Migration Policy Office: Ukraine's population drops by 800,000 in one year
Migration Policy Office head Vasyl Voskoboinyk said deaths in Ukraine outnumber births by 3.5 to one.
Ukraine's population declined by 800,000 in 2025 due to high mortality rates and the continued exodus of citizens abroad, according to Vasyl Voskoboinyk, head of the Migration Policy Office.
According to the expert, Ukraine is facing a critical demographic imbalance, with deaths outnumbering births by 3.5 to one.
"In the first half of this year, there were 3.5 deaths for every child born in Ukraine. For every 10 births, there were 35 deaths. Given the extremely low birth rate, we can expect the situation to remain unchanged for another 10 or even 20 years," he said.
Voskoboinyk noted that the country's catastrophic population decline and severe labor shortage will force Ukraine to recruit large numbers of migrant workers from abroad after the war.
As the UOJ previously reported, Vasyl Voskoboinyk had called for the "managed" recruitment of migrants from abroad.
