Slovakia vs Taiwan Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Slovakia vs Taiwan

Table

Year	Median age
	Slovakia	Taiwan
1960	27.6	-
1961	27.7	-
1962	27.8	-
1963	27.9	-
1964	27.9	-
1965	28	-
1966	28	-
1967	28.1	-
1968	28.2	-
1969	28.3	-
1970	28.3	-
1971	28.3	-
1972	28.3	-
1973	28.4	-
1974	28.4	20.8
1975	28.4	21.2
1976	28.4	21.5
1977	28.5	21.9
1978	28.6	22.3
1979	28.8	22.6
1980	28.9	23
1981	29.1	23.4
1982	29.4	23.8
1983	29.6	24.1
1984	29.8	24.6
1985	30.1	25.1
1986	30.3	25.6
1987	30.6	26.1
1988	30.8	26.5
1989	31.1	27
1990	31.3	27.5
1991	31.5	28
1992	31.7	28.4
1993	31.9	28.9
1994	32.2	29.4
1995	32.5	29.8
1996	32.7	30.3
1997	33	30.7
1998	33.3	31.2
1999	33.6	31.6
2000	33.9	32.1
2001	34.3	32.6
2002	34.6	33.1
2003	34.9	33.6
2004	35.2	34.1
2005	35.5	34.7
2006	35.8	35.2
2007	36.2	35.8
2008	36.6	36.3
2009	36.9	36.8
2010	37.3	37.4
2011	37.6	37.9
2012	38	38.3
2013	38.4	38.9
2014	38.8	39.3
2015	39.2	39.9
2016	39.6	40.4
2017	40	41
2018	40.4	41.5
2019	40.8	42.1
2020	41.2	42.7
2021	41.5	43.3
2022	41.9	43.9
2023	42.3	44.5
2024	42.7	45.1
2025	43.3	45.8
2026	43.8	46.4
2027	44.2	47
2028	44.6	47.6
2029	45	48.2
2030	45.4	48.8
2031	45.9	49.4
2032	46.3	50
2033	46.6	50.6
2034	47	51.1
2035	47.4	51.7
2036	47.7	52.2
2037	48.1	52.7
2038	48.4	53.1
2039	48.7	53.6
2040	49	54
2041	49.3	54.3
2042	49.6	54.7
2043	49.8	55
2044	50	55.4
2045	50.1	55.7
2046	50.2	56.1
2047	50.2	56.4
2048	50.3	56.7
2049	50.3	57
2050	50.3	57.3

In 1974, the median age in Slovakia was 28.4 years compared to 20.8 years in Taiwan. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 42.7 years in Slovakia and to 45.1 years in Taiwan.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Slovakia is expected to increased to around 50.3 years by 2050 compared to 57.3 years in Taiwan. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Slovakia		Taiwan
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.55%	2.42%	1.63%	1.52%
5-9	2.77%	2.63%	2.19%	2.03%
10-14	2.75%	2.63%	2.25%	2.1%
15-19	2.61%	2.47%	2.26%	2.08%
20-24	2.47%	2.35%	2.79%	2.56%
25-29	2.79%	2.66%	3.34%	3.11%
30-34	3.5%	3.36%	3.55%	3.31%
35-39	3.89%	3.74%	3.45%	3.36%
40-44	4.14%	3.91%	4.13%	4.24%
45-49	4.24%	4.04%	4.09%	4.27%
50-54	3.55%	3.5%	3.63%	3.84%
55-59	3.06%	3.18%	3.68%	3.89%
60-64	2.98%	3.26%	3.63%	3.91%
65-69	2.79%	3.36%	3.19%	3.56%
70-74	2.24%	3.04%	2.52%	2.94%
75-79	1.32%	2.11%	1.35%	1.66%
80+	1.15%	2.51%	1.59%	2.38%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Slovakia has low demographic potential with 38% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 34.7% and similar potential in Taiwan.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Slovakia			Taiwan
