Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Taiwan
Taiwan: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 36.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Taiwan, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Taiwan recorded 36.9% for probability that a man will outlive a woman in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Taiwan peaked at 43.3% in 1963 and was at its lowest, 35.5%, in 2016.
That places Taiwan 172nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 40.8% | — |
| 1951 | 40.6% | -0.4% |
| 1952 | 40.4% | -0.5% |
| 1953 | 40.4% | -0.1% |
| 1954 | 39.8% | -1.4% |
| 1955 | 40.0% | +0.5% |
| 1956 | 40.2% | +0.4% |
| 1957 | 40.1% | -0.1% |
| 1958 | 39.3% | -2.1% |
| 1959 | 41.1% | +4.5% |
| 1960 | 39.6% | -3.6% |
| 1961 | 40.0% | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 40.3% | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 43.3% | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 38.8% | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 39.3% | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 40.0% | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 39.0% | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 38.0% | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 38.4% | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 40.0% | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 40.2% | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 40.3% | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 39.8% | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 40.0% | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 40.8% | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 40.4% | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 40.5% | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 40.3% | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 40.0% | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 40.4% | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 41.0% | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 40.5% | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 40.6% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 40.2% | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 40.6% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 40.5% | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 40.5% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 40.4% | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 39.9% | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 40.0% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 39.9% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 39.9% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 39.3% | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 38.9% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 38.9% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 38.9% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 38.5% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 38.4% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 38.6% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 38.1% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 38.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 38.1% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 38.3% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 37.3% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 36.9% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 36.9% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 37.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 36.4% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 36.9% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 36.6% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 35.8% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 36.4% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 36.2% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 36.1% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 35.8% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 35.5% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 35.6% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 35.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 35.6% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 36.2% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 35.9% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 37.1% | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 36.9% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.3% | 39.3% | 41.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 39.7% | 38.0% | 43.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.2% | 39.8% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 40.5% | 39.9% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 39.1% | 38.4% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.4% | 36.4% | 38.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 35.5% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.5% | 35.9% | 37.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More gender data for Taiwan
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,213 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -4.41 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 20,377 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 20,377 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate -0.0304 % change on previous year (2030)
- Women's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 40.66 (2027)
- Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.903 (2025)
- Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.925 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Taiwan?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Taiwan was 36.9% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3% in 1963.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.5% in 2016.
- How does Taiwan rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Taiwan ranks 172nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Taiwan data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.