‘In 2024, after more than 2 years after Russia's invasion, Ukraine had a population of 32 million people," said Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Czernyszov, Minister of National Unity in an interview with the German paper "Die Welt". In his opinion, “it is simply a dramatic number”. There are 60 million Ukrainians worldwide.
Chernyszov recalled that Ukraine, on the day of its independency in 1991, had a population of 52 million people; 10 years later this number fell to 48 million.
In 2015, after the annexation of Crimea by Russia, only 42 million people lived in Ukraine
“the Deputy Prime Minister said.
In turn in 2024, after 2 years from the beginning of the Russian invasion, Ukraine had 32 million inhabitants.
‘Dramatic number’
According to Chernyszów, it is simply a "dramatic number".
The good news is, in general, we are a nation of 60 million people.
“He added.
The challenge is the Ukrainian diaspora, due to the fact that half of the Ukrainian population lives outside their native country.
In the July UN report, the number of Ukrainian residents could decrease to 15.3 million by 2100. This would mean a decrease of more than 50%. According to the UN, the population of Ukraine was officially 37.4 million in January 2024 (in fact much little due to the large scale of emigration associated with the Russian invasion), and is expected to emergence to 39.7 million by 2026. Then, according to predictions, it's going to fall rapidly.
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