Demographics of Ukraine

Demographics of Ukraine
Ukraine population pyramid on 1 January 2023.
PopulationIncluding Russian occupied territory: 41,130,432 Decrease (State Statistics Service of Ukraine)[1]

Excluding Russian occupied territory: 36,744,636 Decrease (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs)[2]

33.7 million estimate in 2024 Decrease (UBN News[3])
Growth rate−6.6 Decrease people/1,000 population (2023)
Birth rate8.6 Increase births/1,000 population (2023)
Death rate15.2 Positive decrease deaths/1,000 population (2023)
Life expectancy71.76 years Increase (2018)[4]
 • male57 Decrease years (2023 estimate)
 • female76.72 Increase years
Fertility rate0.7 Decrease children born/woman (2023)
Infant mortality rate7.0 deaths/1,000 Positive decrease infants (2019)[4]
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 overNegative increase 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
Minor ethnicRussians (17.3%) 2001, Other (4.9%) 2001
Language
OfficialUkrainian
SpokenUkrainian, Russian, others
Animated population pyramid since 1989
Population density in Ukraine by raion.

According to the United Nations, Ukraine has a population of 36,744,636 as of 2023.[5] In July 2023, Reuters reported that due to the refugee outpouring into Western Europe, the population of Kyiv-controlled areas may have decreased to as low as 28 million.[6] This is a steep decline from 2020, when it had a population of almost 42 million people.[7] This is in large part due to the ongoing Ukrainian refugee crisis and loss of territory caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The most recent (and only) census of a post-Soviet Ukraine occurred over 20 years ago, in 2001. Thus, much of the information presented here could be inaccurate and/or outdated.

History[edit]

The majority of the historical information is sourced from Demoscope.ru.[8]

The territory of Ukraine has varied greatly in history. Western Ukraine, west of the Zbruch river, until 1939 was for most of the time part of the Kingdom of Galicia and later the Polish Republic. Detailed information for those territories is missing, for more information see Demographics of Poland. Crimea changed hands as well; in 1897 it was a part of the Taurida Governorate, but after the October Revolution became part of the Russian SFSR, and in 1954 was brought under the administration of the Ukrainian SSR. The territory of Budjak (southern Bessarabia) became a part of the Ukrainian SSR in June 1940.

There were roughly four million Ukrainians at the end of the 17th century.[9]

The censuses of 1926 through 1989 were taken in the Ukrainian SSR. The census of 1897 is taken from the statistics of nine governorates that were in the territory of today's Ukraine. The statistics of the 1906 records are taken from www.statoids.com which provides a broad degree of historical explanation on the situation in Imperial Russia. The census statistics of 1931 were estimated by Professor Zenon Kuzela.[10] His calculations are as of 1 January 1931. The Encyclopedia of Ukraine mentions Kuzela as one of the only ethnographic sources available, due to a lack of an official census.[11][12]

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Famines and migration[edit]

The famines of the 1930s, followed by the devastation of World War II, created a demographic disaster. Life expectancy at birth fell to a level as low as ten years for females and seven for males in 1933 and plateaued around 25 for females and 15 for males in the period 1941–44.[13] According to The Oxford companion to World War II, "Over 7 million inhabitants of Ukraine, more than one-sixth of the pre-war population, were killed during the Second World War."[14]

Ukrainian refugees entering Romania, 5 March 2022

Significant migration took place in the first years of Ukrainian independence. More than one million people moved into Ukraine in 1991–92, mostly from the other former Soviet republics. In total, between 1991 and 2004, 2.2 million immigrated to Ukraine (of these, 2 million came from the other former Soviet Union states), and 2.5 million emigrated from Ukraine (of these, 1.9 million moved to other former Soviet Union republics).[15] As of 2015, immigrants constituted an estimated 11.4% of the total population, or 4.8 million people.[16] In 2006, there were an estimated 1.2 million Canadians of Ukrainian ancestry,[17] giving Canada the world's third-largest Ukrainian population behind Ukraine itself and Russia. There are also large Ukrainian diaspora communities in Russia, Poland, the United States, Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Argentina.

