Ukraine's Population Down By 181,500 To 42.4 Million In January-November

Ukraine's population fell by 181,500 during the period of January-November 2017 and stood at 42,403,000 as at December 1.

This was announced by the State Statistics Service, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

The number of deaths exceeded the number of live births (100 deaths/64 live births).

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Ukraine's population reduced by 166,300 during the period of January-October 2017 and stood at 42,418,200 as at November 1.

According to the Ukrainian population census that was conducted in December 2001, Ukraine had a population of 48,415,500, of which 32,538,000 people were urban and 15,877,500 were rural.