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	62.2%	51%	11.2%	-	-	-
1961	62.7%	51.2%	11.5%	-	-	-
1962	62.8%	51%	11.8%	-	-	-
1963	62.6%	50.5%	12.1%	-	-	-
1964	62.4%	50%	12.5%	-	-	-
1965	62.2%	49.3%	12.9%	-	-	-
1966	61.5%	48.2%	13.3%	-	-	-
1967	60.6%	47%	13.6%	-	-	-
1968	59.6%	45.7%	13.9%	-	-	-
1969	58.7%	44.5%	14.2%	-	-	-
1970	57.9%	43.5%	14.4%	-	-	-
1971	57.1%	42.5%	14.6%	-	-	-
1972	56.3%	41.5%	14.8%	-	-	-
1973	56.1%	41%	15.1%	-	-	-
1974	56.2%	40.8%	15.4%	65.5%	59.9%	5.58%
1975	56.5%	40.8%	15.7%	63.6%	57.9%	5.73%
1976	56.7%	40.8%	16%	62.2%	56.3%	5.9%
1977	57.1%	40.9%	16.2%	60.8%	54.6%	6.16%
1978	57.4%	41.1%	16.4%	59.4%	53.1%	6.36%
1979	57.7%	41.2%	16.6%	58.4%	51.8%	6.57%
1980	57.6%	41.1%	16.5%	57.3%	50.5%	6.74%
1981	57%	41%	16%	56.3%	49.4%	6.9%
1982	56.4%	41%	15.4%	55.7%	48.7%	7.08%
1983	55.8%	41%	14.8%	55%	47.8%	7.25%
1984	55.7%	41.1%	14.5%	54%	46.5%	7.47%
1985	55.9%	41.2%	14.7%	53%	45.3%	7.74%
1986	56.2%	41.3%	14.9%	52.2%	44.1%	8.04%
1987	56.4%	41.1%	15.2%	51.4%	43%	8.39%
1988	56.3%	40.7%	15.5%	50.8%	42.2%	8.66%
1989	55.8%	40%	15.8%	50.3%	41.3%	8.96%
1990	55.1%	39.1%	15.9%	49.9%	40.6%	9.32%
1991	54.3%	38.3%	16%	49%	39.2%	9.73%
1992	53.4%	37.4%	16.1%	48.3%	38.2%	10.1%
1993	52.5%	36.4%	16.1%	47.6%	37.1%	10.5%
1994	51.5%	35.3%	16.2%	46.6%	35.8%	10.8%
1995	50.5%	34.2%	16.3%	45.8%	34.6%	11.1%
1996	49.4%	33%	16.4%	44.9%	33.5%	11.4%
1997	48.4%	31.9%	16.5%	44.2%	32.6%	11.6%
1998	47.3%	30.8%	16.5%	43.3%	31.5%	11.8%
1999	46.2%	29.7%	16.5%	42.6%	30.6%	12%
2000	45%	28.5%	16.4%	42.3%	30%	12.3%
2001	43.7%	27.4%	16.4%	42.1%	29.6%	12.5%
2002	42.6%	26.3%	16.3%	41.7%	28.9%	12.8%
2003	41.6%	25.3%	16.3%	41%	27.9%	13%
2004	40.8%	24.4%	16.3%	40.5%	27.2%	13.3%
2005	40.1%	23.6%	16.4%	39.7%	26.1%	13.6%
2006	39.5%	22.9%	16.5%	39.1%	25.2%	13.9%
2007	39%	22.3%	16.7%	38.4%	24.3%	14.1%
2008	38.6%	21.8%	16.8%	37.7%	23.3%	14.4%
2009	38.5%	21.5%	17%	36.9%	22.4%	14.6%
2010	38.7%	21.4%	17.3%	35.8%	21.3%	14.6%
2011	39%	21.4%	17.5%	35.1%	20.4%	14.7%
2012	39.5%	21.5%	18%	34.7%	19.7%	15%
2013	40.1%	21.5%	18.6%	34.9%	19.3%	15.5%
2014	40.9%	21.6%	19.3%	35.1%	18.9%	16.2%
2015	41.8%	21.7%	20.1%	35.3%	18.4%	16.9%
2016	43%	22%	21%	36.1%	18.2%	18%
2017	44.4%	22.4%	21.9%	37%	18%	19%
2018	45.8%	22.9%	22.9%	37.9%	17.8%	20.1%
2019	47.2%	23.2%	23.9%	39%	17.7%	21.2%
2020	48.4%	23.5%	24.9%	40.2%	17.6%	22.5%
2021	49.5%	23.8%	25.7%	41.3%	17.5%	23.8%
2022	50.5%	24%	26.4%	42.2%	17.2%	25%
2023	51.4%	24.1%	27.3%	43.4%	17.1%	26.3%
2024	52.2%	24%	28.2%	44.7%	17%	27.8%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Slovakia increased from 40.8% to 52.2% between 2004 and 2024.

In Taiwan, the ratio of dependent people increased from 40.5% to 44.7% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Slovakia	Taiwan
1960	61.7%	-
1961	61.4%	-
1962	61.4%	-
1963	61.5%	-
1964	61.6%	-
1965	61.7%	-
1966	61.9%	-
1967	62.3%	-
1968	62.6%	-
1969	63%	-
1970	63.3%	-
1971	63.7%	-
1972	64%	-
1973	64.1%	-
1974	64%	60.4%
1975	63.9%	61.1%
1976	63.8%	61.7%
1977	63.7%	62.2%
1978	63.5%	62.7%
1979	63.4%	63.1%
1980	63.4%	63.6%
1981	63.7%	64%
1982	63.9%	64.2%
1983	64.2%	64.5%
1984	64.2%	64.9%
1985	64.1%	65.3%
1986	64%	65.7%
1987	64%	66.1%
1988	64%	66.3%
1989	64.2%	66.5%
1990	64.5%	66.7%
1991	64.8%	67.1%
1992	65.2%	67.4%
1993	65.6%	67.8%
1994	66%	68.2%
1995	66.5%	68.6%
1996	66.9%	69%
1997	67.4%	69.3%
1998	67.9%	69.8%
1999	68.4%	70.1%
2000	69%	70.3%
2001	69.6%	70.4%
2002	70.1%	70.6%
2003	70.6%	70.9%
2004	71%	71.2%
2005	71.4%	71.6%
2006	71.7%	71.9%
2007	72%	72.2%
2008	72.1%	72.6%
2009	72.2%	73%
2010	72.1%	73.6%
2011	71.9%	74%
2012	71.7%	74.2%
2013	71.4%	74.2%
2014	71%	74%
2015	70.5%	73.9%
2016	69.9%	73.5%
2017	69.3%	73%
2018	68.6%	72.5%
2019	67.9%	72%
2020	67.4%	71.3%
2021	66.9%	70.8%
2022	66.5%	70.3%
2023	66%	69.7%
2024	65.7%	69.1%
2025	65.4%	68.4%
2026	65.1%	67.8%
2027	64.9%	67.3%
2028	64.7%	66.8%
2029	64.5%	66.2%
2030	64.3%	65.8%
2031	64.2%	65.3%
2032	64.1%	64.9%
2033	64.1%	64.4%
2034	64.1%	63.9%
2035	64%	63.3%
2036	63.9%	62.8%
2037	63.7%	62.2%
2038	63.4%	61.6%
2039	63%	61%
2040	62.5%	60.5%
2041	61.9%	59.8%
2042	61.4%	59%
2043	60.8%	58.3%
2044	60.2%	57.5%
2045	59.6%	56.6%
2046	59%	55.8%
2047	58.5%	55%
2048	57.9%	54.3%
2049	57.4%	53.6%
2050	56.8%	53%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 71% to 65.7% in Slovakia and from 71.2% to 69.1% in Taiwan.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Slovakia	Taiwan
1960	31.5%	-
1961	31.5%	-
1962	31.3%	-
1963	31%	-
1964	30.8%	-
1965	30.4%	-
1966	29.9%	-
1967	29.3%	-
1968	28.6%	-
1969	28.1%	-
1970	27.5%	-
1971	27%	-
1972	26.6%	-
1973	26.2%	-
1974	26.1%	36.2%
1975	26%	35.4%
1976	26%	34.7%
1977	26%	34%
1978	26.1%	33.3%
1979	26.1%	32.7%
1980	26.1%	32.1%
1981	26.1%	31.6%
1982	26.2%	31.2%
1983	26.3%	30.8%
1984	26.4%	30.2%
1985	26.5%	29.6%
1986	26.4%	29%
1987	26.3%	28.4%
1988	26.1%	28%
1989	25.7%	27.5%
1990	25.2%	27.1%
1991	24.8%	26.3%
1992	24.4%	25.8%
1993	23.9%	25.1%
1994	23.3%	24.4%
1995	22.7%	23.8%
1996	22.1%	23.1%
1997	21.5%	22.6%
1998	20.9%	22%
1999	20.3%	21.4%
2000	19.7%	21.1%
2001	19%	20.8%
2002	18.4%	20.4%
2003	17.9%	19.8%
2004	17.3%	19.3%
2005	16.9%	18.7%
2006	16.4%	18.1%
2007	16%	17.6%
2008	15.7%	17%
