The population of Ukraine may be reduced by almost half – Lubinets
The population of Ukraine will decrease this year to 35.8 million from 42 million that were in 2022, and by 2051 it may decrease to 25.2 million. This was stated by ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets, writes UNN.
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To prevent a demographic catastrophe, Lubinets proposed to include expenditures in the budget for cryopreservation of reproductive cells of Ukrainian defenders and defenders, and in the state budget for 2025, these proposals are taken into account.
"By Togo in 2024, for the first time in the program of medical guarantees, infertility treatment with Assisted Reproductive Technologies was introduced, in particular, 20 contracts were concluded with medical institutions, which were used by 1,080 people. UAH 106.5 million has been allocated for the implementation of the program," Lubinets said.
He believes that in Ukraine should strengthen informing citizens about the possibilities of state medical guarantees.
"The issue of reproductive health and preserving the gene pool of the Ukrainian people is critically important and should become a priority of State Policy," the Ombudsman stressed.
On October 2, The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the demographic development strategy of Ukraine until 2040.
The reasons for the adopted strategy are war, low birth rates, migration, high rates of premature mortality, an unbalanced labor market, and so on.
the document also states that on the date of the All-Ukrainian population census on December 5, 2001, the population of Ukraine was 48.5 million people, on July 2024, the population of the country was estimated at 35.8 million people, of which 31.1 million people lived in the territories controlled by Ukraine