As of the 1st May of 2012 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45573,6 thsd. persons. During January-April 2012 the population decreased by 60,0 thsd. people, that amounted to 4,0 persons per 1000 population. At the same time a natural increase of the population was registered in six regions of Ukraine: Zakarpattya,Volyn, Kyiv, Rivne, сity of Kyiv and Sevastopol (from 3,0 to 0,7 persons per 1000 population).

    The population decline by was exclusively due to natural decrease – 69,0 thsd. persons, at the same time the migration gain – 9,0 thsd. persons was registered.

    In comparison with January-April of 2011 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 8,8 thsd. persons, or from 5,1 to 4,6 persons per 1000 population. A natural decrease of the population was registered in the 23 Ukraine`s regions, but only in the city of Kyiv, Rivne, Zakarpattya, and Volyn regions a natural increase of the population (985, 686, 587 and 105 persons, respectively) was registered.


        A natural movement of the population in January-April 2012 was characterized by the increase of birth and decrease death rates.A significant surplus of the number of deaths over the number of live birth remains: 100 deaths per 70 live births.

	Total, thsd.		January-April 2012 in % versus January-April 2011	Per 1000 persons 1
	January-April 2012	January-April 2011		January-April 2012	January-April 2011
Live births	164,3	157,2	104,5	10,9	10,5
incl. dead births	10232	9742	105,0	6,23	6,23
Deaths	233,3	235,0	99,3	15,5	15,6
incl. infants under 1 year of age	14442	14652	98,6	8,64	8,94
Natural decrease	69,0	77,8	88,8	4,6	5,1

       There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 9,1‰ in Kharkiv and Chernihiv region to 15,0 in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

Birth rate per 1000 persons1, ‰	Regions with corresponding birth rate
10,9	Ukraine
Up to 9,9	Chernihiv, Luhans`k, Donets`k, Sumy,Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Poltava,
9,9-10,8	Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovs`k , Ternopil
10,9-11,8	Vinnytsya, Mykolayiv,Khmel`nyts`kyyi,Kherson, Kirovohrad, ,L`viv, Sevastopol` (city council), Zhytomyr, vano-Frankivs`k, Kyiv, the city of Kyiv,
11,9-12,8	Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Chernivtsi
Over 12,8	Zakarpattya, Volyn`, Rivne

The death rate decreased from 15,6 ‰ in January-April of 2011 to 15,5 - in January-April of 2012. The heighest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (19,6‰), the lowest - in the city of Kyiv (9,3‰).

Death rate per 1000 persons1, ‰	Regions with corresponding death rate
15,5	Ukraine
Up to 14,6	the city of Kyiv, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv, Rivne, Volyn Chernivtsi,
14,6-15,5	Ternopil, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol` (city council), Odesa, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson
15,6-16,5	Mykolayiv, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovs`k
16,6-17,5	Kyiv, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Donets`k,Sumy,Poltava
Over 17,5	Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr

       In January-April 2012 there were registered 1023 cases of dead births, that is by 49cases less compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age deacreased by 6 cases and constituted 1444 persons.

     The leading causes of infant death under 1 year of age were: certain conditions arising in the perinatal period; congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (congenital abnormalities); external death causes; some infectious and parasitic diseases; diseases of the nervous system; diseases of the respiratory system. There remains a significant part of infants (4,3%) whose death cause was not determined by medical personnel.

	Persons		In % to the total		Per 100 thsd. people1
	January-April 2012	January-April 2011	January-April 2012	January-April 2011	January-April 2012	January-April 2011
Total deaths	233298	234961	100,0	100,0	1547,4	1562,4
among them from diseases of blood circulatory system	157737	159181	67,6	67,8	1046,2	1058,5
malignant neoplasms or cancer	30315	28883	13,0	12,3	201,1	192,1
external causes	13486	13738	5,8	5,8	89,5	91,3
among them from lethal traffic accidents	1466	1269	0,6	0,5	9,7	8,4
accidental drownings and submersions	359	382	0,2	0,2	2,4	2,5
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol	1681	1617	0,7	0,7	11,1	10,8
intentional self-harm	2784	2638	1,2	1,1	18,5	17,5
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury	785	843	0,3	0,4	5,2	5,6
diseases of the digestive system	9134	8450	3,9	3,6	60,6	56,2
diseases of the respiratory system	6061	6709	2,6	2,9	40,2	44,6

    In January-April 2012 in 17 regions there was an increase of migration and in 10a decrease of migration was observed.

Information of migration flows is given in the table below:

	Total, thsd.		January-April 2012 in % versus January-April 2011	Per 1000 persons1
	January-April 2012	January-April 2011		January-April 2012	January-April 2011
All migration flows
arrivals	168,2	170,5	98,6	111,6	113,4
departures	159,2	165,1	96,4	105,6	109,8
migration increase (decrease)	9,0	5,4	168,2	6,0	3,6
Internal migration
arrivals	155,4	160,6	96,7	103,1	106,8
departures	155,4	160,6	96,7	103,1	106,8
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х
External migration
arrivals	12,8	9,9	129,6	8,5	6,6
departures	3,8	4,5	83,5	2,5	3,0
migration increase (decrease)	9,0	5,4	168,2	6,0	3,6

    Among those who arrived in Ukraine during January-April of 2012 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 66,2%, from other countries - 33,8%. Among those who left Ukraine 44,8 % moved to the CIS countries and 55,2% - to other countries