Since about 2015, there has been a growing number of Ukrainians working in the European Union, particularly Poland. Eurostat reported that 662,000 Ukrainians received EU residence permits in 2017, with 585,439 being to Poland. In 2019, World Bank statistics show that money remittances back to Ukraine have roughly doubled from 2015 to 2018, and are worth about 4% of GDP.[18][19] The Ukrainian authorities only records its citizens who apply for foreign citizenship, not those who apply for foreign residency[20]

After the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, eight million people fled during the ensuing Ukrainian refugee crisis, Europe's biggest refugee crisis since World War II. Most have gone to Central Europe.

Population decline[edit]

Population of Ukraine from 1950[21][22]

According to estimations of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the population of Ukraine (excluding Crimea) on 1 May 2021 was 41,442,615.[1]

The country's population has been declining since the 1990s because of a high emigration rate, coupled with high death rates and low birth rates. The population has been shrinking by an average of over 300,000 annually since 1993.

In 2007, the country's rate of population decline was the fourth highest in the world.[23] During the years 2008 to 2010, more than 1.5 million children were born in Ukraine, compared to fewer than 1.2 million during 1999–2001. In 2008, Ukraine posted record-breaking birth rates since its 1991 independence. Infant mortality rates have also dropped from 10.4 deaths to 8.3 per 1,000 children under one year of age, making it lower than 153 countries.[24]

In 2019 the government ran an electronic census using multiple sources, including mobile phone and pension data, and estimated that Ukraine's population, excluding Crimea and parts of the Donbas, to be 37.3 million. About 20 million were of active working age.[25][26]

The Russian invasion considerably deepened the country's demographic crisis. A July 2023 study by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies stated that "[r]egardless of how long the war lasts and whether or not there is further military escalation, Ukraine is unlikely to recover demographically from the consequences of the war. Even in 2040 it will have only about 35 million inhabitants, around 20% fewer than before the war (2021: 42.8 million) and the decline in the working-age population is likely to be the most severe and far-reaching." The study took different scenarios, from a "best case" (end of the war in 2023 without much further escalation) to a "worst case" (end of the war in 2025 with further escalation) into account. Flight from war affects especially the southern and eastern regions and especially educated women of child-bearing age and their children. With an estimate of more than 20% of refugees not returning, study author Maryna Tverdostup concludes that this will lead to long-term shrinking and will significantly impair the conditions for reconstruction.[27]

Fertility and natalist policies[edit]

The current birth rate in Ukraine, as of 2020, is 8.1 live births/1,000 population, and the death rate is 14.7 deaths/1,000 population.[4]

The phenomenon of lowest-low fertility, defined as total fertility below 1.3, is emerging throughout Europe and is attributed by many to postponement of the initiation of childbearing. Ukraine, where total fertility (a very low 1.1 in 2001), was one of the world's lowest, shows that there is more than one pathway to lowest-low fertility. Although Ukraine has undergone immense political and economic transformations during 1991–2004, it has maintained a young age at first birth and nearly universal childbearing. Analysis of official national statistics and the Ukrainian Reproductive Health Survey show that fertility declined to very low levels without a transition to a later pattern of childbearing. Findings from focus group interviews suggest explanations of the early fertility pattern. These findings include the persistence of traditional norms for childbearing and the roles of men and women, concerns about medical complications and infertility at a later age, and the link between early fertility and early marriage.[28] Ukraine subsequently has one of the oldest populations in the world, with the average age of 40.8 years.[29]

