87 thousand babies were born in Ukraine in the first half of 2024 - Ministry of Justice
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In the first half of 2024, 87,655 babies were born in Ukraine. Most births were recorded in Kyiv, Lviv, and Dnipro regions, and 72,766 couples got married.
In the first half of this year, 87,655 babies were born in Ukraine . Most of them were born in the capital, Lviv and Dnipro regions. This was stated by the Ministry of Justice, reports UNN.
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In particular, 9,695 children were born in Kyiv, 7,923 in Lviv region, 6,962 in Dnipropetrovs'k, 6,197 in Odesa, 4,947 in Kyiv, 4,532 in Rivne, 4,323 in Zakarpattia, 4,005 in Vinnytsia, 3,916 in Ivano-Frankivsk, and 3,798 in Kharkiv.
Also, 72,766 couples got married in the first half of 2024. The largest number of marriage registrations were made by civil registry offices in Kyiv (9,392), Dnipropetrovs'k region (7,076), Odesa (4,896), Kyiv (4,848), Lviv (4,616), Kharkiv (4,148), Vinnytsia (3,362), Poltava (3,065), Cherkasy (3,001), and Khmelnytsky (2,925).
At the same time, five times fewer couples decided to divorce, namely 15,578.
Addendum
In addition, according to the agency, 4,605 Ukrainians changed their name, surname and patronymic during the period. Most often, state registration of name changes was carried out in Kyiv (709), Dnipropetrovska oblast (390), Lvivska oblast (329), Odeska oblast (325) and Kyivska oblast (291).
