# Ukraine’s population fell from 52 million in 1991 to 25 million today, Zelensky’s former spokesperson says

https://mins.news/en/item/30583

- TASS, 2026-08-24 13:13 UTC
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- Original: https://tass.com/world/2177029

> Yulia Mendel, former press secretary to Vladimir Zelensky, says Ukraine has lost more than half its population since independence in 1991, falling from 52 million to barely 25 million. She attributes nearly 800,000 losses last year to high mortality and emigration, saying deaths outnumbered births three to one last year and four to one this year. Mendel adds that only peace can save the Ukrainian nation if the war continues.

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