The purpose of this article is to discuss the effects of changes in population on Taiwan, and point out that the change in population since the Japanese occupation not only has been created by a large drop in the death and birth rate, but also represents a massive transformation in the age structure of the population.
這一篇文章所要討論的是台灣地區人口變遷的結果，指出日據時期以來的人口轉型不但是由死亡與生育率之先後大幅下跌所構成，而且涵蘊著人口年齡結構的劇烈變動。