"During January - August 2019, the population decreased by 177.0 thousand people," - stated in the express release of the department on the demographic situation.
The service added that also in Ukraine there remains a significant excess of the number of the dead over the number of newborns. It is indicated that for 100 dead in the country, 53 are born.
In February, the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, in an interview with the NSN, commented on data on a decrease in the population of Ukraine.