📰 Taiwan saw 12,000 more deaths than births in first quarter of 2021
🀄2021年第一季度台灣的死亡人數比出生的人數多12,000
🎊 第三～七波中獎學員:
蔡昀潔 謝慈峰 謝宇希 Exupery Xu 廖家綾
(領獎期限 04/21 20:00，逾時不受理。)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — During the first quarter of the year, a total of 47,626 people passed away while only 34,917 births were registered, underscoring the rapid aging of Taiwan’s population, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) said Saturday (April 10).
📌 台北(台灣新聞) - 內政部周四 (4月10日) 說，在今年第一季度，共有47,626人死亡，只有34,917人出生，這凸顯了台灣人口的迅速老齡化。
The country’s number of inhabitants recorded its first-ever drop in 2020, falling by 41,885 to 23,561,236. The number of inhabitants of the island country passed the 20-million mark in 1989 and reached 23 million in 2008, according to official data.
📌 台灣的居民人數在2020年，有史以來首次下降，下降了41,885人，降至23,561,236人。根據官方數據，台灣的居民人數在1989年突破了2000萬大關，到2008年達到2300萬。
Compared to the first quarter last year, the number of births declined by 5,497 or 13.6 percent, while the total number of deaths increased by 659 or 1.4 percent, CNA reported.
📌 CNA報導，與去年第一季度相比，出生人數下降了5497人，下降了13.6％，而死亡總數上升了659人，上升了1.4％。
The number of births showed a gradual increase though, if split up month by month, with 9,601 babies born in Jan. 2021 and 13,819 in March. During the quarter more boys than girls were born, 18,031 to 16,886, while more men than women died, 27,662 to 19,964, according to the MOI data.
📌 但是，如果按月劃分，則出生數量逐漸增加，2021年1月出生的嬰兒有9,601例，3月出生的嬰兒為13,819例。根據教育部的數據，在這一季度中，男孩出生的人數多於女孩，多於女孩(18,031男:16,886女)，而男性死亡的人數高於女性 (27,662男 :19,964女)。
Migration statistics showed that 2.48 million people left Taiwan during the first quarter, while 2.25 million moved in, a rise of 2.04 percent and a drop of 7.34 percent respectively compared to the same period in 2020.
📌 移民統計數據顯示，第一季有248萬人離開台灣，而有225萬人遷入台灣，與2020年同期相比，分別增長了2.04％和下降7.34％。
By the end of March, Taiwan’s total population stood at 23,525,623, a drop of 0.3 percent from one year earlier, meaning the country lost on average 194.2 people per day.
📌 到3月底，台灣總人口為23,525,623，比一年前下降了0.3％，這意味著台灣每天平均損失194.2人。
Analysts attributed the falling number of births to the lower number of weddings. During the first quarter of 2021, 28,341 heterosexual couples and 414 same-sex couples got married, for the total a drop of 13.25 percent from the same period in 2020.
📌 分析人士將出生人數下降歸因於結婚人數減少。在2021年第一季，有28341對異性伴侶和414對同性伴侶結婚，與2020年同期相比下降了13.25％。
However, the overall number of divorces also fell over the same period, by 6.92 percent to a total of 11,561 for heterosexual couples and 130 for gay couples, CNA reported.
📌 但是，CNA報告說，同期的離婚總數也下降了6.92％，異性伴侶為11,561人，同性伴侶則為130人。
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