Let's put aside the question of whether in the past the declining birthrate was the result of public policy. Today the government encourages couples to have more children, but so far with no apparent success. On average, every woman in Taiwan currently has 1.2 children, which is below the average birthrate of 1.6 children per woman in the developed world.
姑且不論當年生育率下降是否為政策之功，如今反過來鼓勵生育，卻始終不見效，目前台灣婦女平均只生育一・二個孩子，比已開發國家平均值一・六個還低。