國新生兒數再破新低，首度少於 20 萬人、僅 19 萬 6,486 人；每對夫婦的生育率更低至 1.1 人，是全球生育率最低的國家。