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Demographics of Ukraine
Ukraine population pyramid on 1 January 2021.
Population41,130,432 Decrease (1 February 2022: excluding Crimea and Sevastopol)[1]
Growth rate−6.6 Decrease people/1,000 population (2019)[2]
Birth rate8.1 Decrease births/1,000 population (2019)
Death rate14.7 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 population (2019)
Life expectancy71.76 years Increase (2018)[2]
 • male66,69 Decrease years
 • female76,72 Increase years
Fertility rate1.30 Decrease children born/woman (2018)[2]
Infant mortality rate7.0 deaths/1,000 Positive decrease infants (2019)[2]
Net migration rate−5.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015)
Age structure
0–14 yearsIncrease 15.4%
15–64 yearsDecrease 68.4%
65 and overIncrease 16.2% (2017)
Sex ratio
At birth1.06 male(s)/female
Under 151.06 male(s)/female
15–64 years0.92 male(s)/female
65 and over0.51 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationalitynoun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian
Major ethnicUkrainians (77.8%) 2001[3]
Minor ethnicRussians (17.3%) 2001[3]
Language
OfficialUkrainian
SpokenUkrainian, Russian, others
Animated population pyramid since 1989
Population density in Ukraine by raion.

The demographics of Ukraine include statistics on population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population of Ukraine.

The data in this article are based on the 2001 Ukrainian census which is the most recent,[4] the CIA World Factbook, and the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. The next census was scheduled to take place in 2020 but was postponed to 2023.[5][6]

On 1 January 2022 the total population of Ukraine was estimated to be 41,167,336,[2] excluding the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, which were annexed by Russia in 2014. (If these two territories are included in the demographics of Ukraine, the population rises by approximately 2.25 million, to 43.4 million). During the War in Donbas, the Ukrainian Government also lost control of portions of the Donbas region, including major cities such as Luhansk, Donetsk, and Horlivka. If the populations of these cities are subtracted from Ukraine's current demographics, the total population of Ukraine falls below 40 million. Also, due to the Russian invasion, more than 6 million have left the country.[7] In January 2020, an electronic census estimated that the population of Ukraine (excluding occupied Crimea and parts of the Donbas), to be 37.3 million.[8]


Vital statistics

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Current vital statistics

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Period Live births Deaths Natural increase
January 2021 21,931 57,721 −35,790
January 2022 18,062 57,248 −39,186
Difference Decrease −3,869 (−17.64%) Positive decrease −473 (−0.82%) Decrease −3,396

Note: Starting 2014 territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and part of the anti-terrorist operation zone are not included in Demographics of Ukraine. These territories are included to the Demographics of Russia. All data from State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

The natural population growth of Ukraine in 1950–2010.[10][11][12]
  Birth rate
  Death rate
  Natural growth rate

Life expectancy at birth

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Life expectancy at birth in Ukraine by oblast in 2012
  • total population: 71.37 Increase years
  • male: 66.34 Increase years
  • female: 76.22 Increase years (2013 official)

Average life expectancy at age 0 of the total population.[13]

Period Life expectancy in
Years
1950–1955 61.83
1955–1960 Increase 67.11
1960–1965 Increase 69.69
1965–1970 Increase 70.66
1970–1975 Decrease 70.57
1975–1980 Decrease 69.65
1980–1985 Decrease 69.15
1985–1990 Increase 70.55
1990–1995 Decrease 68.72
1995–2000 Decrease 67.36
2000–2005 Increase 67.46
2005–2010 Increase 67.89
2010–2015 Increase 71.12

Total fertility rate

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  • 6.00 Decrease children born/woman (1913 est.)
  • 5.39 Decrease children born/woman (1925 est.)
  • 1.08 Decrease children born/woman (2001)
  • 1.46 Increase children born/woman (2011)
  • 1.53 Increase children born/woman (2012)
  • 1.21 Decrease children born/woman (2018)

In 2001 Ukraine recorded the lowest fertility rate ever recorded in Europe for an independent country: 1.08 child/woman. During this year the number of children born was less than 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.

Demographic statistics

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Population by oblast

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Population of Ukraine by Oblast as of December 2021


Name of Oblast Population as of Dec 2021
 Donetsk Oblast 4,062,839
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 3,100,320
Kyiv Kyiv City 2,952,577
 Kharkiv Oblast 2,602,207
 Lviv Oblast 2,480,137
 Odesa Oblast 2,352,648
 Luhansk Oblast 2,104,531
 Kyiv Oblast 1,795,099
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast 1,640,876
 Vinnytsia Oblast 1,511,574
 Poltava Oblast 1,354,444
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1,352,973
 Zakarpattia Oblast 1,245,491
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 1,230,507
 Zhytomyr Oblast 1,180,638
 Cherkasy Oblast 1,162,439
 Rivne Oblast 1,142,599
 Mykolaiv Oblast 1,093,492
 Sumy Oblast 1,037,237
 Ternopil Oblast 1,022,625
 Volyn Oblast 1,022,107
 Kherson Oblast 1,002,923
 Chernihiv Oblast 961,054
 Kirovohrad Oblast 905,715
 Chernivtsi Oblast 891,054
 Ukraine 41,208,106

Birth data by oblast

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Note: Recent data for Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts has been affected by the War in Donbass, and may only include births within the government-held parts of the oblasts.[14]

