“Ukrainian demographers predict that after the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war, a slight increase in birth rates is possible, but it will not change the situation in the country radically. This was reported by Doctor of Economics Alexander Gladun in a comment by Hromadske. According to Gladun, a slight increase in fertility is a typical phenomenon after social disasters, wars or epidemics. However, he stresses that such a period lasts on average”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Ukrainian demographers predict that after the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war, a slight increase in birth rates is possible, but it will not change the situation in the country radically.
This was reported by Doctor of Economics Alexander Gladun in a comment by Hromadske.
According to Gladun, a slight increase in fertility is a typical phenomenon after social disasters, wars or epidemics. However, he emphasizes that such a period lasts on average only three years, and then demographic processes return to previous trends.
The demographer explains that a small “compensatory” increase in fertility is possible among those who have postponed the birth of children before the end of the war. The younger generation will also make its contribution to create families. However, according to the expert, it is not necessary to expect a full baby boom.
Today, the population of Ukraine, including the territories under Russian occupation, is just less than 36 million, according to officials, compared to about 41 million when the war began. However, these figures are approximate and can be much lower.
In Transcarpathia, the number of ethnic Hungarians in three years of a full -scale war has halved. Before the war, there were 150 thousand.
