In the first half of 2024 in Ukraine there are 87,655 children were born, which is 9% less than the same period last year. At the same time, 250,972 deaths were registered. Now there are three deaths for every newborn citizen, reports OpenDatabot, citing data from the country's Ministry of Justice, reports UNIAN, quoted by Focus.
The birth rate decreased 1.5 times this year compared to the period before the full-scale invasion: 87,655 children against 132,595 in 2021. The largest number of newborns was registered: in Kyiv - 9,695 children, in Lviv region - 7,923 and Dnepropetrovsk - 6962 , There are constantly few children born in the frontline regions: in Kherson region (221 children) and Donetsk region (702). Not a single baby has been registered in the Lugansk region for six months.
It is noted that the ratio between the birth rate and the death rate is one of the key indicators of the demographic crisis in Ukraine. Currently, there are three deaths for every newborn citizen. By comparison, in pre-Covid times in 2018-2020, there were two deaths per child. 250,972 people died in Ukraine in the first six months of 2024. This is 1.4 times less than the same period in 2021, when 349,041 deaths were recorded. However, 2021 was the peak year for deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The fewest deaths were recorded in Kherson region (2,334) and Donetsk region (5,753), as well as in Chernivtsi region (5,422). The anti-record was set in Dnipropetrovsk region - 26,374, in Kharkiv - 17,999 and in Kyiv - 17,449.
The National Bank of Ukraine predicts how many people may leave the country in the coming years and when Ukrainians will start returning home. In 2024-2025, a further outflow of migrants abroad is expected (about 400 and 300 thousand people, respectively).
According to the Institute of Demography, 31 million people live in the territory controlled by Ukraine, 4.9 million have gone abroad, and about 5 million live in the territories occupied by Russia. By 2025, only 25 million people may remain in Ukraine.