As of the 1st April of 2011 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45724,2 thsd. people. During January-March of 2011 the population decreased by 54,3 thsd. people that amounted to 4,8 persons per 1000 population.

   The population decline by 58,3 thsd. people was exclusively due to natural decrease, at the same time, the migration gain of 4,0 thsd. people was registered.

   In comparison with January-March of 2010 the volume of a natural decrease decreased by 3,8 thsd. people, or from 5,5 ‰ to 5,2 ‰. A natural decrease of the population was registered in the 24 Ukraine`s regions, and only in Kiyv city, Rivne and Zakarpattya regions a natural increase of the population (847, 419 and 348 persons, respectively) was registered.

   A significant surplus of the number of deaths over the number of live birth remains: 100 deaths per 68 live births.

	Total, thsd.		January- March 2011 in % versus January-March 2010	Per 1000 persons 1
	January-March 2011	January-March 2010		January-March 2011	January-March 2010
Live births	121,3	120,9	100,4	10,7	10,7
incl. dead births	7332	7892	92,9	6,03	6,53
Deaths	179,6	183,0	98,2	15,9	16,2
incl. infants under 1 year of age	11032	11082	99,5	8,94	8,74
Natural decrease	58,3	62,1	93,9	5,2	5,5
Marriages	49,2	40,7	120,8	4,4	3,6
Divorces	16,15	34,1	х	1,45	3,0

     There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 8,9 ‰ in Luhans`k region to 14,9 ‰ in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

Birth rate per 1000 persons1, ‰	Regions with corresponding birth rate
10,7	Ukraine
Up to 9,7	Luhans`k, Chernihiv, Sumy, Donets`k,Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy
9,7-10,6	Zaporizhzhya, Ternopil, Khmel`nyts`kyyi
10,7-11,6	Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovs`k, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, Kherson, L`viv, Sevastopol` (city council), Kyiv city, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Autonomous Republic of Crimea
11,7-12,6	Ivano-Frankivs`k, Odesa, Chernivtsi
Over 12,6	Volyn`, Zakarpattya, Rivne

The death rate decreased from 16,2 ‰ in January-March of 2010 to 15,9 ‰ - in January-March of 2011. The highest death rate was registered in Chirnihiv region (19,9‰), the lowest - in Kyiv city (10,1‰).

Death rate per 1000 persons1, ‰	Regions with corresponding death rate
15,9	Ukraine
Up to 15,0	Kyiv city, Zakarpattya, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv, Chernivtsi, Volyn`
15,0-15,9	Ternopil, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Sevastopol` (city council), Kharkiv
16,0-16,9	Kherson, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Kyiv, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhya, Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovs`k
17,0-17,9	Zhytomyr, Sumy, Cherkasy, Poltava, Donets`k
Over 17,9	Kirovohrad, Luhans`k, Chernihiv

    In January-March of 2011 there were registered 733 dead births, that is by 56 cases less in comparison with the corresponding period of the preceding year and somewhat decreased the number of infant deaths under 1 year of age.

   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 as illustrated in the diagram below. There remains a significant part of infants (4,9 %.) whose death cause remained unestablished.

 

     Among death causes of the population of Ukraine in January-March of 2011 as in January-March of 2010 the diseases of blood circulatory system ranked first, neoplasms followed second and external causes took third.

	Persons		In % to the total		Per 100 thsd. people 1
	January-March 2011	January-March 2010	January-March 2011	January-March 2010	January-March 2011	January-March 2010
Total deaths	179625	182996	100,0	100,0	1592,3	1615,7
incl. from diseases of blood circulatory system	122131	124268	68,0	67,9	1082,6	1097,2
malignant neoplasms or cancer	21618	21310	12,0	11,6	191,6	188,2
external causes	10446	10570	5,8	5,8	92,6	93,3
incl. from lethal traffic accidents	915	918	0,5	0,5	8,1	8,1
accidental drownings and submersions	238	162	0,1	0,1	2,1	1,4
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol	1221	1208	0,7	0,7	10,8	10,7
intentional self-harm	1866	1829	1,0	1,0	16,5	16,1
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury	641	701	0,4	0,4	5,7	6,2
diseases of the digestive system	6463	6957	3,6	3,8	57,3	61,4
diseases of the respiratory system	5231	5214	2,9	2,9	46,4	46,0

    In January-March of 2011 in Ukraine the migration gain decreased in comparison with January-March of 2010 by 0,5 thsd. people. The mifgration gain was registered in 16 regions and in 11 regions there was a decrease of migration.

	Total, thsd.		January-March 2011 in % versus January-March 2010	Per 1000 persons 1
	January-March 2011	January-March 2010		January-March 2011	January-March 2010
All migration flows
arrivals	130,1	120,7	107,8	115,4	106,6
departures	126,1	116,2	108,5	111,8	102,6
migration increase (decrease)	4,0	4,5	89,1	3,6	4,0
Internal migration
arrivals	122,7	113,1	108,5	108,8	99,9
departures	122,7	113,1	108,5	108,8	99,9
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х
External migration
arrivals	7,4	7,6	97,7	6,6	6,7
departures	3,4	3,1	110,2	3,0	2,7
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х

    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 during January-March of 2011 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 78,3 %, from other countries - 21,7%. Among those who left Ukraine 41,1 % moved to the CIS countries and 58,9 % - to other countries.