Ukraine’s population at the end of 2022 was about 31.4 million people, of which about 1.15 million live in the temporarily occupied territories, according to experts at the Ukrainian Health Center (UHC).
“The war has resulted in an unprecedented migration crisis and large-scale internal displacements. UCH estimates that at the end of 2022, Ukraine’s population was about 31.4 million people. Of these, 1.15 million people live in the temporarily Russian-occupied territories seized after the start of the invasion,” the center’s report on the health care system after the start of the active invasion states.
The center’s experts also note that in the year after the start of the full-scale invasion, the system of outpatient and specialized medical care has fully recovered, in contrast to the system of primary medical care.
“The consumption of medical services at various levels declined in the first months after the invasion. However, outpatient and specialized medical care gradually recovered to prewar levels during 2022. Primary medical care has not resumed and requires support,” the center’s experts stressed.
Ratio of number of Ukrainian migrants to population of recipient countries as of 31.12.2022, %
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Dynamics of changes in population of Ukraine from 1991-2022
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India has probably already surpassed China in terms of population, and experts expect the growth to continue at least until 2050.
According to the independent World Population Review (WPR), India’s population was 1.417 billion at the end of 2022. Another analytical platform, Macrotrends, estimates India’s population at 1.428 billion.
China’s population declined last year for the first time in more than 60 years – by 850,000 to 1.412 billion people, according to data released Tuesday by China’s State Statistics Office.
India, where half the population is under the age of 30, is expected to be the fastest-growing economy in years to come. To take advantage of rising demographics, the country’s government needs to create millions of jobs, Bloomberg notes.
“What’s needed now is a massive economic support program that would create jobs in a variety of sectors,” said Nomura Holdings Inc. economist Sonal Varma. – And we’re already seeing the foundations for that being laid.”
WPR expects India’s population to continue to grow at least through 2050.
According to the UN, more than half of global population growth between 2022 and 2050 will come from just eight countries: India, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.
Dynamics of changes in population of Ukraine from 1991-2022
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The net outflow from Ukraine, which lasted five weeks and stopped in the week before the Catholic Christmas, was replaced by a net inflow of 33,000 people in the last week of the year, including 29,000 in the first three days, the State Border Service said on Facebook.
According to the Department, the flow on the way out of Ukraine from December 24-30 decreased in comparison with the previous week from 301 thousand to 279 thousand people, while on the way in – from 302 thousand to 312 thousand people.
Polish State Border Service also recorded a net inflow to Ukraine for the last seven days – 35 thousand people compared with 15 thousand people a week earlier.
According to the Polish Ministry, the weekly flow from Ukraine to Poland reduced from 184 thousand people to 179 thousand, while the return flow from Poland to Ukraine increased from 199 thousand to 214 thousand people.
As a whole from the beginning of the war 8,817 million people arrived in Poland from Ukraine, whereas in the opposite direction there were 7,028 million people.
According to the State Border Service of Ukraine, the number of cars crossing the western border of Ukraine declined from 139 thousand to 123 thousand, while 593 to 428 vehicles with humanitarian cargoes crossed the border.
As reported, since May 10, the flow to enter Ukraine through its western border every day for almost a month exceeded the flow to leave. The net inflow during this time was 188,000 people. In subsequent weeks there was no such unambiguous trend, except for the week of the new academic year, when net inflow was a record 47 thousand people.
In general, statistics showed a gradual return of Ukrainians to their homes: the net influx for the period from May 10 to September 23 was 409 thousand people.
For the first time since May 10, the number of those who left Ukraine in a week exceeded the number of those who entered at the end of September. At that time, the net outflow was 28 thousand people at once, and one of the possible reasons was a reaction to mobilization in Russia and “pseudo-referendums” in the occupied territories, and then the probable reason for the outflow was massive shelling of the energy infrastructure. In total, since then, the net outflow has been 84,000 people.
According to UNHCR data as of December 27, a total of 16.867 million people left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (not including the flow of people into the country), of which 8.507 million left for Poland, 2.852 million for Russia (data has not been updated since October 3), Hungary – 1.973 million, Romania – 1.738 million, Slovakia – 1.048 million, Moldova – 732.9 thousand people, Belarus – 16.7 thou
At the same time, according to the UN, from February 28 to December 27, 8.952 million people arrived in Ukraine (excluding Hungary, Russia and Belarus).
