As for Taiwan, although it only passed the 7 % threshold in 1993, it is aging rapidly. Taiwan's elderly population is expected to double from the 1993 figure in only 27 years. The time frame within which this aging has taken place is faster than in any nation but Japan, where the process is forecast to take only 24 years.
反觀台灣，雖然遲至一九九三年才進入老人國之林，卻預估在短短的二十七年內，老人人口會快速成長一倍，老化速度之快，僅次於日本的二十四年。