According to estimates of the Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Executive Yuan, by 1994, 7.1 % of the population will be aged 65 years or older. At that time, Taiwan will officially enter the ranks of "elderly nations" as defined by the United Nations.
根據行政院經建會的推估，到民國八十三年，台灣六十五歲以上的老年人口將佔總人口的七．一％，屆時，台灣地區將正式邁入聯合國定義的「老人國」之林。