Kyiv is the largest city of Ukraine, with approximately 2.95 million inhabitants as of January 1, 2022. Kharkiv had the second-largest population of around 1.42 million, followed by Odesa and Dnipro. Economic situation in Ukraine Ukraine has a population of around 42 million inhabitants - close to 70 percent of which live in urban areas, with almost three million living in Ukraine’s largest city and capital, Kyiv. The city is located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River and is one of the largest in Europe. The country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is about half of Kyiv's size and located in the northeast. Kharkiv was the first city to be occupied by the Soviet Union in 1917 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since the collapse, Ukraine has been largely divided between east and west. Many inhabitants speak Ukrainian to the west, whereas Russian is dominant in parts of the east and south. Like Kharkiv, many of Ukraine’s other biggest cities which have fewer than one million inhabitants are located to the east of the country – a region which has uprooted and displaced many of its inhabitants because of the military actions that started in 2014. In 2015, Ukrainians across the country were affected by a huge spike in inflation, which reached near 49 percent. In the following years, it marked a decrease, measuring below three percent in 2020. The country’s GDP has also been significantly impacted by the crisis, which has left approximately 1.5 million Ukrainians internally displaced since 2014, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The unemployment rate was above nine percent in 2020.

Population in largest city in Ukraine was reported at 3020228 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ukraine - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

With a score of ****, Kyiv was the leading city for startups in Ukraine in 2024. Lviv followed, having earned a score of **** in the period observed. Furthermore, Ukraine's capital ranked fourth among the major cities for startups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The score was based on several indicators, such as the number of startups in each city, the startups' qualitative results, and the cities' business and economic indicators.

This release of Data of population in major Ukrainian cities presents year, city, and population data of named Ukrainain cities between 1950-2023. Ukraine has a rich history and here are some interesting times to look at the data.

1986: Chernobyl Disaster 1990: Ukraine Declares Sovereignty 1991: Ukraine Leaves Soviet Union 2004-2005: Orange Revolution (after a rigged presidential election) 2014: Crimean Crisis 2022 - present: Russian-Ukrainian war (some say it started all the way back in 2014)

I am a Ukrainian myself and would love more people to know of our rich history!

Glory to Ukraine :)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Ukraine was reported at 11.35 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ukraine - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Ukraine UA: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 9.499 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.425 % for 2016. Ukraine UA: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.403 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.499 % in 2017 and a record low of 5.826 % in 1960. Ukraine UA: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted Average;

Ukraine UA: Population in Largest City data was reported at 2,986,974.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,965,625.000 Person for 2016. Ukraine UA: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 2,557,524.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,986,974.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 1,163,046.000 Person in 1960. Ukraine UA: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

As of September 2020, the capital of Ukraine Kyiv, offered by far the most public transport routes - a total of *** bus routes and ***** metro lines were available for its locals. The second biggest locality in the country, Kharkiv had the same number of metro routes as the capital. The number of bus routes, however, was twice smaller than in Kyiv.

This horizontal bar chart displays population (people) by country using the aggregation sum in Ukraine. The data is about cities.

This horizontal bar chart displays female population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Ukraine. The data is about countries per year.

As of April 1, 2022, the most significant number of Ukrainians was recorded in Rzeszów — about ** percent. The largest city in Poland, Warsaw, had ** percent of Ukrainians, as did Szczecin.

This horizontal bar chart displays death rate (per 1,000 people) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Ukraine. The data is about countries per year.

This horizontal bar chart displays male population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Ukraine. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

In 2022, on average, *** out of three residents of major cities in Poland declared that they were engaged in helping refugees from Ukraine, with the highest rate in Warsaw and Lublin.

This horizontal bar chart displays tweets by city using the aggregation sum in Ukraine. The data is about companies.

In January 2022, the highest number of offices of product-oriented IT companies in Ukraine was registered in the capital, at over 1.2 thousand. The number of product developer offices in Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine, was significantly lower and amounted to 128.

This horizontal bar chart displays renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) by capital city using the aggregation average in Ukraine. The data is about countries per year.

A public transport ride cost *** Ukrainian hryvnia on average in Ukrainian cities in December 2020. The highest average city public transport price was recorded in the capital Kyiv at ***** Ukrainian hryvnia. Passengers in the Kherson Oblast paid the least, at *** Ukrainian hryvnia on average.

Abstract

The Ukraine Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) is a nationally representative survey of 6,841 women age 15-49 and 3,178 men age 15-49. Survey fieldwork was conducted during the period July through November 2007. The UDHS was conducted by the Ukrainian Center for Social Reforms in close collaboration with the State Statistical Committee of Ukraine. The MEASURE DHS Project provided technical support for the survey. The U.S. Agency for International Development/Kyiv Regional Mission to Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus provided funding.

The survey is a nationally representative sample survey designed to provide information on population and health issues in Ukraine. The primary goal of the survey was to develop a single integrated set of demographic and health data for the population of the Ukraine.

