During the first half of the year, positive changes were outlined in the demographic situation of the region. In particular, the number of births increased and the number of deaths decreased, as a result of which the natural population decline decreased by more than a third compared to last year. Since the beginning of the year, more than 6 thousand children have been born in Volyn. The birth rate increased from 10.8 persons per 1000 residents last year to 12.1 in the current year. The most infants are born in the Polissia districts: Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Liubeshivskyi, Ratnivskyi, Manevytskyi - on average 14.2-15.6 babies per every thousand residents. It should be noted that by birth rate, Volyn together with the neighboring Rivne region occupy first place in Ukraine (8.8). Population mortality has decreased. During the first half of the year, 7.9 thousand Volyn residents passed away. The mortality rate was 15.1 deaths per 1000 residents compared to 15.6 last year. This indicator is lower than the regional average in cities of regional significance and in Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Liubeshivskyi, Ratnivskyi districts. The population mortality rate in the region is significantly lower than the average in Ukraine (16.7). This year, the migration outflow of the population decreased by more than half. Our fellow countrymen emigrate mainly to countries of the "far abroad." In particular, 132 and 52 Volyn residents left for the United States of America and Germany respectively this year. According to calculated data, at the end of the half-year the region numbered 1046.9 thousand residents. As a result of natural and migration decline, the number of Volyn residents decreased by 1.9 thousand since the beginning of the year. However, it is encouraging that the intensity of the overall population decline has significantly decreased: from 5.9 persons per every thousand residents last year to 3.5 in the current year. Let us hope that positive changes in demographic processes will continue until the end of the year.