Le Monde: Ukraine will face a major demographic challenge in the coming years
Le Monde newspaper discussed Ukraine demographic, as in the up coming years will be facing a major challenge due to the departure of mothers with their children outside the country.
According to the French newspaper, Ukraine is waging an existential battle against an enemy four times its size, at a time when it is suffering from population bleeding.
The continued departure of mothers and children to other countries for fear of their lives will put Ukraine in a difficult situation in the following years.
This situation will lead to a deficit among Ukrainian men and will affect the country’s demographic composition.
Ukraine’s population was estimated at between 38 and 42 million on February 24, 2022, meanwhile, between 5 and 8 million individuals have emigrated since the beginning of the Russian military operation.
A large percentage of female migrants are thinking about settling permanently outside Ukraine, where there are prospects for integration and a safe life.
Ukraine’s population had decreased about 10 million over the past three decades, and since the war the bleeding continues at a very rapid pace.
According to recent statistics, fertility rate in Ukraine has already decreased to 1.2 children per woman in 2021, which is a figure far from the normal rate of 2.15 per woman, and according to experts the rate will decline, due to the ongoing war by 0.7% in 2023.
