Almost 3 times more people died in Ukraine than were born in 2024, data shows
Ukraine registered 495,090 deaths of various causes in 2024, which is almost three times more than were born, according to data published by the Justice Ministry.
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One-fifth of Ukrainians would move abroad if travel restrictions were lifted, survey shows
Should the borders open again for all citizens, 70% of the respondents said they would not want to move to another country for permanent residence, while 21% said they are ready to do so, according to a recent survey.
As US pushes Ukraine to lower conscription age, why won’t Kyiv draft younger men?
Editor's note: this article was updated to reflect incoming U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's comments on the topic. When looking at Ukraine’s Armed Forces, there is one thing that stands out — it is made up predominantly of older men. Ukraine has never publicly released information about the
The Week Ahead: Key Developments Impacting Global Politics & Markets
Editor's note: This article is a shortened on-site version of KI Insights' The Week Ahead newsletter covering events from Dec. 9 to Dec. 15. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events, delivered directly to your inbox every Sunday. Romania's newly elected Parliament to set
Online briefing on demographic forecasting by KI Insights
Join our exclusive KI Insights monthly briefing to gain critical perspectives on Ukraine's demographic shifts and refugee flows this winter and beyond. This session is tailored for analysts, policymakers, academics, and organizations seeking data-driven insights into the country's post-war population trends. Event Details: * Topic: Demographic Forecasting: Refugee Flows in Winter
63% of Ukrainians ready to endure the war as long as necessary, survey shows
A further 15% of respondents said they were willing to bear the burden of the conflict for a few more months, and 4% said they could endure it for six more months.
Ukraine's population dropped by 10 million after Russia's 2014 invasion, UN says
Ukraine's birth rate is the lowest in Europe and the number of refugees has surged to 6.7 million, with the full-scale invasion of 2022 exacerbating an already dire decline, according to the U.N. Population Fund.
Blackouts caused by Russian attacks driving Ukrainians abroad, UN monitor says
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure caused a sharp rise in Ukrainians citing blackouts as a reason for leaving the country over the summer, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said in a report published on Sept. 19.
Ukrainian companies desperately need workers. There just aren't enough
Supermarket shelves go unstocked. Metro trains run less often. Large companies are freezing whole divisions. Factory employees take on overtime shifts to meet production. Projects to alleviate Ukraine’s energy crisis have been delayed. Across nearly every sector, Ukraine’s economy is feeling the same labor crunch that is squeezing
Ukraine's 2024 mortality rate is 3 times higher than birth rate, data shows
Some 87,655 children were born in the first half of 2024, while 250,972 citizens died of various causes during the same period, data shows. The numbers are likely incomplete because of Russia's ongoing occupation of Ukrainian territories.
Ukraine estimates 700,000 people will leave country in 2024-2025
Ukraine expects 400,000 more people will leave country in 2024 and 300,000 in 2025, according to the National Bank of Ukraine's (NBU) report published on Aug. 1.
Ukraine's population could drop to 15.3 million by end of century, UN says
Oleksandr Hladun, deputy director of Ukraine's Demography Institute, called the UN's forecast "pessimistic." "It was probably developed with the war in mind and the absence of any demographic policy measures," Hladun told Ukrainska Pravda in an interview published on July 15.
Czechia launches pilot project for voluntary return of Ukrainian refugees
The Czech government launched a pilot project to help Ukrainian refugees return home if they wish to do so, Radio Prague International reported on June 2.
Opinion: Russia’s energy infrastructure attacks are depopulating Ukraine
The collapse of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure last year due to Russia’s war brought the entire country to its knees. And while Ukraine was, for the most part, spared from widespread blackouts this winter, Russian forces are once again targeting critical infrastructure. Russia resumed missile and drone attacks on
Poll: Just 12% of Ukrainians only speak Russian at home
When asked which language they speak at home, 12% of Ukrainians said they speak only Russian, while 59% said they speak only Ukrainian, according to a poll by the Sociological Group Rating published on April 4.
The economic toll of 10 years of Russia's war against Ukraine in charts
Russia’s 10-year aggression against Ukraine has caused widespread and sure to be long-lasting damage to the country’s economy and demographics. Positive growth predictions were squashed following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region in 2014. Then came Russia’s full-scale invasion in
Demographic disaster: Ukraine's biggest post-war threat
The threat of a demographic crisis has been building in Ukraine for a while but Russia’s full-scale invasion has pushed it to the breaking point. The country had a population of 41 million in 2021, by the government’s reckoning. Now, it hovers around 35 million and experts warn
Ukraine's birth rate drops by 28%
The Ukrainian data analytics website Opendatabot has reported that in the first six months of 2023, the country's birth rate was 28% lower than the same period in 2021, the largest decline since independence in 1991.
Demography Institute forecasts 'catastrophic' birth rate drop in Ukraine in 2023
There are risks that by 2030 the country's population will decrease to less than 35 million, according to Ella Libanova, director of the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies.
Andrew D’Anieri: The new Ukraine needs a new census
'The lack of recent reliable nationwide data has opened a gaping hole into which misinformation can proliferate.'
More than 600,000 Ukrainians left homeland in 2021
In the first 10 months of 2021, more than 600,000 Ukrainians left the country and didn't return, according to monitoring service Opendatabot. “In total, from 2011 to 2020, 2.6 million Ukrainian citizens did not return to the country,” Opendatabot reported. “According to the indicators of 2021, we can
Ukraine’s population shrinking fast, can drop by 6 million in 30 years
Ukraine’s population is likely to decrease from today’s 41 million to 35 million by 2050, according to a report by the United Nations Ukraine. Ukraine is among the fastest-shrinking countries in the world, according to the UN. Here are the reasons why: Ukraine has high mortality rates – about
Ukraine’s population
According to government estimates, Ukraine had a population of 41 million in 2021. The population currently hovers around an estimated 35 million people. The U.N. estimates that 6.2 million people fled the country following the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion and around one million refugees have since returned.
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