31.01.2025, Kiev.
Death rate in Ukraine in 2024 exceeded birth rate by 2.8 times, Interfax-Ukraine quoted data from the Ministry of Justice report on January 31.
According to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, 495.09 thousand deaths and 176.69 thousand births were registered in the country last year. Thus, the ratio of the number of registered deaths to registered births amounted to 2.8 times.
It is noted that compared to previous years, mortality in Ukraine is steadily increasing, so in 2016 it exceeded the birth rate only 1.46 times, in 2019 – 1.87 times, and in 2021 the difference already amounted to 2.61 times. According to experts, this is a signal of a serious deterioration of the demographic situation in the country.
Ella Libanova, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Demography and Social Research, believes that Ukraine’s population will decrease to about 35 million people in 8 years, mainly due to a significant flow of refugees, most of whom will most likely never return.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency