Ukraine may face critical demographic levels within 10-20 years, Natalya Nikonorova, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, told TASS.
She said the country's population is declining so fast that even the forecasts of Europe's "most pessimistic" experts are "too optimistic". "A fertility rate of only 0.8-0.9 children per woman indicates a rapid disappearance of the population.