As of the 1st May of 2011 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45706,1 thsd. people. During January-April of 2011 the population decreased by 72,4 thsd. people that amounted to 4,8 persons per 1000 population.

   The decline of the country's population was exclusively due to natural decrease - 77,8 thsd. people, at the same time, the migration gain of 5,4 thsd. people was registered.

   In comparison with January-April of 2010 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 2,7 thsd. people, or from 5,3 ‰ to 5,1 ‰. A natural decrease of the population was registered in the 24 Ukraine`s regions, but only in Kyiv city, Rivne and Zakarpattya regions a natural increase of the population (870, 503 and 282 persons, respectively) was registered.

    A natural population movement in January-April of 2011 was characterized by birth rate and death rate decrease. There remains a significant excess of deaths over live births: 100 deaths per 67 live births.

	Total, thsd.		January-April 2011 in % versus January-April 2010	Per 1000 persons1
	January-April 2011	January-April 2010		January-April 2011	January-April 2010
Live births	157,2	160,1	98,2	10,5	10,6
incl. dead births	9742	10632	91,6	6,23	6,63
Deaths	235,0	240,6	97,7	15,6	15,9
incl. infants under 1 year of age	14652	14982	97,8	8,94	8,94
Natural decrease	77,8	80,5	96,6	5,1	5,3
Marriages	65,3	71,3	91,6	4,3	4,7
Divorces	21,05	46,7	х	1,45	3,1

     There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 8,7 ‰ in Luhans`k, Sumy and Chernihiv regions to 14,5 ‰ in Rivne region, that reflect the data presented in the table.

Birth rate per 1000 persons1, ‰	Regions with corresponding birth rate
10,5	Ukraine
Up to 9,5	Luhans`k, Sumy, Chernihiv, Donets`k, Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkasy
9,5-10,4	Zaporizhzhya, Vinnytsya,Kirovohrad, Kherson, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Dnipropetrovs`k, Ternopil
10,5-11,4	Mykolayiv, Sevastopol` (city council), L`viv, Kyiv city,Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ivano-Frankivs`k
11,5-12,4	Chernivtsi, Odesa
Over 12,4	Volyn`, Zakarpattya, Rivne

The death rate decreased from 15,9 ‰ in January-April of 2010 to 15,6 ‰ - in January-April of 2011. The highest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (19.6 ‰), the lowest - in Kyiv city (10.1 ‰).

Death rate per 1000 persons1, ‰	Regions with corresponding death rate
15,6	Ukraine
Up to14,7	Kyiv city, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, Rivne, L`viv, Chernivtsi,Volyn`
14,7-15,6	Ternopil, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Sevastopol` (city council)
15,7-16,6	Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhya,Kyiv,Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Vinnytsya
16,7-17,6	Dnipropetrovs`k, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Сумська, Donets`k, Poltava
Over 17,6	Kirovohrad, Luhans`k, Chernihiv

    In January-April of 2011 there were registered 974 cases of dead births that is by 89 less in comparison with the same period of the previous year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age decreased by 33 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); ternal death causes; diseases of the nervous system; some infectious and parasitic diseases; diseases of the respiratory system as illustrated in the diagram below. There remains a significant part of infants (5.5 %.) whose death cause remained unestablished by medical personnel.

     Among death causes of the population of Ukraine in January-March of 2011 as in January-March of 2010 he 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-April 2011	January-April 2010	January-April 2011	January-April 2010	January-April 2011	January-April 2010
Total deaths	234961	240577	100,0	100,0	1562,4	1593,3
incl. from diseases of blood circulatory system	159181	162988	67,8	67,7	1058,5	1079,5
malignant neoplasms or cancer	28883	28573	12,3	11,9	192,1	189,2
external causes	13738	13918	5,8	5,8	91,3	92,2
incl. from lethal traffic accidents	1269	1326	0,5	0,6	8,4	8,8
accidental drownings and submersions	382	306	0,2	0,1	2,5	2,0
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol	1617	1633	0,7	0,7	10,8	10,8
intentional self-harm	2638	2666	1,1	1,1	17,5	17,7
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury	843	901	0,4	0,4	5,6	6,0
diseases of the digestive system	8450	9071	3,6	3,8	56,2	60,1
diseases of the respiratory system	6709	6759	2,9	2,8	44,6	44,8

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

	Total, thsd.		January-April 2011 in % versus January-April 2010	Per 1000 persons 1
	January-April 2011	January-April 2010		January-April 2011	January-April 2010
All migration flows
arrivals	170,5	161,8	105,3	113,4	107,2
departures	165,1	155,9	105,9	109,8	103,3
migration increase (decrease)	5,4	5,9	90,8	3,6	3,9
Internal migration
arrivals	160,6	151,7	105,9	106,8	100,5
departures	160,6	151,7	105,9	106,8	100,5
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х
External migration
arrivals	9,9	10,1	97,6	6,6	6,7
departures	4,5	4,2	107,0	3,0	2,8
migration increase (decrease)	5,4	5,9	90,8	3,6	3,9

    A 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-April of 2011 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 77,8%, from other countries - 22,2%. Among those who left Ukraine 41,5% moved to the CIS countries and 58,5% - to other countries.