half of that born in 1987 and less than a quarter of that born in 1937. Lower rates were recorded only in former East Germany, which registered 0.77 child/woman in 1994, as well as Taiwan (from 2008 to 2010), South Korea in 2018 and both Hong Kong and Macau (from about 2000 to 2010). After neglect by the Kuchma administration, both the Yushchenko and the Yanukovych governments have made increasing the birth rate a priority. Vital statistics Notable events in Ukraine demography: 1932-33 – South Soviet Famine in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1939 – Addition of western regions to Ukraine with the End of the Second Polish Republic due to German–Soviet invasion of Poland at the beginning of Second World War 1991 – Independence from the USSR 2014 – Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation 2022 – Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire The figures below refer to the nine governorates of the Russian Empire (Volhynia, Katerynoslav, Kyiv, Podilia, Poltava, Tauryda, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv) with a Ukrainian majority. Between WWI and WWII (a) Information is given for Ukraine's territory within its old boundaries up to 17 September 1939 (b) Information is given for Ukraine's territory within its present-day boundaries, after the Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia in September 1939 After WWII Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine Note: Data excludes Crimea starting in 2014. Current vital statistics Note: Russia occupied and later annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. The annexation is internationally recognized only by a small number of nations. The Ukrainian statistics Service can no longer provide accurate data on Crimea in the post-2014 period. Therefore, starting from 2014, the territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are not included in the Demographics of Ukraine, but instead are included to the Demographics of Russia. All data from State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Regional data Population by oblast Birth data by oblast Note: Recent data for Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts has been affected by the War in Donbas, and may only include births within the government-held parts of the oblasts. Year in review 2013 Compared to 2012, amount of attrition increased by 16,278 persons, or 3.1 to 3.5 persons per 1,000 inhabitants real. Natural decrease was observed in 23 oblasts of the country, while natural increases were recorded only in the capital Kyiv, Zakarpattya, Rivne and Volyn