Ukraine's population was estimated at 45850.9 thsd. people on 1st August 2010. During the period January-July 2010 the population decreased by 112.0 thsd. people that amounted to 4.2 persons per 1000 population.
The decline in population by 121.7 thsd. people was exclusively due to natural decrease, at the same time the increase of the population by 9.7 thsd. people due to migration was registered.
   In comparison with January-July 2009 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 8.0 thsd. people or from 4.8 ‰. to 4.6 ‰. . A natural decrease of the population was registered in 23 Ukrainian regions, but only in Kyiv city, Zakarpattya, Rivne and Volyn` regions a natural increase of the population (2019, 1492, 1020 and 345 people, respectively) was registered.
   A natural population movement in January-July 2010 was characterized by both birth and death rates decrease, and also by a significant surplus of the number of deaths over the number of live births: 100 deaths per 70 live births.

	Total, thsd.		January-July, 2010 in % to January-July, 2009	Per 1000 people1
	January-July, 2010	January-July, 2010		January-July, 2010	January-July, 2010
Live births	287.2	297.3	96.6	10.7	11.1
incl. dead births	19242	19752	97.4	6.73	6.63
Deaths	408.9	427.0	95.8	15.3	15.9
incl. infants under 1 year old	26272	28532	92.1	8.94	9.54
Natural decrease	121.7	129.7	93.9	4.6	4.8
Marriages	146.6	153.1	95.8	5.5	5.7
Divorces	83.0	81.9	101.3	3.1	3.1

    During the period January-July 2010 there was a significant difference in the birth rate: from 8.7 ‰. births in Sumy region to 14.7 ‰. 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	Sumy, Luhans`k, Donets`k, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy
9.7-10.6	Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv
10.7-11.6	Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovs`k, Sevastopol` (city council), Ternopil`, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, L`viv, Kherson, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Zhutomyr, Kyiv regions, Kyiv city
11.7-12.6	Ivano-Frankivs`k, Odesa, Chernivtsi
over 12.6	Zakarpattya, Volyn`, Rivne

The death rate decreased from 15.9 ‰. in January-Julyt 2009 to 15.3 ‰. in January-August 2010. The highest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (19.9 ‰. ), the lowest - in Kyiv city (10.3 ‰. ).

Death rate, ‰.	Regions with relevant death rate
15.3	Ukraine
up to 14.4	Kyiv city, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Volyn`, Ternopil`
14.4-15.3	Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol` (city council), Odesa, Cherson
15.4-16.3	Charkiv, Mykolayiv, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Zaporizhzhya, Vinnytsya
16.4-17.3	Dnipropetrovs`k, Donets`k, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Kirovohrad
over 17.3	Sumy, Poltava, Chernihiv

    In January-July 2010 there were registered 1924 dead births that is by 51 cases less in comparison with the relevant period of last year. The number of infant death under 1 year of age decreased by 226 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, diseases of the respiratory system, some infectious and parasitic diseases as illustrated on the figure below. There remains a significant part of infants (4.4 %.) whose death cause has not been established.

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

	People		In % to the total		Per 100 thsd. people 1
	January-July, 2010	January-July, 2009	January-July, 2009	January-July, 2009	January-July, 2009	January-July, 2009
Total deaths	408941	427005	100.0	100.0	1533.7	1595.3
incl. diseases of blood circulatory system	273500	280298	66.9	65.6	1025.7	1047.2
neoplasms	51081	51342	12.5	12.0	191.6	191.8
external causes	25029	29526	6.1	6.9	93.9	110.3
incl. lethal traffic accidents	2749	3320	0.7	0.8	10.3	12.4
accidential drowning and submersions	1990	2219	0.5	0.5	7.5	8.3
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol	2406	3641	0.6	0.9	9.0	13.6
intentional self-harm	5428	6052	1.3	1.4	20.4	22.6
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury	1628	1871	0.4	0.4	6.1	7.0
diseases of the digestive system	15373	17788	3.8	4.2	57.7	66.5
diseases of the digestive system	11290	12473	2.8	2.9	42.3	46.6

The rate of marriages in the period January-July 2010 compared to the relevant period of last year decreased from 5.7 ‰. to 5.5 ‰. , and the rate of divorces remained on the level of last year - 3.1 ‰. .

    In January-July 2010 the migration balance in comparison of the relevant period of 2009 increased by 1.4 thsd. people. The increase of migration was registered in 20 regions and its decrease in 7 regions.

	Total, thsd.		January-July, 2010 in % to January-July, 2009	Per 1000 people 1
	January-July, 2010	January-July, 2009		January-July, 2010	January-July, 2009
All migration flows
arrived	321.4	309.3	103.9	12.1	11.5
left	311.7	301.0	103.5	11.7	11.2
migration increase (decrease)	9.7	8.3	117.7	0.4	0.3
immigration
arrived	303.6	290.2	104.6	11.4	10.8
left	303.6	290.2	104.6	11.4	10.8
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х
emmigration
arrived	17.8	19.1	93.1	0.7	0.7
left	8.1	10.8	74.3	0.3	0.4
migration increase (decrease)	9.7	8.3	117.7	0.4	0.3

    Almost half of arrived to Ukraine indicated their place of living in 5 regions: Odesa, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kyiv city, Donets`k and Dnipropetrovs`k regions.

   Among arrived to Ukraine in January-July 2010 the immigrants from CIS countries constituted - 77.8 %, from other countries - 22.2 %. Among those who left Ukraine 53.1% moved to CIS countries and 46.9% - to other countries.