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Worsening Ukraine’s bleak demographic situation, marriages have dropped by 27% during the pandemic
Tuesday, October 20, 2020


Worsening Ukraine’s bleak demographic situation, marriages have dropped by 27% during the pandemic, RFE/RL reports, citing Justice Ministry figures. From March 12 to Oct. 10, marriages dropped by 38,786 yoy. The 2020 figure was 107,069, far below the 145,855 recorded during the same time last year. Separately, during the first half of this year in Ukraine, two people died for each baby born.