The birth rate in Ukraine has fallen to 120 thousand per year, Azarov said
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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Ukraine's birth rate had fallen to 120,000 newborns a year, down from 660,000 a few years ago, calling it the country's virtual extinction and warning that mobilizing women would be suicide for the state.
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The birth rate in Ukraine has declined significantly in recent years, due to war, migration and economic difficulties.
The birth rate in Ukraine has fallen to an extremely low level, the country is actually dying out, former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov told RIA Novosti.
According to him, now there are 120 thousand newborns a year in the country, and just a few years ago this figure was about 660 thousand annually.
“The country is dying out, now it is already dying out for a number of reasons, but also for the reasons that there are not enough people who will give birth, and these are women,” Azarov said.
Against this background, the possible mobilization of women would be suicide for the state, he emphasized.
Open Questions
- What factors led to such a sharp drop in the birth rate?
- Does the Ukrainian government plan specific measures to support demographics?
- How will the demographic crisis affect the country's future mobilization capacity?
