Демографическое развитие Украины в 1990-х годах

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to introduce the demographic development of Ukraine in the nineties. The author considers the main population changes and their components in Ukraine, trends of fertility and mortality levels, demographic ageing, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality, extra-marital births. The impact of migratory inflows on population changes in Ukraine is examined as well to find answer to such question as: Can migration compensate for the losses in natural population decrease in Ukraine? The author comes to the conclusion that there are many common features in the recent demographic development of Ukraine and European countries.