deceased person is burnt with the coffin inside the oven in Kiev’s crematorium

UNIAN FILE A deceased person is burnt with the coffin inside the oven in Kiev's crematorium. According to forecast made by UN's economical and social issues department Ukraine's population will decrease on 30-50% by 2050. The forecast authors affirm that the birth rate level in most of the developing countries would decrease to 2,1 kids per one woman in the coming decades. This is level is needed for long-term population renewal. Some 33 countries would meet the population decrease. According to thr All-Ukrainian population census held in December, 2001 some 48, 457, 000 people live in Ukraine. Photo by Ruslan Ilevich / UNIAN