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Birth rate
2023: The birth rate in Ukraine has decreased to a minimum in 300 years: 187 thousand children
At the end of 2023, 187 thousand children were born in Ukraine - this is the lowest figure in the entire history of observations, even taking into account children who could be born abroad and in lost territories.
"Given the historical estimates of the population of Ukraine, as well as estimates of the number of newborns per 1000 inhabitants (50-51 in the XVIII-XIX centuries against six in 2023), it can be reasonably assumed that so few children were not born in Ukraine for at least three centuries," wrote Vladimir Landa, senior economist at the Center for Economic Strategy.
During January-June 2023, 96,755 children were born in Ukraine, including 47,129 girls and 49,626 boys. This is 28% less than in the same period in 2021, when 135,079 children were born, and even less than in the corresponding period in 2022 (exact data are not indicated). Such figures on July 31, 2023 were cited by the Ukrainian portal Opendatabot, which provides access to state statistics based on an analysis of information published by local authorities and private companies.
The birth rate recorded in the first half of 2023 was the lowest since 1991. In general, the number of newborns in Ukraine has been declining since 2013 - by about 7% per year. The previous anti-birth record was recorded in 2015: then the number of newborns in the country for the year decreased by 12%.
In 2023, an average of 16.1 thousand children per month are born in Ukraine. For comparison, in previous years, before the deterioration of the geopolitical situation, the number of babies fluctuated at around 21-23 thousand per month. In 2020, 299,058 children were born in Ukraine, in 2021 - 277,793 babies, and in 2022 - 209,393 children. The decline in the birth rate is also influenced by the migration of citizens.
Since 2020, more boys are born in the country than girls. So, in 2020, the ratio was 154,630 against 144,428, in 2021 - 143,072 against 134,721, in 2022 - 107,781 against 101,612. Before the formation of the observed geopolitical situation, the peak birth rate occurred in July, while in 2022 and 2023 the maximum number of newborns was recorded in March.
A high number of newborns were registered in Ukraine from 2011 to 2013. So, in 2011, 502,595 babies were born, in 2012 - 520,705 children, and in 2013 - 503,657 babies.[1]
Mortality
2023: Life expectancy - 73 years
2020: The increase in mortality in Ukraine to a record figure in 5 years - up to 616,835 people by
Mortality in Ukraine at the end of 2020 was a record in 5 years. In total, 616,835 people died in the country, including 67 thousand people in December (a record figure for three years) and 63 thousand in November.
According to UNIAN, excess mortality in 2020 compared to the previous three years amounted to 35 thousand people compared to 2019.
Among the main causes of mortality are cardiovascular diseases, oncological diseases and accidents. Due to the coronavirus COVID-19 or its consequences in 2020, 18.5 thousand people died in the country.
According to the ex-chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Svyatoslav Protas, in fact, official statistics confirm that the data on mortality from COVID-19 in Ukraine are underestimated.
 | Almost no testing of all those who died for covid was carried out, although initially there were such attempts. But they did not put them on the flow of research. I talked about this with laboratories, they said that they did not have time to cope with the PCR shaft from living patients, dead, they say, there is no time to engage. Moreover, there is a relatively complex system for preparing material for research, - said Protas in a conversation with the publication "Страна.ua." |  |
Therefore, according to him, the real number of deaths from coronavirus infection (and therefore the mortality rates, which, as is commonly believed, are not very high in Ukraine), in reality may turn out to be much higher than official ones. The Ukrainian Ministry of Health estimates mortality from coronavirus at 2%.
At the end of 2020, there were 48 newborns per 100 deaths in Ukraine, which is not indicated by the demographic crisis in the country. If we take the natural decline in the population (the difference between the dead and those born), then at the end of 2020 it exceeded 51 thousand people.[2]
2018
Number of drug deaths per million residents
Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles
The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants
2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders
2012: Male-female suicide ratio
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