Number of births by oblast for January–November Birth/2016 Birth/2015 Death/2016 Death/2015
Kyiv Kyiv City 33416 Increase 32382 Increase 27772 Negative increase 27767 Negative increase
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 28473 Decrease 30620 Decrease 47934 Positive decrease 49258 Negative increase
 Lviv Oblast 25708 Increase 25007 Decrease 29247 Positive decrease 30010 Negative increase
 Odesa Oblast 24246 Decrease 25182 Decrease 30479 Positive decrease 31512 Negative increase
 Kharkiv Oblast 21992 Decrease 22864 Decrease 38502 Positive decrease 38965 Negative increase
 Donetsk Oblast 17772 Increase 15608 Decrease 33464 Positive decrease 36883 Positive decrease
 Kyiv Oblast 17559 Decrease 18485 Decrease 25623 Positive decrease 26046 Negative increase
 Zakarpattia Oblast 14862 Decrease 15525 Decrease 13880 Positive decrease 14164 Negative increase
 Rivne Oblast 14454 Decrease 14809 Decrease 13261 Positive decrease 13426 Negative increase
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast 14430 Decrease 15140 Decrease 25533 Positive decrease 25657 Negative increase
 Vinnytsia Oblast 14153 Decrease 15126 Decrease 22521 Positive decrease 23237 Positive decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 13547 Decrease 14412 Decrease 15616 Positive decrease 16144 Negative increase
 Volyn Oblast 12047 Decrease 12307 Decrease 12311 Positive decrease 12602 Negative increase
 Zhytomyr Oblast 11958 Decrease 12526 Decrease 18301 Positive decrease 19085 Positive decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 11793 Decrease 12768 Decrease 18097 Positive decrease 18702 Negative increase
 Poltava Oblast 11503 Decrease 12381 Decrease 22084 Positive decrease 22440 Positive decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 9904 Decrease 10626 Decrease 15834 Positive decrease 16316 Negative increase
 Kherson Oblast 9877 Decrease 10476 Decrease 14891 Positive decrease 15055 Negative increase
 Cherkasy Oblast 9721 Decrease 10560 Decrease 18437 Negative increase 18315 Positive decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 9461 Decrease 9851 Decrease 10399 Positive decrease 10738 Negative increase
 Ternopil Oblast 9177 Decrease 9912 Decrease 13584 Positive decrease 13962 Negative increase
 Kirovohrad Oblast 8189 Decrease 8662 Decrease 14810 Negative increase 14809 Positive decrease
 Sumy Oblast 8169 Decrease 8959 Decrease 16982 Positive decrease 17322 Positive decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 7816 Decrease 8359 Decrease 17515 Positive decrease 18199 Positive decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 5960 Increase 4978 Decrease 12689 Positive decrease 13401 Positive decrease
Number of births by oblast Birth/2014 Birth/2013 Birth/2012 Birth/2011 Death/2014 Death/2013 Death/2012 Death/2011
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 36497 Increase 36134 Decrease 37087 Increase 36116 Increase 52722 Negative increase 51134 Positive decrease 51486 Positive decrease 52106 Positive decrease
 Donetsk Oblast 35595 Decrease 41034 Decrease 42839 Increase 41720 Increase 71799 Negative increase 69345 Positive decrease 70496 Positive decrease 71042 Positive decrease
Kyiv Kyiv City 34821 Increase 33305 Decrease 33887 Increase 32068 Decrease 29992 Negative increase 28003 Negative increase 27840 Negative increase 27050 Positive decrease
 Lviv Oblast 30270 Increase 29542 Decrease 30220 Increase 28904 Increase 32450 Negative increase 31666 Positive decrease 31667 Negative increase 31162 Positive decrease
 Odesa Oblast 29465 Increase 29075 Decrease 30384 Increase 29225 Increase 34155 Negative increase 33523 Positive decrease 33648 Positive decrease 33688 Positive decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 27690 Increase 26700 Decrease 27244 Increase 26317 Increase 41891 Negative increase 39465 Positive decrease 40130 Negative increase 40079 Positive decrease
 Kyiv Oblast 20900 Increase 20511 Decrease 20966 Increase 20083 Increase 28264 Negative increase 27198 Negative increase 27161 Negative increase 26847 Positive decrease
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast 18713 Increase 18134 Decrease 18882 Increase 18198 Increase 27773 Negative increase 26498 Negative increase 26406 Positive decrease 27033 Positive decrease
 Zakarpattia Oblast 18377 Decrease 18490 Decrease 18968 Increase 18460 Increase 14808 Negative increase 14801 Positive decrease 14813 Negative increase 14588 Positive decrease
 Vinnytsia Oblast 17547 Increase 17437 Decrease 18339 Increase 17894 Increase 25567 Negative increase 25453 Negative increase 25158 Positive decrease 25376 Positive decrease
 Rivne Oblast 17169 Decrease 17445 Decrease 18316 Increase 17697 Increase 14714 Negative increase 14556 Negative increase 14302 Negative increase 14168 Positive decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 16886 Increase 16716 Decrease 17101 Increase 16497 Increase 17670 Negative increase 17358 Negative increase 16801 Negative increase 16657 Positive decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 15115 Increase 15001 Decrease 15486 Increase 15154 Increase 21185 Negative increase 20859 Negative increase 20685 Negative increase 20417 Positive decrease
 Volyn Oblast 14668 Decrease 14700 Decrease 15346 Increase 14620 Decrease 13748 Negative increase 13666 Positive decrease 13710 Positive decrease 13842 Positive decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 14631 Increase 14548 Decrease 14881 Increase 14492 Increase 20408 Positive decrease 20581 Negative increase 20362 Negative increase 20116 Positive decrease
 Poltava Oblast 14504 Increase 14296 Decrease 14635 Increase 14167 Decrease 24784 Negative increase 24358 Negative increase 24223 Positive decrease 24384 Positive decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 13076 Increase 13043 Decrease 13515 Increase 13029 Increase 17750 Negative increase 17353 Negative increase 17277 Positive decrease 17441 Positive decrease
 Cherkasy Oblast 12351 Increase 12100 Decrease 12798 Increase 12473 Increase 20800 Negative increase 20477 Positive decrease 20667 Positive decrease 20848 Positive decrease
 Kherson Oblast 12308 Increase 12300 Decrease 12643 Increase 12085 Decrease 16141 Negative increase 16048 Negative increase 15904 Negative increase 15828 Positive decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 11717 Decrease 11807 Decrease 12202 Increase 11964 Increase 15180 Negative increase 14682 Positive decrease 14838 Negative increase 14829 Positive decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 11679 Increase 11465 Decrease 11592 Increase 11281 Increase 11619 Negative increase 11520 Negative increase 11321 Positive decrease 11192 Positive decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 11442 Decrease 20531 Decrease 21743 Increase 21320 Increase 22755 Positive decrease 35822 Positive decrease 36316 Positive decrease 37256 Positive decrease
 Kirovohrad Oblast 10576 Increase 10562 Decrease 11029 Increase 10578 Increase 16716 Negative increase 16513 Positive decrease 16521 Positive decrease 16697 Positive decrease
 Sumy Oblast 10344 Decrease 10411 Decrease 11093 Increase 10473 Increase 19452 Negative increase 19219 Negative increase 19002 Negative increase 18833 Positive decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 9552 Decrease 9852 Decrease 10222 Increase 10134 Increase 20324 Negative increase 19909 Positive decrease 20208 Negative increase 20179 Positive decrease
Birth rate by oblast Birth/2014 Birth/2013 Birth/2012 Birth/2011 Death/2014 Death/2013 Death/2012 Death/2011
 Rivne Oblast 14.8 Decrease 15.1 Decrease 15.9 Increase 15.3 Increase 12.7 Negative increase 12.6 Negative increase 12.4 Negative increase 12.3 Positive decrease
 Zakarpattia Oblast 14.6 Decrease 14.7 Decrease 15.1 Increase 14.8 Increase 11.8 Steady 11.8 Steady 11.8 Negative increase 11.7 Positive decrease
 Volyn Oblast 14.1 Steady 14.1 Decrease 14.8 Increase 14.1 Decrease 13.2 Negative increase 13.1 Positive decrease 13.2 Positive decrease 13.3 Positive decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 12.9 Increase 12.6 Decrease 12.8 Increase 12.5 Increase 12.8 Negative increase 12.7 Negative increase 12.5 Negative increase 12.4 Positive decrease
 Odesa Oblast 12.3 Increase 12.1 Decrease 12.7 Increase 12.2 Increase 14.3 Negative increase 14.0 Positive decrease 14.1 Steady 14.1 Positive decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 12.2 Increase 12.1 Decrease 12.4 Increase 12.0 Increase 12.8 Negative increase 12.6 Negative increase 12.2 Negative increase 12.1 Positive decrease
 Kyiv Oblast 12.1 Increase 11.9 Decrease 12.2 Increase 11.7 Increase 16.4 Positive decrease 15.8 Steady 15.8 Negative increase 15.6 Positive decrease
Kyiv Kyiv City 12.1 Increase 11.7 Decrease 12.0 Increase 11.4 Decrease 10.4 Negative increase 9.8 Steady 9.8 Negative increase 9.6 Positive decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 12.0 Increase 11.9 Decrease 12.2 Increase 11.9 Increase 16.8 Negative increase 16.5 Negative increase 16.3 Negative increase 16.0 Positive decrease
 Lviv Oblast 11.9 Increase 11.6 Decrease 11.9 Increase 11.4 Increase 12.8 Negative increase 12.4 Positive decrease 12.5 Negative increase 12.3 Positive decrease
 Kherson Oblast 11.5 Increase 11.4 Decrease 11.7 Increase 11.1 Decrease 15.1 Negative increase 14.9 Negative increase 14.7 Negative increase 14.6 Positive decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 11.2 Increase 11.1 Decrease 11.5 Increase 11.0 Increase 15.2 Negative increase 14.8 Negative increase 14.7 Positive decrease 14.8 Positive decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 11.2 Increase 11.1 Decrease 11.3 Increase 11.0 Increase 15.6 Positive decrease 15.7 Increase 15.5 Negative increase 15.2 Positive decrease
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 11.1 Increase 11.0 Decrease 11.2 Increase 10.9 Increase 16.0 Negative increase 15.5 Steady 15.5 Positive decrease 15.7 Positive decrease
 Vinnytsia Oblast 10.9 Increase 10.8 Decrease 11.2 Increase 10.9 Increase 15.9 Negative increase 15.7 Negative increase 15.4 Positive decrease 15.5 Positive decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 10.9 Decrease 11.0 Decrease 11.3 Increase 11.1 Increase 14.2 Negative increase 13.7 Positive decrease 13.8 Negative increase 13.7 Positive decrease
 Kirovohrad Oblast 10.8 Increase 10.7 Decrease 11.0 Increase 10.5 Increase 17.0 Negative increase 16.7 Negative increase 16.5 Positive decrease 16.6 Positive decrease
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast 10.6 Increase 10.2 Decrease 10.6 Increase 10.1 Increase 15.7 Negative increase 14.9 Negative increase 14.8 Positive decrease 15.0 Positive decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 10.1 Increase 9.8 Decrease 9.9 Increase 9.6 Increase 15.3 Negative increase 14.4 Positive decrease 14.6 Steady 14.6 Positive decrease
 Poltava Oblast 10.0 Increase 9.8 Decrease 9.9 Increase 9.5 Steady 17.1 Negative increase 16.7 Negative increase 16.5 Negative increase 16.4 Positive decrease
 Cherkasy Oblast 9.8 Increase 9.6 Decrease 10.1 Increase 9.8 Increase 16.5 Negative increase 16.2 Steady 16.2 Positive decrease 16.3 Positive decrease
 Sumy Oblast 9.2 Steady 9.2 Decrease 9.7 Increase 9.1 Increase 17.2 Negative increase 16.9 Negative increase 16.6 Negative increase 16.3 Positive decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 9.0 Decrease 9.2 Decrease 9.4 Increase 9.3 Increase 19.2 Negative increase 18.6 Positive decrease 18.7 Negative increase 18.5 Positive decrease
 Donetsk Oblast 8.2 Decrease 9.4 Decrease 9.8 Increase 9.5 Increase 16.6 Negative increase 15.9 Positive decrease 16.1 Steady 16.1 Positive decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 5.1 Decrease 9.1 Decrease 9.6 Increase 9.3 Increase 10.2 Positive decrease 15.9 Positive decrease 16.0 Positive decrease 16.3 Positive decrease

