In February, almost three times more people died in Mykolaiv than were born

In February, 138 babies were born in Mykolaiv, while 395 residents died.

This was reported during an open staff meeting on Monday, 2 March, by the head of the Mykolaiv Health Department, Iryna Shamrai, and the director of the municipal institution «Mykolaiv Funeral Service», Serhii Vaseleha, according to NikVesti.

According to Iryna Shamrai, a total of 309 children have been born in Mykolaiv since the beginning of the year.

«Over the past month, 138 babies were born: 70 boys and 68 girls. Since the beginning of the year, 309 children have been born: 153 boys and 156 girls, including four sets of twins,» said Iryna Shamrai.

In February, almost three times more people died in Mykolaiv than were born. Illustrative photo: NikVesti / Alina Kvitko

Serhii Vaseleha reported that 395 people died during the month.

«The percentage ratio between men and women is 60% women and 40% men,» said Serhii Vaseleha.

The birth rate in the Mykolaiv region has fallen by almost half since the start of the full-scale war: what is known

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In five years, the birth rate in the Mykolaiv region has almost halved. While 7,558 children were born in 2020, in 2025 there were 3,179.

According to the Health Department of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, 7,558 children were born in 2020, 4,401 of them in Mykolaiv. In 2021, 6,928 babies were born, 4,041 of them in Mykolaiv.

At the beginning of the full-scale war in 2022, 4,175 children were born in the Mykolaiv region, 1,670 of them in Mykolaiv. In 2023 and 2024, the number of newborns increased slightly, but the region did not return to its pre-war level.

Thus, the number of newborns in the Mykolaiv region was as follows:

• 2020 — 7,558 children, including 4,401 in Mykolaiv

• 2021 — 6,928 children, including 4,041 in Mykolaiv

• 2022 — 4,175 children, including 1,670 in Mykolaiv

• 2023 — 4,501 children, including 2,235 in Mykolaiv

• 2024 — 4,463 children, including 2,377 in Mykolaiv

• 9 months of 2025 — 3,179 children, including 1,668 in Mykolaiv