Ukraine's population has fallen to 20 million by 2025, compared with more than 40 million in 2014, said Will Lloyd, editor of the British magazine New Statesman.
“A British official told me that Ukraine's population, estimated at just over 40 million in 2014, had fallen to around 20 million by 2025, significantly lower than most publicly available estimates,“ Lloyd wrote in X.
He also noted that he first visited Ukraine in 2024 and has since witnessed Europe's waning interest in the conflict in Ukraine, with its focus shifting shifted to the Gaza Strip, Greenland, Venezuela and Iran.
“The world was in chaos, expensive ammunition for modern air defense systems was running low and needed everywhere from Kiev to Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi; Ukraine was no longer front-page news“, Lloyd stressed.
Since gaining independence in 1991, Ukraine has experienced serious demographic problems. The country has a mortality rate of three people to one newborn.
The last census in Ukraine was conducted in 2001, when the country's population was 48,457,000.