Ukraine's population has fallen to 28.5 million by mid-2026, half a million less than the 29 million estimated in July. The decline is not so much due to deaths as because people are leaving. Migration, both within Ukraine and abroad, as the main factor. A bigger wave could come after martial law is lifted, when men will be free to leave the country and return from the front.

Ukraine's population has fallen to 28.5 million by mid-2026, half a million less than the 29 million estimated in July. The decline is not so much due to deaths as because people are leaving. Migration, both within Ukraine and abroad, as the main factor. A bigger wave could come after martial law is lifted, when men will be free to leave the country and return from the front.