To help mitigate the declining population, the government continues to increase child support payments. Thus it provides one-time payments of 12,250 hryvnias for the first child, 25,000 hryvnias for the second and 50,000 hryvnias for the third and fourth, along with monthly payments of 154 hryvnias per child.[30][31] The demographic trend was showing signs of improvement, as the birth rate was steadily growing from 2001 to 2013.[32] Net population growth over the first nine months of 2007 was registered in five provinces of the country (out of 24), and population shrinkage was showing signs of stabilising nationwide. In 2007 the highest birth rates were in the western oblasts.[33] In 2008, Ukraine emerged from lowest-low fertility, and the upward trend has continued to 2012, with the population still decreasing but at a pace that was slowing year to year. If early 2010s trends were continuing, the population of Ukraine could have returned to positive growth later in the same decade. Similar trends were seen in Russia and Belarus as well, who experienced population growth in the 2010's. In 2014 the strong decline in births was re-established, with 2018 having fewer than half the number of births as in 1989. (see demographic tables) In 2020 the number of births decreased to 293,000, reaching levels not seen even in the late 90s and early 2000s when the number of births started to increase.

Due to mass emigration and destruction of property caused by Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the country's birth rate has declined significantly, and was 28% lower in the first six months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2021.[34] However, there could very well be a small, but meaningful increase in births, with the fertility rate possibly increasing to 1.60 children per women, even higher than the peak of 1.53 seen in 2012.[35]

Population[edit]

Life expectancy in Ukraine since 1900
Life expectancy in Ukraine since 1960 by gender

Life expectancy[edit]

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 birth of the total population.[36]

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
The natural population growth of Ukraine in 1950–2010.[37][38][39]
  Birth rate
  Death rate
  Natural growth rate

Total fertility rate[edit]

  • 1.12 Decrease children born/woman (2000)
  • 1.44 Increase children born/woman (2010)
  • 1.22 Decrease children born/women (2020)

Vital statistics[edit]

Notable events in Ukraine demography:

Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire[edit]

The figures below refer to the nine governorates of the Russian Empire (Volhynia, Katerynoslav, Kyiv, Podilia, Poltava, Tauryda, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv) with a Ukrainian majority.[40]

Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1,000) Crude death rate (per 1,000) Natural change (per 1,000) Total fertility rates
1900 24,969,000 1,203,334 660,723 542,611 48.2 26.5 21.7
1901 25,505,000 1,123,519 657,883 465,636 44.1 25.8 18.3
1902 25,935,000 1,207,512 681,580 525,932 46.6 26.3 20.3
1903 26,449,000 1,188,404 663,067 525,337 44.9 25.1 19.9
1904 26,961,000 1,228,116 682,068 546,048 45.6 25.3 20.3
1905 27,210,000 1,160,308 779,107 381,201 41.1 27.6 14.0
1906 27,949,000 1,225,951 724,045 501,906 43.9 25.9 18.0
1907 28,418,000 1,279,027 701,451 577,576 45.0 24.7 20.3
1908 29,069,000 1,232,862 692,624 540,238 42.4 23.8 18.6
1909 29,700,000 1,226,155 744,818 481,337 41.3 25.1 16.2
1910 30,297,000 1,225,658 839,491 386,167 40.5 27.7 12.7
1911 30,858,000 1,240,985 670,742 570,243 40.2 21.7 18.5
1912 30,580,000 1,245,358 654,157 591,201 40.7 21.4 19.3
1913 31,142,000 1,222,277 715,924 506,353 39.2 23.0 16.3 6.00
1914 30,973,000 1,240,114 716,875 523,239 40.0 23.1 16.9

Between WWI and WWII[edit]

