The population of Ukraine is decreasing rapidly

According to the State Statistics Service, the population of Ukraine in September declined for 5.200 people, Joinfo.ua reports.

As of October 1, 2015 the population of Ukrainians was 42,800,501 people.

In addition, according to statistics, the number of births, excluding areas ATO was 311,775 children.

It is also noted that in January-September 2015, the number of deaths of children under 1 year was 2516 – the data are exclusive of the occupied territory of Donbas.

Recall that in June, the population of Ukraine for the month decreased by 13 734 persons (0.03%) and as of July 1, 2015 was 42,823,188 people.