Ukraine's population was estimated at 45905.3 thsd. people on 1 st April 2010. During the period January-March 2010 the population decreased by 57.6 thsd. people that amounted to 5.1 persons per 1000 population.

    The decline in the population by 62.1 thsd. people was exclusively due to natural decrease, at the same time the increase of the population by 4.5 thsd. people due to migration was registered.

   In comparison with the period 2009 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 5.1 thsd. people or from 5.9 ‰ to 5.5 ‰. The natural decrease of the population was registered in 24 Ukrainian regions, but only in Zakarpattya, Rivne regions and Kyiv city a natural population increase (479, 174 and 391 people, respectively) was registered .

   A natural population movement in the period January-March 2010 was characterized by both birth and death rates decrease and a significant surplus of the number of deaths over the number of live births: per 100 deaths per 66 live births.

	Total, thsd.		January-March, 2010 in % to January-March, 2009	Per 1000 people 1
	January-March, 2010	January-March, 2009		January-March, 2010	January-March, 2009
Live birth	120.9	125.8	96.1	10.7	11.1
excluding dead births	7892	8312	94.9	6.53	6.63
Deaths	183.0	193.0	94.8	16.2	17.0
incl. infants under 1 year old	11082	11922	93.0	8.74	9.34
Natural decrease	62.1	67.2	92.4	5.5	5.9
Marriages	40.7	53.8	75.7	3.6	4.7
Divorces	34.1	35.1	97.3	3.0	3.1

     During January-March 2010 there was a significant difference in the birth rate: from 8.6 ‰ in Luhans`k and Sumy regions to 14.5 ‰ in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

Birth rate, ‰	Regions with relevant birth rate
10.7	Ukraine
up to 9.7	Luhans`k, Sumy, Donets`k, Chernihiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kharkiv
9.7-10.6	Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsya regions, Sevastopol` (city council)
10.7-11.6	Mykolayiv, Ternopil`, Dnipropetrovs`k, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, L`viv, Kherson, Kyiv city, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Zhytomyr
11.7-12.6	Ivano-Frankivs`k, Kyiv, Odesa, Chernivtsi
over 12.6	Volyn`, Zakarpattya, Rivne

    The deaths rate decreased from 17.0 ‰ in January-March 2009 to 16.2 ‰ in January-March 2010. The highest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (20.7 ‰), the lowest – in Kyiv city (10.5 ‰).

Death rate, ‰	Regions with relevant death rate
16.2	Ukraine
up to 15.2	Kyiv city, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv, Rivne, Chernivtsi, Sevastopol` (city council), Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Volyn`
15.2-16.1	Ternopil`, Kharkiv
16.2-17.1	Kherson, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhya, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Dnipropetrovs`k, Kyiv
17.2-18.1	Vinnytsya Donets`k, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Luhans`k
over 18.1	Kirovohrad, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv

    In January-March 2010 there were registered 789 dead births that is by 42 deaths less compared to the relevant period of last year. The number of infant death under 1 year of age decreased by 84 cases.

    The leading causes of infant death under 1 year of age were certain conditions arising in the perinatal period, congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal anomalies, external causes, diseases of nervous system, some infection and parasites diseases, diseases of the respiratory system as illustrated in figure below. There remains a significant part of infants (4.1 %.) whose death cause has not been established.

     Among the death causes in the period January-March 2010 as in the period January-March 2009 the first place occupied the diseases of blood circulatory system that were followed by neoplasms and external causes.

	Persons		In % to the total		Per 100 thsd. people 1
	January-March, 2010	January-March, 2009	January-March, 2010	January-March, 2009	January-March, 2010	January-March, 2009
Total deaths	182996	193043	100.0	100.0	1615.7	1697.8
incl. diseases of blood circulatory system	124268	128278	67.9	66.5	1097.2	1128.2
neoplasms	21310	21514	11.6	11.1	188.2	189.2
external causes	10570	13335	5.8	6.9	93.3	117.3
incl. lethal traffic accidents	918	1176	0.5	0.6	8.1	10.3
accidential drownings and submersions	162	363	0.1	0.2	1.4	3.2
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol	1208	2001	0.7	1.0	10.7	17.6
intentional self-harm	1829	2200	1.0	1.1	16.1	19.3
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury	701	857	0.4	0.4	6.2	7.5
diseases of the digestive system	6957	8130	3.8	4.2	61.4	71.5
diseases of the respiratory system	5214	5826	2.9	3.0	46.0	51.2

    The rate of marriages in the period January-March 2010 compared to the relevant period of last year decreases from 4.7 ‰ to 3.6 ‰, and the rate of divorces decreased – from 3.1 ‰ to 3.0 ‰.

    In January-March 2010 as in relevant period of 2009 the migration balance increased by 4.5 thsd. people. The increase of migration was registered in 19 regions and its decrease in 8 regions.

	Total, thsd.		January-March, 2010 in % to January-March, 2009	Per 1000 people 1
	January-March, 2010	January-March, 2009		January-March, 2010	January-March, 2009
all migration flows
arrived	120.7	125.5	96.2	10.7	11.0
left	116.2	121.6	95.6	10.3	10.7
migration increase (decrease)	4.5	3.9	114.0	0.4	0.3
immigration
arrived	113.1	117.1	96.6	10.0	10.3
left	113.1	117.1	96.6	10.0	10.3
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х
emmigration
arrived	7.6	8.4	90.5	0.7	0.7
left	3.1	4.5	69.6	0.3	0.4
migration increase (decrease)	4.5	3.9	114.0	0.4	0.3

    Almost half of arrived to Ukraine registered their place of living in 5 regions: Odesa, Kyiv city, Autonomic Republic of Crimea, Donets`k and Dnipropetrovs`k regions. Among arrived to Ukraine in the period January-March 2010 the immigrants from CIS countries constituted 78.4%, from other countries – 21.6%. Among those who left Ukraine 55.4% moved to CIS countries and 44.6% - to other countries.