[41] Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1,000) Crude death rate (per 1,000) Natural change (per 1,000) Fertility rates Life Expectancy (male) Life Expectancy (female)
1924 27,400,000 1,211,000 484,880 726,120 43.3 17.3 25.9
1925 28,000,000 1,246,000 531,819 714,181 43.4 18.5 24.9 5.39
1926 28,700,000 1,258,000 518,656 739,344 42.5 17.5 25.0
1927 29,589,000 1,228,000 579,000 649,000 40.6 19.1 21.5 43.3 46.8
1928 30,251,000 1,178,000 575,000 603,000 38.1 18.6 19.5 44.6 48.7
1929 30,894,000 1,115,000 585,000 530,000 35.5 18.6 16.9 42.8 46.7
1930 31,436,000 1,053,000 580,000 473,000 33.0 18.2 14.8 42.5 46.9
1931 31,882,000 1,001,000 553,000 448,000 31.0 17.1 13.9 43.5 47.9
1932 32,342,000 801,000 746,000 55,000 24.7 23.0 1.7 34.5 39.4
1933 32,456,000 564,000 2,104,000 -1,540,000 17.4 64.8 -47.4
1934 30,916,000 562,000 508,000 54,000 18.1 16.4 1.7 37.6 42.1
1935 31,006,000 770,000 381,000 389,000 24.5 12.1 12.4 46.3 52.7
1936 31,423,000 905,000 403,000 502,000 28.3 12.6 15.7 47.6 53.0
1937 31,957,000 1,227,000 450,000 777,000 37.5 13.7 23.7 46.2 51.9
1938 32,742,000 1,123,000 451,000 672,000 33.6 13.5 20.1 47.9 52.7
1939 33,425,000 1,080,000 412,600 667,400 31.7 12.1 19.6 47.7 52.5
1940(b) 40,649,000 1,243,000 30.6 3.80 47.4 52.4

(a) Information is given for Ukraine's territory within its old boundaries up to 17 September 1939 (b) Information is given for Ukraine's territory within its present-day boundaries, after the Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia in September 1939

After WWII[edit]

Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine[42]

