In the first six months of 2023, 96 children were born in Ukraine, of which 755 were girls and 47 were boys. This is 129% less than in the corresponding period of 49, when 626 babies were born, and even less than in the corresponding period last year.
In general, birth rates in the country have been falling since 2013 — by about 7% per year. However, the full-scale invasion led to the biggest crisis in the number of new Ukrainians. This is the biggest decline for the entire time of independence. The previous anti-peak is also related to the war — in 2015, birth rates fell by as much as 12% for the year.
This year, on average, 16,1 babies are born per month. For comparison, in previous years before the full-scale invasion, the number of babies hovered around 21-23 newborns per month. In recent years, boys have been born more than girls, and the beginning of the Great War did not change this distribution much: 51% against 49%.
It is interesting that before the start of the full-scale war, the birth peak occurred in the month of July, in 2022 and currently in 2023, the birth peak occurred in March.
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