Year in review 2013

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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, Zakarpattia, Rivne and Volyn oblast (respectively 5,302, 3,689, 2,889 and 1,034 people).

Some regions registered a low natural decline, such as Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sevastopol, Lviv, Ternopil, Crimea, Kherson and Odesa (respectively, −55, −642, −863, −2,124, −2,875, −2,974, −3,748 and −4,448 people). The largest declines were recorded in Donetsk, Luhansk, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Poltava and Chernihiv (respectively −28,311, −15,291, −15,007, −12,765, −10,062 and −10,057), regions which have in common a low birth rate and high mortality of a large urban population and a strong rural population aging.

Net migration rate

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-5.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015).

Infant mortality rate

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  • 9.1 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 infants live births for 4,564 deaths. (2010)
  • 9.0 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 infants live births for 4,511 deaths. (2011)
  • 8.4 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 infants live births for 4,371 deaths. (2012)
  • 8.0 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 infants live births for 4,030 deaths. (2013)
  • 8.9 Negative increase deaths/1,000 infants live births for 2,193 death for January–June 2011
  • 8.6 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 infants live births for 2,190 death for January–June 2012
  • 7.8 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 infants live births for 1,993 deaths for January–June 2013[15]
Infant mortality by oblast Death/2012 Death/2011 Death/2010 Death/2009
 Donetsk Oblast 540 Negative increase 473 Positive decrease 497 Positive decrease 533 Steady
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 370 Negative increase 343 Positive decrease 347 Negative increase 329 Positive decrease
 Odesa Oblast 267 Positive decrease 268 Negative increase 263 Positive decrease 280 Positive decrease
Kyiv Kyiv City 262 Negative increase 255 Negative increase 233 Positive decrease 244 Positive decrease
 Lviv Oblast 233 Positive decrease 272 Negative increase 266 Negative increase 238 Positive decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 203 Positive decrease 234 Positive decrease 243 Positive decrease 252 Positive decrease
 Zakarpattia Oblast 168 Positive decrease 195 Positive decrease 199 Positive decrease 238 Negative increase
 Vinnytsia Oblast 166 Positive decrease 186 Negative increase 148 Positive decrease 149 Positive decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 165 Positive decrease 188 Positive decrease 199 Positive decrease 252 Positive decrease
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast 154 Positive decrease 169 Positive decrease 182 Negative increase 174 Positive decrease
 Rivne Oblast 147 Positive decrease 156 Positive decrease 158 Positive decrease 164 Negative increase
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 134 Negative increase 89 Positive decrease 109 Positive decrease 174 Negative increase
 Zhytomyr Oblast 124 Positive decrease 134 Positive decrease 135 Negative increase 127 Negative increase
 Cherkasy Oblast 122 Negative increase 101 Positive decrease 125 Positive decrease 132 Positive decrease
 Kyiv Oblast 119 Positive decrease 143 Negative increase 140 Positive decrease 146 Negative increase
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 109 Positive decrease 145 Positive decrease 170 Negative increase 157 Positive decrease
 Volyn Oblast 106 Positive decrease 116 Positive decrease 123 Negative increase 118 Negative increase
 Kirovohrad Oblast 103 Positive decrease 139 Negative increase 112 Positive decrease 119 Positive decrease
 Kherson Oblast 100 Positive decrease 120 Negative increase 116 Positive decrease 136 Positive decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 97 Steady 97 Positive decrease 104 Positive decrease 112 Negative increase
 Ternopil Oblast 97 Negative increase 96 Positive decrease 98 Negative increase 93 Positive decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 94 Negative increase 80 Positive decrease 82 Positive decrease 103 Negative increase
 Chernivtsi Oblast 92 Positive decrease 96 Negative increase 90 Positive decrease 91 Positive decrease
 Poltava Oblast 85 Positive decrease 86 Positive decrease 87 Positive decrease 105 Positive decrease
 Sumy Oblast 76 Positive decrease 78 Positive decrease 97 Negative increase 91 Positive decrease
Infant mortality per 1,000 by Oblast Death/2012 Death/2011 Death/2010 Death/2009
 Donetsk Oblast 12.7 Negative increase 11.4 Positive decrease 12.0 Positive decrease 12.3 Negative increase
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 10.0 Negative increase 9.5 Positive decrease 9.7 Negative increase 8.8 Positive decrease
 Cherkasy Oblast 9.6 Negative increase 8.1 Positive decrease 10.0 Positive decrease 10.5 Positive decrease
 Kirovohrad Oblast 9.4 Positive decrease 13.2 Negative increase 10.6 Positive decrease 10.9 Positive decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 9.2 Negative increase 7.9 Positive decrease 8.1 Positive decrease 9.9 Negative increase
 Vinnytsia Oblast 9.1 Positive decrease 10.4 Negative increase 8.4 Positive decrease 8.3 Positive decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 9.0 Negative increase 6.2 Positive decrease 7.5 Positive decrease 11.8 Negative increase
 Zakarpattia Oblast 8.9 Positive decrease 10.6 Positive decrease 10.9 Positive decrease 13.1 Negative increase
 Odesa Oblast 8.8 Positive decrease 9.2 Steady 9.2 Positive decrease 9.7 Positive decrease
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast 8.2 Positive decrease 9.3 Positive decrease 10.1 Negative increase 9.4 Positive decrease
 Rivne Oblast 8.1 Positive decrease 8.9 Positive decrease 9.2 Positive decrease 9.4 Negative increase
 Kherson Oblast 8.0 Positive decrease 9.9 Negative increase 9.4 Positive decrease 11.0 Positive decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 8.0 Positive decrease 8.9 Positive decrease 9.1 Negative increase 8.5 Negative increase
 Chernivtsi Oblast 8.0 Positive decrease 8.5 Negative increase 8.2 Steady 8.2 Positive decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 8.0 Steady 8.0 Positive decrease 8.2 Negative increase 7.5 Positive decrease
 Lviv Oblast 7.8 Positive decrease 9.4 Negative increase 9.2 Positive decrease 8.0 Positive decrease
Kyiv Kyiv City 7.8 Positive decrease 8.0 Negative increase 7.3 Positive decrease 7.5 Positive decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 7.6 Positive decrease 8.8 Positive decrease 9.4 Positive decrease 11.6 Positive decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 7.5 Positive decrease 8.9 Positive decrease 9.2 Positive decrease 9.3 Positive decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 7.3 Positive decrease 7.5 Positive decrease 8.1 Positive decrease 8.5 Negative increase
 Volyn Oblast 7.0 Positive decrease 7.9 Positive decrease 8.2 Negative increase 7.7 Negative increase
 Sumy Oblast 6.9 Positive decrease 7.5 Positive decrease 9.3 Negative increase 8.5 Positive decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 6.4 Positive decrease 8.8 Negative increase 10.3 Negative increase 9.1 Positive decrease
 Poltava Oblast 5.8 Positive decrease 6.1 Steady 6.1 Positive decrease 7.1 Positive decrease
 Kyiv Oblast 5.7 Positive decrease 7.2 Negative increase 7.0 Positive decrease 7.1 Positive decrease