Average population
Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1,000) Crude death rate (per 1,000) Natural change (per 1,000) Fertility rates Urban fertility Rural fertility Abortions, reported
1945 435,230
1946 753,493
1947 712,994
1948 757,783
1949 911,641
1950 36,905,000 844,585 315,300 529,300 22.9 8.5 14.3 2.81
1951 37,569,000 858,052 327,500 530,600 22.8 8.7 14.1 2.76
1952 38,141,000 846,434 325,700 520,700 22.2 8.5 13.7 2.64
1953 38,678,000 795,652 326,800 468,900 20.6 8.4 12.1 2.41
1954 39,131,000 845,128 318,500 526,600 21.6 8.1 13.5 2.48
1955 39,506,000 792,696 296,200 496,500 20.1 7.5 12.6 2.70
1956 40,082,000 822,569 293,000 529,600 20.5 7.3 13.2 2.29
1957 40,800,000 847,781 304,800 543,000 20.8 7.5 13.3 2.29
1958 41,512,000 873,483 286,700 586,800 21.0 6.9 14.1 2.30
1959 42,155,000 880,552 316,800 563,800 20.9 7.5 13.4 2.29
1960 42,469,000 878,768 296,171 582,597 20.7 7.0 13.7 2.24
1961 43,097,000 843,482 304,346 539,136 19.6 7.1 12.5 2.17
1962 43,559,000 823,151 331,454 491,697 18.9 7.6 11.3 2.14
1963 44,088,000 794,969 323,556 471,413 17.9 7.3 10.6 2.06
1964 44,664,000 741,668 315,340 426,328 16.5 7.0 9.5 1.96
1965 45,133,000 692,153 342,717 349,436 15.3 7.6 7.7 1.99
1966 45,548,000 713,492 344,850 368,642 15.6 7.5 8.1 2.02
1967 45,997,000 699,381 368,573 330,808 15.1 8.0 7.2 2.01
1968 46,408,000 693,064 374,440 318,624 14.9 8.0 6.9 1.99
1969 46,778,000 687,991 404,151 283,840 14.7 8.6 6.1 2.04
1970 47,127,000 719,213 418,679 300,534 15.2 8.9 6.4 2.10 1,130,315
1971 47,507,000 736,691 424,717 311,974 15.4 8.9 6.6 2.12
1972 47,903,000 745,696 443,038 302,658 15.5 9.2 6.3 2.08
1973 48,274,000 719,560 449,351 270,209 14.9 9.3 5.6 2.04
1974 48,571,000 736,616 455,970 280,646 15.1 9.4 5.8 2.04
1975 48,881,000 738,857 489,550 249,307 15.1 10.0 5.1 2.02 1,110,223
1976 49,151,000 747,069 500,584 246,485 15.2 10.2 5.0 1.99
1977 49,388,000 726,217 517,967 208,250 14.7 10.5 4.2 1.94
1978 49,578,000 732,187 529,681 202,506 14.7 10.7 4.1 1.96
1979 49,755,000 735,188 552,019 183,169 14.7 11.1 3.7 1.96
1980 50,044,000 742,489 568,243 174,246 14.8 11.4 3.5 1.95 1,197,000
1981 50,222,000 733,183 568,789 164,394 14.6 11.3 3.3 1.93 1,112,734
1982 50,388,000 745,591 568,231 177,360 14.8 11.3 3.5 1.94 1,131,437
1983 50,573,000 807,111 583,496 223,615 16.0 11.6 4.4 2.11 1,125,686
1984 50,768,000 792,035 610,338 181,697 15.6 12.0 3.6 2.08 1,127,627
1985 50,941,000 762,775 617,548 145,227 15.0 12.1 2.9 2.02 1,179,000
1986 51,143,000 792,574 565,150 227,424 15.5 11.1 4.4 2.13 1,166,039
1987 51,373,000 760,851 586,387 174,464 14.8 11.4 3.4 2.07 1,168,136
1988 51,593,000 744,056 600,725 143,331 14.4 11.6 2.8 2.04 1,080,029
1989 51,770,000 690,981 600,590 90,391 13.3 11.6 1.7 1.92 1.78 2.33 1,058,414
1990 51,838,500 657,202 629,602 27,600 12.7 12.1 0.5 1.84 1.69 2.27 1,019,038
1991 51,944,400 630,813 669,960 -39,147 12.1 12.9 -0.8 1.78 1.60 2.29 957,022
1992 52,056,600 596,785 697,110 -100,325 11.4 13.4 -1.9 1.67 1.48 2.23 932,272
1993 52,244,100 557,467 741,662 -184,195 10.7 14.2 -3.5 1.56 1.37 2.08 860,996
1994 52,114,400 521,545 764,669 -243,124 10.0 14.7 -4.7 1.47 1.28 1.98 798,538
1995 51,728,400 492,861 792,587 -299,726 9.6 15.4 -5.8 1.40 1.21 1.88 740,172
1996 51,297,100 467,211 776,717 -309,506 9.2 15.2 -6.0 1.34 1.16 1.79 687,035
1997 50,818,400 442,581 754,151 -311,570 8.7 14.9 -6.1 1.27 1.10 1.70 596,740
1998 50,370,800 419,238 719,954 -300,716 8.4 14.4 -6.0 1.21 1.05 1.64 525,329
1999 49,918,100 389,208 739,170 -349,962 7.8 14.9 -7.0 1.13 0.97 1.53 495,760
2000 49,429,800 385,126 758,082 -372,956 7.8 15.4 -7.6 1.12 0.97 1.51 434,223
2001 48,923,200 376,478 745,952 -369,474 7.7 15.3 -7.6 1.08 0.95 1.41 369,750
2002 48,457,102 390,688 754,911 -364,223 8.1 15.7 -7.6 1.10 0.97 1.43 345,967
2003 48,003,463 408,589 765,408 -356,819 8.5 16.0 -7.4 1.17 1.07 1.45 315,835
2004 47,622,434 427,259 761,261 -334,002 9.0 16.0 -7.0 1.22 1.13 1.46 289,065
2005 47,280,817 426,086 781,961 -355,875 9.0 16.6 -7.5 1.21 1.12 1.46 263,950
2006 46,929,525 460,368 758,092 -297,724 9.8 16.2 -6.3 1.31 1.21 1.59 229,618
2007 46,646,046 472,657 762,877 -290,220 10.2 16.4 -6.2 1.35 1.24 1.63 210,454
2008 46,372,664 510,589 754,460 -243,871 11.0 16.3 -5.3 1.46 1.35 1.75 217,413
2009 46,143,714 512,525 706,739 -194,214 11.1 15.3 -4.2 1.47 1.35 1.78 194,845
2010 45,962,947 497,689 698,235 -200,546 10.8 15.2 -4.4 1.44 1.31 1.77 176,774
2011 45,778,534 502,595 664,588 -161,993 11.0 14.5 -3.5 1.46 1.32 1.80 169,131
2012 45,633,637 520,705 663,139 -142,434 11.4 14.5 -3.1 1.53 1.39 1.87 153,147
2013 45,553,047 503,657 662,368 -158,711 11.1 14.6 -3.5 1.51 1.37 1.83 147,736
2014 45,426,249 465,882 632,296 -166,414 10.3 14.0 -3.7 1.50 1.35 1.83 116,104
2015 42,929,298 411,781 594,796 -183,015 9.6 13.9 -4.3 1.51 1.39 1.71 106,357
2016 42,760,516 397,037 583,631 -186,594 9.3 13.6 -4.3 1.47 1.36 1.64 101,121
2017 42,584,542 363,987 574,123 -210,136 8.5 13.5 -5.0 1.37 1.28 1.52 94,665
2018 42,386,403 335,874 587,665 -251,791 7.9 13.9 -6.0 1.30 1.22 1.43 46,552
2019 42,153,201 308,817 581,114 -272,297 7.3 13.8 -6.5 1.23 1.16 1.34 74,606
2020 41,902,416 293,457 616,835 -323,378 7.0 14.7 -7.7 1.22 1.13 1.36
2021 41,167,336 271,983 714,263 -442,280 6.6 17.4 -10.8 1.16 1.08 1.29
2022[43] 35,100,000(e) 209,400 541,739 -332,339 6.0 15.4 -9.4
2023 34,744,634 187,387 496,200 -308,813 5.4 15.2 -9.8 1.00

