Nevertheless, while in France it took 115 years for the percentage of the population aged 65 or older to double from 7 % to 14 %, and in Japan the same transition took only 26 years, Taiwan reached the 7 % threshold in 1993 and it is estimated that it will reach the 14 % mark in just 25 years, by 2018.
然而，法國 65 歲以上人口比例從 7％增加到 14％，經歷了 115 年，同樣的老人人口比例，鄰國日本卻只花了 26 年的時間；反觀我國，1993 年達到 7％的老化門檻，預計到 2018 年就會達到 14％的比例，時間更只有短短 25 年。