Total fertility rate by oblast

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Fertility rate in Ukraine by oblast in 2011

Although none of the oblasts in 2013 has recorded a higher fertility rate 2.10 children per woman. However, the rate has been in rural areas in the Rivne Oblast (2.50) and the Volyn Oblast (2.20). While a very close generational renewal rate was achieved in the Odesa Oblast (2.04), Zakarpattia Oblast (2.00), Mykolaiv Oblast (1.95), Chernivtsi Oblast (1.93) and Zhytomyr Oblast (1.91) weaker when they have been recorded in the Luhansk oblast (1.41), Sumy oblast (1.47) and Cherkasy Oblast (1.53).

The fertility rate of the highest urban areas were recorded in the Zakarpattia Oblast (1.80), the city of Sevastopol (1.57), Volyn Oblast (1.56), Kyiv Oblast (1.56) and the Rivne Oblast (1.54). The lowest rates were recorded in the Sumy Oblast (1.23), Kharkiv Oblast (1.26), Cherkasy Oblast (1.28), Chernihiv Oblast (1.28), Chernivtsi Oblast (1.28), Luhansk oblast (1.28), Poltava oblast (1.29), Donetsk oblast (1.29) and Zaporizhzhia Oblast (1.32).

Children born per woman by oblast Total fertility rate/2020 Total fertility rate/2012 Total fertility rate/2011 Total fertility rate/2010
 Rivne Oblast 1.54 Decrease 2.08 Increase 1.99 Increase 1.93 Increase
 Zakarpattia Oblast 1.60 Decrease 1.95 Increase 1.90 Increase 1.83 Steady
 Volyn Oblast 1.51 Decrease 1.92 Increase 1.81 Decrease 1.85 Decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 1.20 Decrease 1.71 Increase 1.65 Increase 1.61 Increase
 Odesa Oblast 1.34 Decrease 1.71 Increase 1.62 Increase 1.58 Steady
 Kyiv Oblast 1.18 Decrease 1.67 Increase 1.58 Steady 1.58 Decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 1.30 Decrease 1.64 Increase 1.58 Increase 1.53 Steady
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 1.26 Decrease 1.62 Increase 1.56 Increase 1.55 Decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1.27 Decrease 1.63 Increase 1.55 Decrease 1.58 Decrease
 Kherson Oblast 1.20 Decrease 1.61 Increase 1.51 Steady 1.51 Increase
 Kirovohrad Oblast 1.10 Decrease 1.61 Increase 1.51 Increase 1.50 Increase
 Lviv Oblast 1.24 Decrease 1.58 Increase 1.49 Decrease 1.50 Decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 1.11 Decrease 1.57 Increase 1.47 Increase 1.44 Decrease
 Vinnytsia Oblast 1.20 Decrease 1.59 Increase 1.53 Increase 1.50 Decrease
 Ukraine 1.22 Decrease 1.53 Increase 1.46 Increase 1.45 Decrease
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 1.09 Decrease 1.52 Increase 1.44 Increase 1.43 Decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 1.13 Decrease 1.50 Increase 1.45 Decrease 1.46 Decrease
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast 1.03 Decrease 1.46 Increase 1.37 Increase 1.34 Decrease
 Poltava Oblast 1.04 Decrease 1.41 Increase 1.33 Decrease 1.34 Increase
 Cherkasy Oblast 1.01 Decrease 1.43 Increase 1.37 Increase 1.36 Increase
 Chernihiv Oblast 1.02 Decrease 1.40 Increase 1.36 Steady 1.36 Increase
Kyiv Kyiv City 1.44 Decrease 1.38 Increase 1.29 Decrease 1.30 Steady
 Donetsk Oblast 1.34 Increase 1.27 Increase 1.26 Decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 0.98 Steady 1.32 Increase 1.25 Increase 1.24 Decrease
 Sumy Oblast 0.93 Decrease 1.36 Increase 1.25 Increase 1.23 Decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 1.33 Increase 1.27 Increase 1.23 Decrease

Other demographics statistics

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Population pyramid of Ukraine in 1897
Population pyramid of Ukraine in 1926
Population pyramid of Ukraine in 2017
Population change, 1970–2010
Population change, 1970–1979
Population change, 1989–2001
Population change, 1989–2012
Population change of urban settlements, 1970–1989
Population change of urban settlements, 1989–2010

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.[16]

  • One birth every 1 minutes
  • One death every 48 seconds
  • Net loss of one person every 2 minutes
  • One net migrant every 30 minutes

Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[17]