Note: Data excludes Crimea starting in 2014.[44]

Current vital statistics[edit]

[42]

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: Russia occupied and later annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. The annexation is internationally recognized only by a small number of nations. The Ukrainian statistics Service can no longer provide accurate data on Crimea in the post-2014 period. Therefore, starting from 2014, the territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are not included in the Demographics of Ukraine, but instead are included to the Demographics of Russia. All data from State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

Structure of the population[edit]

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021) (The Government of Ukraine has informed the United Nations that it is not in a position to provide statistical data concerning the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.): [45]
Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 19 195 376 22 223 341 41 418 717 100
0–4 871 807 817 549 1 689 356 4.08
5–9 1 184 223 1 113 485 2 297 708 5.55
10–14 1 179 905 1 112 800 2 292 705 5.54
15–19 978 279 923 149 1 901 428 4.59
20–24 1 029 297 969 836 1 999 133 4.83
25–29 1 323 862 1 255 946 2 579 808 6.23
30–34 1 705 251 1 646 672 3 351 923 8.09
35–39 1 758 922 1 739 010 3 497 932 8.45
40–44 1 533 807 1 583 673 3 117 480 7.53
45–49 1 420 874 1 541 601 2 962 475 7.15
50–54 1 269 395 1 447 927 2 717 322 6.56
55–59 1 285 999 1 603 824 2 889 823 6.98
60–64 1 225 350 1 685 084 2 910 434 7.03
65-69 921 671 1 454 610 2 376 281 5.74
70-74 656 532 1 190 134 1 846 666 4.46
75-79 323 037 740 699 1 063 736 2.57
80-84 335 863 874 371 1 210 234 2.92
85-89 113 869 308 482 422 351 1.02
90-94 54 945 164 392 219 337 0.53
95-99 15 892 37 973 53 865 0.13
100+ 6 596 12 124 18 720 0.05
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 3 235 935 3 043 834 6 279 769 15.16
15–64 13 531 036 14 396 722 27 927 758 67.43
65+ 2 428 405 4 782 785 7 211 190 17.41

Regional data[edit]

Population by oblast[edit]

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[edit]

Note: Recent data for Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts has been affected by the war in Donbas, and may only include births within the government-held parts of the oblasts.[46]

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[edit]

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, Zakarpattya, 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[edit]

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

Infant mortality rate[edit]

  • 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[47]
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