Statistics show that since 1977, the population of Taiwan has increased at a rate of 1.8 percent a year, low compared with developing countries, but high compared with developed ones.
根據統計，一九七七年台灣人口增加率為千分之十八，這一數字雖較許多其他開發中國家的年增加率低，但還較已開發中國家的人口成長率高出許多。