Population
43,952,299 (July 2018 est.)
44,033,874 (July 2017 est.)
Decrease 45,426,249 (1 January 2013)[18]
Age structure
0-14 years: 15.95% (male 3,609,386 /female 3,400,349)
15-24 years: 9.57% (male 2,156,338 /female 2,047,821)
25-54 years: 44.03% (male 9,522,108 /female 9,831,924)
55-64 years: 13.96% (male 2,638,173 /female 3,499,718)
65 years and over: 16.49% (male 2,433,718 /female 4,812,764) (2018 est.)
0-14 years: 15.76% (male 3,571,358/female 3,366,380)
15-24 years: 9.86% (male 2,226,142/female 2,114,853)
25-54 years: 44.29% (male 9,579,149/female 9,921,387)
55-64 years: 13.8% (male 2,605,849/female 3,469,246)
65 years and over: 16.3% (male 2,409,049/female 4,770,461) (2017 est.)
0–14 years: 15.1% = 6,449,171 (2015 official.)
15–64 years: 69.3% = 29,634,710
65 years and over: 15.6% = 6,675,780
0–14 years: 14.8% = 6,989,802
15–64 years: 69.2% = 32,603,475
65 years and over: 16.0% = 7,507,185 (2005 official.)
0–14 years: 21.6% = 11,101,469
15–64 years: 66.7% = 34,320,742
65 years and over: 11.7% = 6,022,934 (1989 official.)
Median age
total: 40.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 47th
male: 37.7 years
female: 43.9 years (2018 est.)
total: 40.6 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 43.7 years (2017 est.)
total: 39.8 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 40.1 years (2014 official)
total: 39.7 years
male: 39.5 years
female: 40.1 years (2013 official)
total: 34.8 years
male: 31.9 years
female: 37.7 years (1989 official)
Birth rate
10.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 190th
10.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Death rate
14.3 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 6th
14.4 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.55 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 190th
1.54 children born/woman (2017 est.)
Net migration rate
4.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 29th
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
24.9 years (2014 est.)
Population growth rate
0.04% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 187th
-0.41% (2017 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.4 years. Country comparison to the world: 148th
male: 67.7 years
female: 77.4 years (2018 est.)
Ethnic groups

Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.)

Languages

Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.)
Note: in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language" – allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions – was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide

Religions

Orthodox (includes Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (UAOC), Ukrainian Orthodox – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), Ukrainian Orthodox – Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish
Note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority – up to two-thirds – identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the UOC-KP and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8–10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1–2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population (2013 est.)

Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 44.8 (2015 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 21.8 (2015 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 23 (2015 est.)
potential support ratio: 4.3 (2015 est.)
note: data include Crimea
Urbanization
urban population: 69.4% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: -0.33% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.)
Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)

total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2015 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2014)
Unemployment, youth ages 15–24
total: 23%. Country comparison to the world: 53rd
male: 24%
female: 21.5% (2016 est.)

Statistic rate of regional capitals

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Birth rate in

regional centers

Birth/2012 Birth/2011 Birth/2010 Birth/2009 Birth/2007 Birth/2005 Birth/2003
Simferopol 13.6 Increase 12.8 Increase 11.8 Steady 11.8 Increase 11.0 Increase 9.5 Increase 9.2 Increase
Lutsk 12.6 Increase 12.3 Decrease 12.6 Decrease 13.9 Increase 12.6 Increase 11.7 Increase 10.0 Increase
Rivne 12.6 Increase 12.0 Increase 11.8 Decrease 12.3 Increase 10.9 Increase 10.1 Decrease 9.4 Increase
Uzhhorod 12.1 Increase 11.9 Decrease 12.0 Decrease 12.4 Increase 12.8 Increase 12.6 Increase 10.8 Decrease
Kyiv 12.0 Increase 11.4 Decrease 11.5 Decrease 11.7 Increase 10.4 Increase 9.8 Increase 8.8 Increase
Khmelnytskyi 12.0 Increase 11.2 Decrease 11.8 Increase 11.5 Increase 10.4 Steady 10.2 Increase 9.2 Increase
Sevastopol 12.0 Increase 11.1 Increase 11.0 Decrease 11.2 Increase 10.5 Increase 9.6 Increase 8.7 Increase
Kherson 11.9 Increase 11.1 Increase 10.1 Increase 10.5 Increase 9.6 Steady 8.6 Decrease 8.5 Increase
Ternopil 11.8 Decrease 12.2 Increase 11.7 Decrease 12.3 Increase 11.9 Increase 11.6 Increase 10.4 Increase
Ivano-Frankivsk 11.6 Steady 11.6 Increase 10.1 Decrease 10.8 Decrease 11.3 Increase 10.7 Increase 9.3 Increase
Vinnytsia 11.5 Increase 11.2 Increase 10.9 Decrease 11.1 Increase 10.1 Increase 9.4 Increase 9.1 Increase
Kropyvnytskyi 11.5 Increase 11.1 Increase 10.5 Decrease 11.3 Decrease 10.5 Increase 8.9 Increase 8.4 Decrease
Zhytomyr 11.4 Decrease 11.5 Increase 10.8 Decrease 11.7 Increase 10.6 Increase 9.5 Increase 8.7 Increase
Sumy 11.3 Increase 10.3 Increase 10.0 Decrease 10.3 Decrease 9.6 Increase 8.2 Increase 7.8 Increase
Lviv 11.0 Increase 10.4 Increase 10.0 Decrease 10.5 Increase 9.7 Increase 9.3 Decrease 9.0 Increase
Ukraine Urban 10.9 Increase 10.5 Increase 10.4 Decrease 10.8 Steady 9.9 Increase 8.9 Steady 8.3 Increase
Dnipro 10.5 Increase 10.2 Increase 10.0 Decrease 10.5 Steady 9.4 Increase 8.5 Increase 7.9 Increase
Luhansk 10.5 Increase 9.8 Increase 8.8 Decrease 9.2 Decrease 8.2 Increase 7.4 Decrease 6.8 Increase
Chernivtsi 10.2 Decrease 10.3 Increase 10.1 Decrease 10.2 Decrease 9.2 Increase 9.6 Increase 8.3 Increase
Odesa 10.1 Increase 9.8 Increase 9.6 Decrease 9.9 Decrease 9.0 Increase 8.3 Increase 7.5 Decrease
Cherkasy 9.9 Increase 9.4 Steady 9.4 Steady 9.4 Decrease 8.7 Increase 7.8 Steady 7.4 Decrease
Poltava 9.9 Increase 9.1 Increase 8.8 Decrease 9.7 Decrease 8.4 Increase 7.8 Increase 7.3 Increase
Zaporizhzhia 9.5 Increase 9.2 Steady 9.2 Decrease 9.3 Decrease 8.9 Increase 8.2 Increase 7.5 Decrease
Mykolaiv 9.4 Increase 9.3 Increase 9.1 Decrease 9.4 Decrease 8.7 Increase 8.0 Decrease 7.9 Increase
Chernihiv 9.3 Increase 9.2 Increase 9.1 Decrease 9.6 Steady 8.4 Increase 8.0 Increase 7.6 Increase
Kharkiv 9.2 Increase 8.9 Increase 8.8 Decrease 9.2 Decrease 8.4 Increase 7.6 Increase 7.1 Increase
Donetsk 9.1 Increase 8.7 Increase 8.6 Decrease 9.0 Decrease 8.2 Increase 7.5 Increase 6.6 Increase
Death rate in

