I thought Ukraine had a pre-war population of around 40 million.
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Times change quickly in war. Current demographics show less than 28 million in country, some say as low as 20 million. As the Ukies are now conscripting woman ( chosen by occupation) says it all. Those millions that have fled will not return or will have to be hunted down and expelled….who is going to return to a nation where half of it lies in ruble?…..Just one of “ Zelensky’s Revenge” on the EU……
That's a logical number.
Ukraine's last census in 2001 showed a population of 48.4 million. It has had the lowest birth-rate (and still falling) in the EU for decades. EU documents indicated an outflow of 300-400K Ukrainians to Europe every year since the 1990s. The 2001 census also included Ukrainian citizens who were workers or students in other countries. They certainly will not return
Ukraine has since lost Crimea, it has lost Donbas. 7-9 million fled to both West and East when the SMO/Russian invasion started in 2022 - and these are more likely young adults, vs. children and the elderly.
Another 500K+ men are dead or wounded since Feb. 2022.
Ukraine will simply run out of people to fight this war.