In 2024, 495.1 thousand people died in Ukraine, while only 176.7 thousand babies were born. Data published by Word and Delo, indicate a deep demographic crisis that is only increasing every year.
Since 2014, the country has been showing a steady decline in birth rates. If in 2014, before the war in the Donbass, 465.9 thousand children were born, then in 2020 this figure decreased to 299.1 thousand, in 2021-to 273.8 thousand.
After the start of the full -scale war in 2022, fertility data do not include temporarily occupied territories - Crimea and parts of four eastern and southern regions. However, even without these regions, there is a clear decline: 2022 - 206 thousand newborns, 2023 - 187.4 thousand, 2024 - 176.7 thousand.
The mortality rates in Ukraine have traditionally remained high, but since 2010 they have gradually declined. During 2017, 574.1 thousand deaths were recorded, in 2018 - 587.7 thousand, in 2019 - 581.1 thousand. The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 significantly worsened the situation: 616.8 thousand Ukrainians died in 2020, and in 2021-a record 714.3 thousand.
After that, the mortality rate decreased again: 541.7 thousand in 2022, 496.2 thousand in 2023, and 495.1 thousand in 2024. As well as fertility data, mortality statistics do not cover the occupied territories.
Thus, the country's demographic balance remains deeply negative: the number of deaths is almost three times higher than the number of births. This threatens not only the long -term prospect of Ukraine's development, but also its ability to recover after the war.