regional centers

Death/2012 Death/2011 Death/2010 Death/2009 Death/2007 Death/2005 Death/2003
Kherson 15.2 Positive decrease 15.6 Negative increase 14.0 Positive decrease 14.2 Positive decrease 14.9 Positive decrease 14.8 Positive decrease 14.5 Positive decrease
Luhansk 14.2 Positive decrease 14.3 Negative increase 13.6 Negative increase 13.4 Positive decrease 13.8 Positive decrease 14.2 Positive decrease 14.1 Negative increase
Simferopol 14.0 Positive decrease 14.8 Negative increase 13.6 Positive decrease 13.8 Positive decrease 15.3 Steady 15.3 Negative increase 15.2 Positive decrease
Sevastopol 13.7 Positive decrease 14.1 Positive decrease 14.7 Negative increase 14.5 Positive decrease 15.5 Negative increase 15.4 Negative increase 14.1 Negative increase
Kropyvnytskyi 13.7 Steady 13.7 Positive decrease 13.8 Positive decrease 14.0 Positive decrease 14.4 Negative increase 14.1 Steady 14.1 Negative increase
Dnipro 13.5 Positive decrease 13.7 Positive decrease 14.1 Negative increase 13.8 Positive decrease 15.1 Steady 15.1 Positive decrease 16.0 Positive decrease
Donetsk 13.4 Positive decrease 13.5 Positive decrease 14.0 Negative increase 13.9 Positive decrease 15.2 Positive decrease 15.4 Negative increase 14.7 Negative increase
Zaporizhzhia 13.2 Positive decrease 13.4 Positive decrease 14.2 Negative increase 13.8 Positive decrease 15.0 Negative increase 14.7 Negative increase 14.2 Positive decrease
Ukraine Urban 13.1 Steady 13.1 Positive decrease 13.7 Steady 13.7 Positive decrease 14.7 Negative increase 14.8 Negative increase 14.3 Negative increase
Mykolaiv 12.8 Steady 12.8 Positive decrease 13.8 Steady 13.8 Positive decrease 14.5 Steady 14.5 Positive decrease 14.9 Negative increase
Poltava 12.8 Negative increase 12.6 Positive decrease 13.2 Negative increase 13.0 Positive decrease 13.7 Negative increase 13.6 Steady 13.6 Negative increase
Sumy 12.1 Negative increase 11.9 Positive decrease 12.4 Positive decrease 12.6 Positive decrease 13.0 Positive decrease 13.1 Negative increase 11.9 Positive decrease
Kharkiv 12.0 Negative increase 11.8 Positive decrease 12.4 Negative increase 12.2 Positive decrease 13.1 Steady 13.1 Negative increase 13.0 Positive decrease
Odesa 11.9 Positive decrease 12.2 Positive decrease 13.0 Negative increase 12.5 Positive decrease 13.9 Negative increase 14.1 Positive decrease 14.0 Positive decrease
Cherkasy 11.2 Negative increase 10.7 Positive decrease 11.3 Negative increase 11.2 Positive decrease 11.7 Steady 11.7 Negative increase 11.0 Positive decrease
Chernihiv 11.4 Negative increase 11.1 Positive decrease 12.0 Negative increase 11.8 Positive decrease 12.5 Positive decrease 12.4 Negative increase 12.0 Positive decrease
Lviv 11.0 Negative increase 10.8 Negative increase 10.5 Positive decrease 10.8 Positive decrease 11.5 Negative increase 11.4 Positive decrease 11.5 Negative increase
Zhytomyr 10.7 Positive decrease 10.9 Positive decrease 11.2 Negative increase 11.1 Positive decrease 12.0 Positive decrease 12.2 Negative increase 11.4 Negative increase
Uzhhorod 10.3 Negative increase 10.2 Positive decrease 10.5 Positive decrease 11.3 Positive decrease 12.0 Positive decrease 12.4 Negative increase 10.3 Negative increase
Kyiv 9.8 Negative increase 9.6 Positive decrease 10.3 Negative increase 10.2 Positive decrease 11.4 Negative increase 11.2 Negative increase 10.7 Negative increase
Lutsk 9.6 Negative increase 9.4 Positive decrease 9.6 Negative increase 9.1 Positive decrease 10.4 Negative increase 10.2 Positive decrease 10.5 Negative increase
Chernivtsi 9.5 Negative increase 9.4 Positive decrease 9.9 Positive decrease 10.3 Positive decrease 11.0 Steady 11.0 Negative increase 10.8 Negative increase
Khmelnytskyi 9.4 Negative increase 8.8 Positive decrease 9.0 Positive decrease 9.5 Negative increase 9.8 Steady 9.8 Negative increase 9.2 Negative increase
Vinnytsia 9.1 Negative increase 9.0 Positive decrease 9.2 Steady 9.2 Positive decrease 10.2 Steady 10.2 Negative increase 10.0 Negative increase
Ivano-Frankivsk 9.1 Negative increase 8.7 Negative increase 8.2 Positive decrease 8.5 Positive decrease 9.1 Positive decrease 9.3 Steady 9.3 Negative increase
Ternopil 8.1 Negative increase 7.6 Positive decrease 8.1 Negative increase 7.7 Positive decrease 8.5 Steady 8.5 Negative increase 7.7 Positive decrease
Rivne 7.9 Negative increase 7.8 Positive decrease 8.7 Negative increase 8.6 Positive decrease 9.0 Negative increase 9.2 Negative increase 8.8 Positive decrease

Ethnic groups

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National structure of the population of Ukraine (2001).
  Ukrainians
  Russians
  Others

In 2001, the ethnic composition was: Ukrainians 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Romanian 1.1% (including Moldovan 0.8%), Belarusian 0.6%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 1.0%, Pontic Greeks 0.2% and other 1.6% (including Muslim Bulgarians, otherwise known as Torbesh and a microcosm of Swedes of Gammalsvenskby).[19] It is also estimated that there are about 49,817 ethnic Koreans (0.12%) in Ukraine that belong to the Koryo-saram group. Their number may be as high as 100.000 as many ethnic Koreans were assimilated into the majority population.[20][21]

Ethnic Ukrainians in Ukraine by raions (2001 census)
Largest ethnicity in Ukraine's cities and raions, according to 2001 census.

Before World War II

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Population of the Ukrainian SSR according to ethnic group 1926–1939
Ethnic
group
census 19261 census 19392
Number % Number %
Ukrainians 23,218,860 80.0 23,667,509 76.5
Russians 2,677,166 9.2 4,175,299 13.5
Jewish 1,574,428 5.4 1,532,776 5.0
Germans 393,924 1.4 392,458 1.3
Polish 476,435 1.6 357,710 1.2
Moldavians / Romanians 257,794 0.9 230,698 0.8
Belarusians 75,842 0.3 158,174 0.5
Pontic Greeks 104,666 0.4 107,047 0.4
Bulgarians 99,278 0.3 83,838 0.3
Tatars 22,281 0.1 55,456 0.2
Romani 13,578 0.0 10,443 0.0
Others 103,935 0.4 174,810 0.6
Total 29,018,187 30,946,218
1 Source: [22].

After World War II

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Population of Ukraine according to ethnic group 1959–2001
Ethnic
group
census 19591 census 19702 census 19793 census 19894 census 20015
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Ukrainians 32,158,493 76.8 35,283,857 74.9 36,488,951 73.6 37,419,053 72.7 37,541,693 77.5
Russians 7,090,813 16.9 9,126,331 19.4 10,471,602 21.1 11,355,582 22.1 8,334,141 17.2
Romanians / Moldovans 391,753 1.1 378,043 1.1 415,371 1.1 459,350 1.2 409,608 1.1
Belarusians 290,890 0.7 385,847 0.8 406,098 0.8 440,045 0.9 275,763 0.6
Crimean Tatars 193 0.0 3,554 0.0 6,636 0.0 46,807 0.1 248,193 0.5
Bulgarians 219,419 0.5 234,390 0.5 238,217 0.5 233,800 0.5 204,574 0.4
Hungarians 149,229 0.4 157,731 0.3 164,373 0.3 163,111 0.3 156,566 0.3
Poles 363,297 0.9 295,107 0.6 258,309 0.5 219,179 0.4 144,130 0.3
Jewish 840,311 2.0 777,126 1.7 634,154 1.3 486,628 1.0 103,591 0.2
Armenians 28,024 0.1 33,439 0.1 38,646 0.1 54,200 0.1 99,894 0.2
Greeks 104,359 0.3 106,909 0.2 104,091 0.2 98,594 0.2 91,548 0.2
Tatars 61,334 0.2 72,658 0.2 83,906 0.2 86,875 0.2 73,304 0.2
Romani 22,515 0.1 30,091 0.1 34,411 0.1 47,917 0.1 47,587 0.1
Azerbaijanis 6,680 0.0 10,769 0.0 17,235 0.0 36,961 0.1 45,176 0.1
Georgians 11,574 0.0 14,650 0.0 16,301 0.0 23,540 0.1 34,199 0.1
Germans 23,243 0.1 29,871 0.1 34,139 0.1 37,849 0.1 33,302 0.1
Gagauz 23,530 0.1 26,464 0.1 29,398 0.1 31,967 0.1 31,923 0.1
Karaites 3,301 0.0 2,596 0.0 1,845 0.0 1,404 0.0 1,196 0.0
Others 129,338 0.3 157,084 0.3 165,650 0.3 209,172 0.4 363,821 1.1
Total 41,869,046 47,126,517 49,609,333 51,452,034 48,240,902
1 Source: [23]. 2 Source: [24]. 3 Source: [25]. 4 Source: [26]. 5 Source: [1].

