As of the 1st August of 2011 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45670,0 thsd. persons. During January-July 2011 the population decreased by 108,5 thsd. people, that amounted to 4,6 persons per 1000 population.

    The population decline by was exclusively due to natural decrease – 118,3 thsd. people, at the same time the migration gain – 9,8 thsd. people was registered.

    Compared to January-July 2010 the volume of a natural decrease grew up by 3,5 thsd. people, or from 4,6 to 5 ‰. A natural decrease of the population was registered in the 23 regions of Ukraine, and only in the city of Kyiv, Rivne, Zakarpattya and Volyn` regions a natural increase of the population (1872, 1256, 1150 and 68 people, respectively) was registered.

        A natural movement of the population in January-July 2011 was characterized by the decrease of birth and 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-July 2011 in % versus January-July 2010	Per 1000 persons 1
	January-July 2011	January-July 2010		January-July 2011	January-July 2010
Live births	279,2	287,2	97,2	10,5	10,7
incl. dead births	17902	19242	93,0	6,43	6,73
Deaths	397,5	408,9	97,2	15,0	15,3
incl. infants under 1 year of age	25752	26272	98,0	8,94	8,94
Natural decrease	118,3	121,7	97,1	4,5	4,6

     There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 8,7‰ in Sumy region to 14,6 in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

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

The death rate decreased from 15,3 ‰ in January-July of 2010 to 15,0 - in January-July of 2011. The heighest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (18,8‰), the lowest - in the city of Kyiv (9,9‰).

Death rate per 1000 persons 1, ‰	Regions with corresponding death rate
15,0	Ukraine
Up to 14,1	the city of Kyiv, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Volyn`, Ternopil
14,1-15,0	Odesa, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol` (city council)
15,1-16,0	Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhya, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Vinnytsya, Kyiv
16,1-17,0	Dnipropetrovs`k, Zhytomyr, Donets`k, Sumy, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Poltava
Понад 17,0	Kirovohrad, Chernihiv

    In January-July 2011 there were registered 1790 cases of dead births, that is by 134 cases less compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age deacreased by 52 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); 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 (4,7 %.) whose death cause was not determined by medical personnel.

     Among death causes of the population of Ukraine in January-July of 2011 as in January-July 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. people1
	January-July 2011	January-July 2010	January-July 2011	January-July 2010	January-July 2011	January-July 2010
Total deaths	397533	408941	100,0	100,0	1496,9	1533,7
among them from diseases of blood circulatory system	266266	273500	67,0	66,9	1002,6	1025,7
malignant neoplasms or cancer	51241	51081	12,9	12,5	192,9	191,6
external causes	24311	25029	6,1	6,1	91,5	93,9
among them from lethal traffic accidents	2689	2749	0,7	0,7	10,1	10,3
accidental drownings and submersions	1683	1990	0,4	0,5	6,3	7,5
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol	2297	2406	0,6	0,6	8,6	9,0
intentional self-harm	5414	5428	1,4	1,3	20,4	20,4
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury	1468	1628	0,4	0,4	5,5	6,1
diseases of the digestive system	14343	15373	3,6	3,8	54,0	57,7
diseases of the respiratory system	10880	11290	2,7	2,8	41,0	42,3

        In January-July 2011 in 21 regions and in 6 regions there was a decrease of migration.

	Total, thsd.		January-July 2011 in % versus January-July 2010	Per 1000 persons1
	January-July 2011	January-July 2010		January-July 2011	January-July 2010
All migration flows
arrivals	328,7	321,4	102,3	123,8	120,5
departures	318,9	311,7	102,3	120,1	116,9
migration increase (decrease)	9,8	9,7	100,5	3,7	3,6
Internal migration
arrivals	311,0	303,6	102,4	117,1	113,9
departures	311,0	303,6	102,4	117,1	113,9
migration increase (decrease)	х	х	х	х	х
External migration
arrivals	17,7	17,8	99,5	6,7	6,6
departures	7,9	8,1	98,4	3,0	3,0
migration increase (decrease)	9,8	9,7	100,5	3,7	3,6

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

    Among those who arrived in Ukraine during January-July of 2011 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 77,4 %, from other countries - 22,6%. Among those who left Ukraine 43,5 % moved to the CIS countries and 56,5 % - to other countries.