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How many babies are born in Ukraine?

242 thousand babies born in Ukraine in 2026. That is 0.18% of all births worldwide, and the 82nd largest of any country. UN projection

662births per day
28per hour
0per minute
6.1births per 1,000 people
1.00children per woman
39.54 millionpopulation

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Ukraine: history and projections

Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.

Every figure refers to the area inside Ukraine’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1 CE	~19K	~460K	40.7	Modelled estimate
1000	~39K	~920K	42.5	Modelled estimate
1500	~120K	~2.7M	42.8	Modelled estimate
1800	~575K	~11.2M	51.3	Historical reconstruction
1900	~1.08M	~23.5M	46.2	Historical reconstruction
1950	854K	37.3M	22.9	UN estimate
2000	388K	49.6M	7.8	UN estimate
2023	212K	37.7M	5.6	UN estimate
2026	242K	39.5M	6.1	UN projection
2050	188K	32M	5.9	UN projection
2075	123K	22.8M	5.4	UN projection
2100	79.2K	15.2M	5.2	UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Ukraine among estimates through 2023 were in 1903, at about ~1.09M. That is roughly 58 times the estimated ~18.8K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.00 children per woman, fertility in Ukraine is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Ukraine each year?

An estimated 242 thousand babies are born in Ukraine in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 662 a day and 0.18% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Ukraine?

Ukraine has an estimated 6.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.00 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.