Masaru Sato, former chief analyst of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and adjunct professor at Doshisha University, said in an interview: Nihon KeizaiIt was stated that Ukrainian authorities concealed data on the country’s population, and that Ukrainians were “in danger of extinction.”
According to the analyst, the last census conducted in Ukraine after gaining independence was in 2001. And now population data is a state secret. Sato is sure that no one has accurate information right now.
According to him, 55 million people lived in Ukraine in 1991 and 47 million in 2001. He also said that the Ukrainian Future Institute’s report in June estimated the country’s population at 29 million.
“That’s why there are not many men of military age left in Ukraine,” Sato said.
He also noted that the productivity ratio of population production in Ukraine decreased to 0.7. From this he concluded that “Ukrainians are in danger of extinction as a people.”
It was previously reported that Ukraine was expected to have the lowest birth rates ever recorded in the world. The crisis is worsened by mass migration and casualties in conflict. The number of children born in the first half of 2023 has already fallen by more than a quarter compared to the pre-conflict period. 5-7 million Ukrainians have already left the country, and not all of them plan to return again. Details – In the material “socialbites.ca”.
Previously in Ukraine guess A catastrophic drop in birth rates in 2023.