The Russian invasion has cemented the decision for many Ukrainian couples to opt out of having babies, in a country that had struggled with incredibly low fertility rates long before the war.
Often after a war, there is a baby boom. It happened in the U.S. after World War II. Families are reunited and safety returns in peacetime. But in Ukraine, the preexisting low rates combined with the mass exodus ofhave the potential to leave the country with historically low numbers of potential parents, rendering a boom unlikely.
"We've lost tens of millions of people in the 20th century, not because of natural disasters, but because of human decisions," Hlibovytskyy says. He believes demography is one of the biggest issues that Ukraine will have to face in the 21st century.Low birth rates are happening across Europe, part of modernization as family dynamics change and women decide to postpone, and in some cases, not to have children.
Mykyta Sitnov, his wife Alla Pak and their son Hordii at a cafe in Dnipro, Ukraine. Despite ongoing pressure from relatives, the parents aren't planning on ever having more children.Mykyta Sitnov, his wife Alla Pak and their son Hordii at a cafe in Dnipro, Ukraine. Despite ongoing pressure from relatives, the parents aren't planning on ever having more children.Hordii Sitnov, 7, plays in a cafe.
In 2013, there were 494,521 babies born in Ukraine. By 2021, that number had basically been cut in half, according to Ukrainian Health Ministry statistics.over the last several years, Perelli-Harris found that in addition to feeling uprooted and unsafe, families talked about increasing political and social uncertainty, concerns over rising utility prices and other household expenses, and how expensive it was to have children.A doctor checks a baby's ears in a maternity hospital in Kyiv.
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