Ukraine is facing a dramatic population crisis, with birth rates plummeting and millions fleeing the country amid the ongoing war. The hospital in small town Hoshcha has near-empty.
Ukraine is facing a dramatic population crisis, with birth rates plummeting and millions fleeing the country amid the ongoing war. The hospital in small town Hoshcha has near-empty maternity ward that underscores the severity of the crisis, with just 139 births recorded so far this year—a sharp decline from more than 400 annually a decade ago. The country, which had a population of 42 million before Russia’s 2022 invasion, has now declined to under 36 million, with projections by Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences forecasting a drop to as low as 25 million by 2051, per Reuters.