Ethnic Groups in Ukraine 2001[27]

  Ukrainian (77.8%)
  Russian (17.3%)
  Belarusian (0.6%)
  Moldovan (0.5%)
  Crimean Tatar (0.5%)
  Bulgarian (0.4%)
  Hungarian (0.3%)
  Romanian (0.3%)
  Polish (0.3%)
  Jewish (0.2%)
  Other (1.8%)

Languages

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According to the latest census that took place, the following languages are common in Ukraine Ukrainian 67.5%, Russian 29.6%, Crimean Tatar, Urum (Turkic Greeks), Bulgarian, Moldovan/Romanian, Polish, Hungarian. The below table gives the total population of various ethnic groups in Ukraine and the primary language, according to the 2001 census.[19]

Primary language by ethnic group
Ethnic group Population Native Ukrainian Russian Other
Ukrainians 37,541,693 31,970,728 5,544,729 532
Russians 8,334,141 7,993,832 328,152 402
Moldovans 258,619 181,124 27,775 45,607 1242
Belarusians 275,763 54,573 48,202 172,251
Crimean Tatars 248,193 228,373 184 15,208 43
Bulgarians 204,574 131,237 10,277 62,067 9
Hungarians 156,566 149,431 5,367 1,513 14
Romanians 150,989 138,522 9,367 2,297 170
Polish 144,130 18,660 102,268 22,495 390
Hebrew 103,591 3,213 13,924 85,964 16
Armenians 99,894 50,363 5,798 43,105 11
Greeks 91,548 5,829 4,359 80,992 9
Tatars 73,304 25,770 3,310 43,060 6
Koreans 49,817 2,223 37,932 9,662 0
Romani people 47,587 21,266 10,039 6,378 6
Azerbaijanis 45,176 23,958 3,224 16,968 36
Georgians 34,199 12,539 2,818 18,589 15
Germans 33,302 4,056 7,360 21,549 20
Gagauz 31,923 22,822 1,102 7,232 2
Uzbeks 12,353 3,604 1,818 5,996 0
Chuvash 10,593 2,268 564 7,636 1
Mordvinians 9,331 1,473 646 7,168 0
Turks 8,844 7,923 133 567 0
Lithuanians 7,207 1,932 1,029 4,182 4
Arabs 6,575 4,071 897 1,235 0
Slovaks 6,397 2,633 2,665 335 0
Czechs 5,917 1,190 2,503 2,144 2
Kazakhs 5,526 1,041 822 3,470 11
Latvians 5,079 957 872 3,188 1
Ossetians 4,834 1,150 401 3,110 4
Udmurts 4,712 729 380 3,515 0
Lezghinians 4,349 1,507 330 2,341 4
Tadjiks 4,255 1,521 488 1,983 0
Bashkirs 4,253 843 336 2,920 0
Mari people 4,130 1,059 264 2,758 7
Thai 3,850 3,641 29 164 0
Turkmens 3,709 719 1,079 1,392 0
Albanians 3,308 1,740 301 1,181 0
Assyrians 3,143 883 408 1,730 0
Chechens 2,877 1,581 212 977 0
Estonians 2,868 416 321 2,107 4
Chinese people 2,213 1,817 73 307 0
Kurds 2,088 1,173 236 396 0
Darghins 1,610 409 199 955 0
Komis 1,545 330 127 1,046 0
Karelians 1,522 96 145 1,244 1
Avars 1,496 582 121 761 0
India-Bangladesh-Pakistan 1,483 1,092 26 192 0
Abkhazians 1,458 317 268 797 0
Karaites 1,196 72 160 931 0
Komi-Permians 1,165 160 79 898 1
Kyrgyz people 1,128 208 221 617 19
Laks 1,019 199 271 514 13
Afghans 1,008 551 60 213 0
other 3,228 1,027 144 790 0
NA 188,639 0 1,108 1,844 1
Native languages according to 2001 census
Ukrainian Russian Romanian and Moldovan
Crimean Tatar Bulgarian Hungarian

Religion

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A 2016 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 70% of the population declared themselves believers in any religion, while 6.3% declared themselves non-believers, and 2.7% declared to be atheists.[28] Of the total Ukrainian population, 81.9% declared to be Christians, comprising a 63.4% who declared to be Orthodox, 8.5% Greek Rite Catholics, 7.1% simply Christians, 1.9% Protestants, and 1.0% Latin Rite Catholics. Islam comprises 2% of the population, while Judaism was the religion of 0.2% of the population.

According to data from 2008 among those Ukrainians who declared to believe in Orthodoxy, 38.1% declared to be members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate (being incorporated as of the 5 January 2019 into the Orthodox Church of Ukraine), while 23.0% declared to be members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscovian Patriarchate (which is an autonomous Orthodox church under the Russian Orthodox Church). A further 2.7% were members of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, which, like the Kyivan Patriarchate, where incorporated in 2019 into the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.[29] Among the remaining Orthodox Ukrainians, 32.3% declared to be "simply Orthodox", without affiliation to any patriarchate, while a further 3.1% declared that they "did not know" which patriarchate or Orthodox church they belonged to.[28]

Regional differences

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Regional differences in population change

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Natural population growth rates by oblast (2009).

Between the Soviet census of 1989 and the Ukrainian census of 2001, Ukraine's population declined from 51,706,600 to 48,457,020,[3] a loss of 2,926,700 people or 5.7% of the 1989 population. However, this trend has been quite uneven and varied regionally. Two regions in western Ukraine — Rivne and Zakarpattia, saw slight population increases of 0.3% and 0.5% respectively. A third western Ukrainian region, Volyn, lost less than 0.1% of its population between 1989 and 2001.[3] Collectively, between 1989 and 2001 the seven westernmost regions of Ukraine lost 167,500 people or 1.7% of their 1989 population. The total population of these regions in 2001 was 9,593,800.[3]

Between 1989 and 2001, the population of Kyiv City increased by 0.3%[3] due to positive net-migration.[citation needed] Outside the capital, the central, southern and eastern regions experienced a severe decline in population. Between 1989 and 2001, the Donetsk region lost 491,300 people or 9.2% of its 1989 population, and neighbouring Luhansk region lost 11% of its population.[3] Chernihiv region, in central Ukraine northeast of Kyiv, lost 170,600 people or 12% of its 1989 population, the highest percentage loss in of any region in Ukraine. In southern Ukraine, Odesa region lost 173,600 people, or 6.6% of its 1989 population. By 2001, Crimea's population declined by 29,900 people, representing only 1.4% loss of the 1989 population.[3]

However, this was due to the influx of approximately 200,000 Crimean Tatars – a number equivalent to approximately 10% of Crimea's 1989 population – who arrived in Crimea after 1989 and whose population in that region increased by a factor of 6.4 from 38,000 to 243,400 between 1989 and 2001.[30] Collectively, the net population loss in the regions of Ukraine outside the westernmost regions was 2,759,200 people or 6.6% of the 1989 population. The total population of these regions in 2001 was 39,186,100.[3]

Thus, from 1989–2001 the pattern of population change was one of slight growth in Kyiv, slight declines in western Ukraine, large declines in eastern, central and southern Ukraine and a relatively small decline in Crimea due to a large influx of Crimean Tatars.

