86,795 newborns in Ukraine and 249,002 deaths – these are the statistics of life and death for the first six months of 2025 published by the Ministry of Justice. Currently, there are 3 deaths per baby, and this situation has remained unchanged over the past 5 years. Most babies are born in the capital, and most often die in Dnipropetrovs’k region.
86,795 babies were born in the last six months. It can be noted that the birth rate has stabilized during the war, as it is almost the same as in the same period last year. Back then, 87,655 little citizens were born in the first half of the year.
However, the overall trend is disappointing: the birth rate has decreased by 2.2 times in ten years. While in 2016, on average, 32 thousand babies were born per month, this year only 14 thousand were born.
Traditionally, most babies are born in Kyiv – 9,947 or 12% of the total number of newborns. Lviv region follows with 8,282 (10%) babies. Dnipropetrovs’k region rounds out the top three with 6,670 (8%).
In some regions of the country, despite the war, there is even a small increase in the birth rate. Kyiv region is the leader with +6% over the year, followed by Lviv region with +5%, and Volyn with +6%.
In general, a small increase is observed in 7 regions of the country.
At the same time, fewer children are expected to be born in regions close to the front line. In Donetsk region, the birth rate has almost halved over the year (-47%), in Kherson region – by 11%, and in Chernihiv region – by 10%.
Traditionally, most boys are born – 51%.
At the same time, 249,002 people died in the first half of the year in Ukraine. The situation has hardly changed over the year. Currently, there are three deaths per newborn. This figure has remained unchanged over the past 5 years. Thus, the country’s population is decreasing by more than 300 thousand annually.
For comparison, in 2016, there were 2 deaths per 1 baby.
Every ninth person in Ukraine dies in Dnipropetrovska oblast – 27,120 deaths, which is consistently the highest rate in Ukraine. The anti-leaders are Kyiv with 18,114 deaths and Kharkiv region with 17,694 deaths.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/birth-death-2025