2009	15.5%	16.3%
2010	15.5%	15.6%
2011	15.4%	15.1%
2012	15.4%	14.6%
2013	15.3%	14.3%
2014	15.3%	14%
2015	15.3%	13.6%
2016	15.4%	13.3%
2017	15.5%	13.1%
2018	15.7%	12.9%
2019	15.8%	12.8%
2020	15.9%	12.6%
2021	15.9%	12.4%
2022	16%	12.1%
2023	15.9%	11.9%
2024	15.8%	11.7%
2025	15.6%	11.5%
2026	15.4%	11.3%
2027	15.1%	10.9%
2028	15%	10.5%
2029	14.8%	10.2%
2030	14.6%	9.8%
2031	14.4%	9.39%
2032	14.1%	9.06%
2033	13.8%	8.79%
2034	13.6%	8.55%
2035	13.4%	8.34%
2036	13.2%	8.2%
2037	13%	8.11%
2038	12.9%	8.06%
2039	12.8%	8.03%
2040	12.7%	8.01%
2041	12.7%	7.99%
2042	12.7%	7.99%
2043	12.7%	8%
2044	12.7%	8.01%
2045	12.8%	8.03%
2046	12.8%	8.06%
2047	12.9%	8.1%
2048	13%	8.14%
2049	13%	8.19%
2050	13.1%	8.24%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 15.8% in Slovakia and 11.7% in Taiwan. Birth rates in Slovakia compared to Taiwan .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Slovakia	Taiwan
1960	6.89%	-
1961	7.08%	-
1962	7.27%	-
1963	7.46%	-
1964	7.69%	-
1965	7.95%	-
1966	8.22%	-
1967	8.48%	-
1968	8.73%	-
1969	8.95%	-
1970	9.14%	-
1971	9.3%	-
1972	9.47%	-
1973	9.67%	-
1974	9.88%	3.37%
1975	10.1%	3.5%
1976	10.2%	3.64%
1977	10.3%	3.83%
1978	10.4%	3.99%
1979	10.5%	4.15%
1980	10.5%	4.29%
1981	10.2%	4.41%
1982	9.86%	4.55%
1983	9.49%	4.68%
1984	9.34%	4.85%
1985	9.4%	5.06%
1986	9.53%	5.28%
1987	9.74%	5.54%
1988	9.95%	5.74%
1989	10.1%	5.96%
1990	10.3%	6.22%
1991	10.4%	6.53%
1992	10.5%	6.81%
1993	10.6%	7.1%
1994	10.7%	7.38%
1995	10.8%	7.64%
1996	11%	7.86%
1997	11.1%	8.06%
1998	11.2%	8.26%
1999	11.3%	8.44%
2000	11.3%	8.62%
2001	11.4%	8.81%
2002	11.5%	9.02%
2003	11.5%	9.24%
2004	11.6%	9.48%
2005	11.7%	9.74%
2006	11.9%	10%
2007	12%	10.2%
2008	12.1%	10.4%
2009	12.3%	10.6%
2010	12.4%	10.7%
2011	12.6%	10.9%
2012	12.9%	11.2%
2013	13.3%	11.5%
2014	13.7%	12%
2015	14.1%	12.5%
2016	14.7%	13.2%
2017	15.2%	13.9%
2018	15.7%	14.6%
2019	16.3%	15.3%
2020	16.8%	16.1%
2021	17.2%	16.9%
2022	17.6%	17.6%
2023	18.1%	18.3%
2024	18.5%	19.2%
2025	19%	20.1%
2026	19.5%	20.9%
2027	19.9%	21.8%
2028	20.3%	22.7%
2029	20.7%	23.6%
2030	21.1%	24.4%
2031	21.5%	25.3%
2032	21.8%	26.1%
2033	22%	26.8%
2034	22.3%	27.6%
2035	22.6%	28.3%
2036	22.9%	29.1%
2037	23.3%	29.7%
2038	23.7%	30.3%
2039	24.3%	30.9%
2040	24.8%	31.5%
2041	25.4%	32.3%
2042	25.9%	33%
2043	26.5%	33.8%
2044	27.1%	34.5%
2045	27.6%	35.3%
2046	28.1%	36.1%
2047	28.6%	36.9%
2048	29.1%	37.6%
2049	29.6%	38.2%
2050	30.1%	38.7%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 18.5% in Slovakia and 19.2% in Taiwan. Life expectancy in Slovakia compared to Taiwan .