Whereas the baby boom in the West was a result of an increasing birth rate, in Taiwan, because of medical progress and the development of new agricultural techniques, life expectancy has increased and the population has continually grown since 1920.
西方的嬰兒潮肇因於突然增高的出生率；台灣則因從一九二○年以後，醫藥的改進、農業技術的發達，人口死亡率不斷降低，使人口持續成長。