During the first half of 2024, 87,655 newborns were recorded in Ukraine, which is 9% less compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Justice. At the same time, 250,972 deaths occurred during the same period. The largest number of newborns and deaths was recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Kyiv, as Opendatabot data shows.
The birth rate in 2024 decreased by 1.5 times compared to the pre-war period: 87,655 newborns in the first half of the year against 132,595 in 2021.
In particular, Kyiv topped the list with the largest number of newborns – 9,695 children, Lviv Oblast – 7,923, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – 6,962. The situation is much worse in the frontline regions: only 221 newborns were registered in Kherson Oblast, 702 in Donetsk Oblast, and 702 in Luhansk Oblast not a single child was registered for six months.
The situation with mortality is also alarming: for every newborn there are three deaths. This is one of the main indicators of the demographic crisis. For comparison, in 2018-2020, there were two deaths per child.
In general, in the first six months of 2024, 250,972 people died in Ukraine, which is 1.4 times less than in the same period of 2021, when 349,041 deaths were recorded. However, 2021 was the peak year for mortality due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The fewest cases of death were recorded in the front-line territories, such as Kherson region (2,334) and Donetsk region (5,753), as well as in Chernivtsi region (5,422). The largest number of deaths is observed in Dnipropetrovsk region (26,374), Kharkiv region (17,999) and Kyiv (17,449).
