Mortality rate in Ukraine has exceeded the birth rate three times – statistics
The full-scale invasion had the effect of reducing the country's population.
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In 2024, the the mortality rate in Ukraine exceeded the birth rate three times.
This information is reported by Opendatabot.
According to the Ministry of Justice, 87,655 children were born in Ukraine in the first half of 2024. It is 9% less than the same period last year. At the same time, 250,972 deaths were recorded. The highest numbers of newborns and deaths were in Dnipropetrovsk region and Kyiv.
The birth rate has decreased by 1.5 times this year compared to the period before the full-scale invasion: 87,655 compared to 132,595 children in 2021.
Demographic crisis in Ukraine / Photo: Opendatabot
The highest number of newborns were registered in Kyiv — 9,695 children, Lviv region — 7,923, and Dnipropetrovsk region — 6,962. Consistently few children are born in the frontline regions: in Kherson region (221 children) and Donetsk region (702). In Luhansk region, no newborns were registered in the first half of the year. Currently, for every newborn citizen, there are three deaths. This ratio is one of the main indicators of the demographic crisis. For comparison, in the pre-COVID years of 2018-2020, there were two deaths for every newborn.
Demographic crisis in Ukraine / Photo: Opendatabot
250,972 people died in Ukraine in the first half of 2024. This is 1.4 times less than the same period in 2021 when 349,041 deaths were recorded. However, it should be noted that 2021 was a peak year for deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Demographic crisis in Ukraine / Photo: Opendatabot
The fewest deaths were recorded in the frontline regions of Kherson (2,334) and Donetsk (5,753), and in Chernivtsi region (5,422). The highest numbers of deaths were recorded in Dnipropetrovsk region — 26,374, Kharkiv region — 17,999, and Kyiv — 17,449.
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