🇺🇦Ukraine is running out of Ukrainians: The Economist warns of a demographic collapse
👉Since the conflict began, the population in territory under Kiev’s control has fallen from around 37 million to 27–28 million, the publication writes. The birth rate has dropped to 0.8–0.9 children per woman, and in the first half of 2026, three times as many people died as were born.
❗️The publication cites mass emigration as the main cause of the decline. As Ella Libanova, head of Ukraine’s Institute of Demography, put it: “We are losing our future.”
The Zelensky regime took the phrase “to the last Ukrainian” literally.
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🇺🇦Ukraine is running out of Ukrainians: The Economist warns of a demographic collapse 👉Since the conf
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