New publications
Ukrainian women are rapidly aging
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
All iLive content is medically reviewed or fact checked to ensure as much factual accuracy as possible.
We have strict sourcing guidelines and only link to reputable media sites, academic research institutions and, whenever possible, medically peer reviewed studies. Note that the numbers in parentheses ([1], [2], etc.) are clickable links to these studies.
If you feel that any of our content is inaccurate, out-of-date, or otherwise questionable, please select it and press Ctrl + Enter.
Ukrainian women are rapidly aging. This opinion was expressed by the Ukrainian publication Weekly together with the UN Population Fund in Ukraine.
This fact was revealed when compiling a portrait of the average Ukrainian woman by the Weekly publication together with the UN Population Fund in Ukraine. It turned out that the age of the average representative of the weaker sex in our country exceeds the critical threshold of 40 years.
More precise figures are provided by official statistics, according to which the age of the average Ukrainian woman is 42.7 years.
Meanwhile, back in the early 90s this figure was about 38 years.
Let us add that, according to statistics, Ukrainian women get married for the first time at the age of 20-24. Each woman, on average, gives birth to 1.2 children. The average life expectancy of Ukrainian women is 74.8 years, and for men - 64.3. The main causes of death for Ukrainian women are heart disease and cancer.