Development of local self-government institutions, positive dynamics of local development through the level of public capacity. Demographic capacity is part of the overall capacity of the local community. Demographic capacity is seen here as the ability of a local community to demonstrate a positive level of demonstration - one that allows communities to function smoothly, to have a resource program that provides a quality level of services to live in communities. The article presents an analysis of the current state of demographic processes in Ukraine and European countries. Insufficient demographic capacity in Ukrainian territorial communities is a consequence, first of all, of negative transformational societies, state institutions and local self-government institutions. Restoration of the demographic balance in Ukrainian communities depends on the nation of positive changes in the socio-economic and political spheres. Take care of your health, feel positive, give birth to children more than residents of those communities that have managed to achieve such positive changes and improve living standards. Theoretical and methodological basic research is the scientific works of foreign and domestic scientists on selected issues. Dialectical, systemic and structural methods of analysis and generalization are applied. The main goal of the article is to analyze and systematize the theoretical and methodological approaches to defining the concept of demographic capacity of the community. The task of the article is to study the trends and patterns of the current situation and identify opportunities and mechanisms to ensure demographic capacity.