Ukraine's population was estimated at 45795.9 thsd. people on 1 st December 2010. During January-November 2010 the population decreased by 167.0 thsd. people that amounted to 4.0 persons per 1000 population.

   The population decline by 181.5 thsd. people was exclusively due to natural decrease, at the same time the migration gain of 14.5 thsd. people was registered.

   In comparison with January-November 2009 the volume of a natural decrease increased by 8.9 thsd. people, or from 4.1 ‰ to 4.3 ‰. A natural decrease of the population was registered in the 23 Ukraine`s regions, but only in Zakarpattya region, Kyiv city, Rivne and Volyn` regions a natural increase of the population (3240, 3115, 2111 and 692, respectively) was registered.

   A natural population movement in January-November 2010 was characterized by birth rate decrease and a significant excess of deaths over live births: 100 deaths per 72 live births.

	Total, thsd.		January-November 2010 in % to January-November 2009	Per 1000 people1
	January-November 2010	January-November 2009		January-November 2010	January-November 2009
Live births	456.9	471.4	96.9	10.9	11.2
incl. dead births	30152	30462	99.0	6.63	6.43
Deaths	638.4	644.0	99.1	15.2	15.3
incl. infants under 1 year of age	41982	43952	95.5	9.14	9.24
Natural decrease	181.5	172.6	105.2	4.3	4.1
Marriages	290.6	302.5	96.0	6.9	7.2
Divorces	119.45	132.2	х	2.85	3.1

     There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 8.8 ‰ in Sumy region to 14.9 ‰ in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

Birth rate, ‰	Regions with corresponding birth rate
10.9	Ukraine
Up to 9.9	Sumy, Luhans`k, Chernihiv, Donets`k, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy
9.9-10.8	Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovs`k
10.9-11.8	Mykolayiv, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Ternopil`, Sevastopol` (city council), L`viv, Kherson, Zhytomyr, Kyiv city, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kyiv
11.9-12.8	Ivano-Frankivs`k, Odesa, Chernivtsi
Over 12.8	Volyn`, Zakarpattya, Rivne

   The death rate decreased from 15.3 ‰ in January-November 2009 to 15.2 ‰ in January-November 2010. The highest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (19.5‰), the lowest - in Kyiv city (10.3‰).

Death rate, ‰	Regions with corresponding death rate
15.2	Ukraine
Up to 14.3	Kyiv city, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv Rivne, Chernivtsi, Volyn`
14.3-15.2	Ternopil`, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol` (city council), Kherson, Odesa
15.3-16.2	Kharkiv, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Mykolayiv, Vinnytsya, Zaporizhzhya
16.3-17.2	Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovs`k, Kyiv, Donets`k, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Sumy
Over 17.2	Kirovohrad, Poltava, Chernihiv

    In January-November 2010 there were registered 3015 dead births that is by 31 cases less compared to the corresponding period of the last year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age decreased by 197 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 abnormalities (congenital abnormalities); diseases of the nervous system; external death causes; diseases of the respiratory system; some infection and parasitic diseases as illustrated in the figure below. There remains a significant part of infants (4.4 %.) whose death cause remained unestablished.

     In the structure of death causes of the population of Ukraine in the period January-November 2010 as in the same period of 2009 the diseases of blood circulatory system ranked first, neoplasms followed second and external causes took third.

	People		In% to the total		Per 100 thsd. people 1
	January-November 2010	January-November 2009	January-November 2010	January-November 2009	January-November 2010	January-November 2009
Total deaths	638389	643956	100.0	100.0	1520.6	1527.7
incl. due to diseases of blood circulatory system	424705	419178	66.5	65.1	1011.6	994.5
malignant neoplasms or cancer	81217	80837	12.7	12.5	193.5	191.8
external causes	39610	44178	6.2	6,9	94.3	104.8
incl. due to lethal traffic accidents	5439	5969	0.9	0.9	13.0	14.2
accidental drownings and submersions	3110	2953	0.5	0.5	7.4	7.0
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol	3675	5118	0.6	0.8	8.8	12.1
intentional self-harm	8442	9114	1.3	1.4	20.1	21.6
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury	2542	2810	0.4	0.4	6.1	6.7
diseases of the digestive system	24528	27570	3.9	4.3	58.4	65.4
diseases of the respiratory system	17706	19136	2.8	3.0	42.2	45.4

    In January-November 2010 in Ukraine the migration gain increased by 2.7 thsd. people in comparison with the same period of 2009. The migration gain increase of the population was registered in 10 regions and decrease in 17 regions.

	Total, thsd.		January-November 2010 in % to January-November 2009	Per 1000 people1
	January-November 2010	January-November 2009		January-November 2010	January-November 2009
All migration flows
arrival	632,1	589,2	107,3	15,0	14,0
departure	617,6	577,4	107,0	14,7	13,7
migration increase (decrease)	14,5	11,8	122,7	0,3	0,3
Internal migration
arrival	604.0	559.4	108.0	14.4	13.3
departure	604.0	559.4	108.0	14.4	13.3
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х
External migration
arrival	28.1	29.8	94.2	0.6	0.7
departure	13.6	18.0	75.6	0.3	0.4
migration increase (decrease)	14.5	11.8	122,.7	0.3	0.3

    Almost half of people arrived in Ukraine have registered their place of residence in 5 regions: Odesa, Kyiv city, Autonomic Republic of Crimea, Donets`k and Dnipropetrovs`k regions.

    Among those who arrived in Ukraine in the period January-November 2010 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 77.4%, from other countries – 22.6%. Among those who left Ukraine 50.8% moved to the CIS countries and 49.2% - to other countries.