Editing Demographics of Ukraine (section)

===Year in review 2013===
Compared to 2012, the amount of attrition increased in 2013 by 16,278 persons, or 3.1 to 3.5 persons per 1,000 inhabitants (real). Natural decreases were observed in 23 oblasts of the country, while natural increases were recorded only in [[Kyiv]] and in the [[Zakarpattia Oblast|Zakarpattya]], [[Rivne]] and [[Volyn]] oblasts (5,302, 3,689, 2,889 and 1,034 people, respectively).

Some regions registered a low natural decline, such as [[Chernivtsi]], [[Ivano-Frankivsk]], [[Sevastopol]], [[Lviv]], [[Ternopil]], [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Crimea]], [[Kherson]] and [[Odesa]] (−55, −642, −863, −2,124, −2,875, −2,974, −3,748 and −4,448 people, respectively). The largest declines were recorded in [[Donetsk]], [[Luhansk]], [[Dnipro]], [[Kharkiv]], [[Poltava]] and [[Chernihiv]] (−28,311, −15,291, −15,007, −12,765, −10,062 and −10,057, respectively), regions which share a low birth rate and high mortality of a large urban population and rapid aging of the rural population.