How can Ukraine build a future in the face of ominous population statistics? A forum in Kyiv talked strategies.
From: Kyiv Post by Kateryna Zakharchenko
Ukraine’s population decline is “very alarming” Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych told a public forum in Kyiv where the Social Policy Ministry delivered a report with strategies for overcoming the problem.
Over the past few years, Ukraine’s population has dropped by millions, Zholnovych said, speaking at the Demographic Future of Ukraine forum on Monday, April 22 where she was among those that delivered the report to an audience including Ukrainian politicians and scientists.
According to the United Nations Population Fund, Ukraine’s current population is estimated at 37.9 million.
In December 2001, according to the State Statistics Service, Ukraine’s population was 48.5 million. Two years ago, at the beginning of 2022, the National Academy of Sciences estimated Ukraine’s population was at 42 million.
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