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Ukraine war causes birth rate to slump

2023-08-01 16:11
The country's birth rate has fallen 28% since Russia invaded, official statistics indicate.
Ukraine war causes birth rate to slump

The war in Ukraine has caused the country's birth rate to fall by 28%, official statistics indicate.

In the first six months of 2023, 96,755 children were born there, compared with 135,079 in the first half of 2021.

Although the number of new-born babies has been in decline for the past decade...