Natural population growth
All population, 2012 Urban population, 2009 Rural population, 2009

Regional differences in birth and fertility rates

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Ukraine's total fertility rate is one of the lowest in Europe.[31][32] However, significant regional differences in birth rates may account for some of the demographic differences. In the third quarter of 2007, for instance, the highest birth rate among Ukrainian regions occurred in Volyn Oblast, with a birth rate of 13.4/1,000 people, compared to the Ukrainian country-wide average of 9.6/1,000 people.[33] Volyn's birthrate is higher than the average birth rate of any European country with the exceptions of Iceland and Albania.[34]

In 2007, for the first time since 1990, five Ukrainian regions (Zakarpattia Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Volyn Oblast, Lviv Oblast, and Kyiv Oblast) experienced more births than deaths.[35] This demonstrates a positive trend of increasing birthrates in the last couple of years throughout Ukraine. The ratio of births to deaths in those regions in 2007 was 119%, 117%, 110%, 100.7%, and 108%, respectively.[35]

With the exception of Kyiv region, all of the regions with more births than deaths were in the less industrially developed regions of western Ukraine. According to a spokesperson for Ukraine's Ministry of Justice, the overall ratio of births to deaths in Ukraine had improved from 1 to 1.7 in 2004–2005 to 1 to 1.4 in 2008. However, the worst birth to death ratios in the country were in the eastern and central oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Cherkasy and Poltava. In these regions, for every birth there were 2.1 deaths.[36]

Notably, western Ukraine never experienced the Holodomor, as Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania ruled it at the time, helping to explain the better demographics there, as the rural population was never devastated. Specifically, during the time of the Holodomor, Poland ruled Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, and Volyn Oblasts, whereas Zakarpattia Oblast was under Czechoslovak rule, and Romania controlled Chernivtsi Oblast and the Budjak section of Odesa Oblast.

Abortion behavior in the North, South, East and Center regions of Ukraine are relatively homogeneous while the Western region differs greatly. Overall, the abortion rate in western Ukraine is three times lower than in other regions; however this is not due to an increased use of modern contraceptive methods in the West, but simply due to the fact that pregnant women in the Western regions are more likely to keep their babies.[37] Donetsk and Dniproptrovsk oblasts in eastern and central Ukraine have the country's highest rate of abortions.[38]

Natural population growth
The birth rate in Ukraine, 2003. The birth rate in Ukraine, 2010. The death rate in Ukraine, 2010.

Regional differences and death rates and health

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Death rate from suicides per 100.000 people

Death rates also vary widely by region; Eastern and southern Ukraine have the highest death rates in the country, and the life expectancy for children born in Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, Kropyvnytskyi, Luhansk, Mikolaiv, and Odesa regions is 1.5 years lower than the national average.[39]

Ukraine had a suicide rate of 16.5 per 100,000 population in 2017, a significant decrease from the suicide rate of 29.6 per 100,000 in 1998. Suicides are more frequent in the central part of the country (the highest suicide rates was in Kirovohrad Oblast; In western Ukraine, the suicide rate was lower than the national average. Lviv Oblast has the lowest suicide rate – 5.3[40]

The Southern and eastern Ukrainian regions also suffer from the highest rates of HIV and AIDS, which impacts life expectancy. In late 2000, 60% of all AIDS cases in Ukraine were concentrated in the Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions.[41] A major reason for this is the fact that the urbanized and industrialized regions in the East and South of Ukraine suffered most from the economic crisis in the 1990s, which in turn led to the spread of unemployment, alcoholism, and drug abuse, thus setting the conditions for wider spread of the epidemic.[42]

Regional differences in income

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Average Monthly Salary by region in US dollars, 2019.

The western and central regions of Ukraine had lower GDP per capita than Kyiv and the industrialized eastern regions of Ukraine. In December 2019 the average monthly salary in Ukraine was 12,264 hryvnias (or 519 US dollars). Chernihiv oblast (northern Ukraine) and Kirovohrad Oblast (central Ukraine), had the lowest monthly salary of 8,851 and 9,450 hryvnias, respectively. In contrast, the monthly wage in the city of Kyiv was 18,869 hryvnias per month, and in Kyiv oblast – 13,259 per month.[43] In 2013, outside of the capital city of Kyiv, the wealthiest region was Donetsk Oblast with annual income 31,048 hryvnias. But as of 2017, Donetsk Oblast ranks as the second poorest after Luhansk Oblast with annual incomes 25,278 hryvnias and 16,416 hryvnias respectively. [44] Both are in the eastern Ukraine and have sustained direct losses as a consequence of military actions.

Ukraine recorded one of the sharpest declines in poverty of any transition economy in 2001–2016 years. The poverty rate, measured against an absolute poverty line (below $1.25 per day in dollars, based on World Bank) fell from a high of 32 percent in 2001 to 8 percent in 2005. In terms of poverty rates, the central and northern regions have the country's highest poverty rates – 10.0%. The western and southern regions – 9.1% and 9% respectively. Kyiv City had the lowest poverty rate – 1.4%.[45] Percent of population living under $5.50 a day was 19% in 2005 and dropped to 4.0 percent in 2018.[46][47]

Urbanization

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Urbanization rate, 2011 Population density, 2011 Median population of rural settlements, 2011

Migration

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Migration growth rate in 2012 (per 1,000).

Emigration

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Ukraine is the major source of migrants in Russia and many of the member states of the European Union. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Ukraine's sputtering economy and political instability contributed to rising emigration, especially to nearby Russia, Poland and Hungary, but also to other countries like Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Israel and Canada. Although estimates vary, approximately two to three million Ukrainian citizens are currently working abroad, most of them illegally, in construction, service, housekeeping, and agriculture industries. Eastern Ukrainians are likely to immigrate to Russia while western Ukrainians are likely to move to the E.U. [citation needed]

Between 1991 and 2004, the government counted 2,537,400 individuals who emigrated; 1,897,500 moved to other post-Soviet states, and 639,900 moved to other, mainly Western, states.[48]

By the early 2000s, Ukrainian embassies reported that 300,000 Ukrainian citizens were working in Poland, 200,000 in Italy, approximately 200,000 in the Czech Republic, 150,000 in Portugal, 100,000 in Spain, 35,000 in Turkey, 20,000 in the United States and small significant numbers in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The largest number of Ukrainian workers abroad, about one million, are in the Russian Federation. Since 1992, 232,072 persons born in Ukraine have emigrated to the US.

From the point of view of the economic impact on natives, more appropriate than the absolute numbers is the volume of immigration as a proportion of the native population. Italy has the highest rate of Ukrainian emigrants as a proportion of the native population, while the much larger Russia has the largest absolute confirmed number of Ukrainian emigrants (leaving aside Poland, Portugal and the Czech Republic, for which there is conflicting data).

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