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In 1990, Ukraine saw more than 657,000 births to nearly 630,000 deaths, according to the State Statistics Committee.
In 1991, there were nearly 631,000 births in the country to almost 670,000 deaths.
By 2001 – a decade later – deaths in the country were almost double that of births, with nearly 746,000 of the former to around 376,000 of the latter.
The first up-tick reversing the plunging birthrate trend was recorded in 2002, with almost 391,000 births to around 755,000 deaths.
Last year, there were around 460,000 births and 758,000 deaths in the country.
Lavrynovych said that the general “optimistic” reversal of the trend began occurring in 2002.
In the first six months of 2007, 225,679 newborns were officially registered in the country – up 7,000 compared with the same period last year.
However, the same period saw more than 387,000 deaths, exceeding births by 70 percent.
According to the State Statistics Committee, as of June 1, the country’s population stood at just over 46.5 million.
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