The UDHS was conducted from July to November 2007 by the Ukrainian Center for Social Reforms (UCSR) in close collaboration with the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of Ukraine, which provided organizational and methodological support. Macro International Inc. provided technical assistance for the survey through the MEASURE DHS project. USAID/Kyiv Regional Mission to Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus provided funding for the survey through the MEASURE DHS project. MEASURE DHS is sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist countries worldwide in obtaining information on key population and health indicators.

The 2007 UDHS collected national- and regional-level data on fertility and contraceptive use, maternal health, adult health and life style, infant and child mortality, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The survey obtained detailed information on these issues from women of reproductive age and, on certain topics, from men as well.

The results of the 2007 UDHS are intended to provide the information needed to evaluate existing social programs and to design new strategies for improving the health of Ukrainians and health services for the people of Ukraine. The 2007 UDHS also contributes to the growing international database on demographic and health-related variables.

MAIN RESULTS

• Fertility rates. A useful index of the level of fertility is the total fertility rate (TFR), which indicates the number of children a woman would have if she passed through the childbearing ages at the current age-specific fertility rates (ASFR). The TFR, estimated for the three-year period preceding the survey, is 1.2 children per woman. This is below replacement level.

• Contraception : Knowledge and ever use. Knowledge of contraception is widespread in Ukraine. Among married women, knowledge of at least one method is universal (99 percent). On average, married women reported knowledge of seven methods of contraception. Eighty-nine percent of married women have used a method of contraception at some time.

• Abortion rates. The use of abortion can be measured by the total abortion rate (TAR), which indicates the number of abortions a woman would have in her lifetime if she passed through her childbearing years at the current age-specific abortion rates. The UDHS estimate of the TAR indicates that a woman in Ukraine will have an average of 0.4 abortions during her lifetime. This rate is considerably lower than the comparable rate in the 1999 Ukraine Reproductive Health Survey (URHS) of 1.6. Despite this decline, among pregnancies ending in the three years preceding the survey, one in four pregnancies (25 percent) ended in an induced abortion.

• Antenatal care. Ukraine has a well-developed health system with an extensive infrastructure of facilities that provide maternal care services. Overall, the levels of antenatal care and delivery assistance are high. Virtually all mothers receive antenatal care from professional health providers (doctors, nurses, and midwives) with negligible differences between urban and rural areas. Seventy-five percent of pregnant women have six or more antenatal care visits; 27 percent have 15 or more ANC visits. The percentage is slightly higher in rural areas than in urban areas (78 percent compared with 73 percent). However, a smaller proportion of rural women than urban women have 15 or more antenatal care visits (23 percent and 29 percent, respectively).

• HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections : The currently low level of HIV infection in Ukraine provides a unique window of opportunity for early targeted interventions to prevent further spread of the disease. However, the increases in the cumulative incidence of HIV infection suggest that this window of opportunity is rapidly closing.

• Adult Health : The major causes of death in Ukraine are similar to those in industrialized countries (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and accidents), but there is also a rising incidence of certain infectious diseases, such as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

• Women's status : Sixty-four percent of married women make decisions on their own about their own health care, 33 percent decide jointly with their husband/partner, and 1 percent say that their husband or someone else is the primary decisionmaker about the woman's own health care.

• Domestic Violence : Overall, 17 percent of women age 15-49 experienced some type of physical violence between age 15 and the time of the survey. Nine percent of all women experienced at least one episode of violence in the 12 months preceding the survey. One percent of the women said they had often been subjected to violent physical acts during the past year. Overall, the data indicate that husbands are the main perpetrators of physical violence against women.

• Human Trafficking : The UDHS collected information on respondents' awareness of human trafficking in Ukraine and, if applicable, knowledge about any household members who had been the victim of human trafficking during the three years preceding the survey. More than half (52 percent) of respondents to the household questionnaire reported that they had heard of a person experiencing this problem and 10 percent reported that they knew personally someone who had experienced human trafficking.

Geographic coverage

The survey is a nationally representative sample survey designed to provide information on population and health issues in Ukraine. The 27 administrative regions were grouped for this survey into five geographic regions: North, Central, East, South and West. The five geographic regions are the five study domains of the survey. The estimates obtained from the 2007 UDHS are presented for the country as a whole, for urban and rural areas, and for each of the five geographic regions.

Analysis unit

• Household
• Women age 15-49
• Men age 15-49

Universe

The population covered by the 2007 UDHS is defined as the universe of all women and men age 15-49 in Ukraine.

Kind of data

Sample survey data

Sampling procedure

The 2007 Ukraine Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) was the first survey of its kind carried out in Ukraine. The survey was a nationally representative sample survey of 15,000 households, with an expected yield of about 7,900 completed interviews of women age 15-49. It was designed to provide estimates on fertility, infant and child mortality, use of contraception and family planning, knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STI), and other family welfare and health indicators. Ukraine is made up of 24 oblasts, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and two special cities (Kyiv and Sevastopol), which together make up 27 administrative regions, each subdivided into lower-level administrative units. The 27 administrative regions were grouped for this survey into five geographic regions: North, Central, East, South and West. The five geographic regions are the five study domains of the survey. The estimates obtained from the 2007 UDHS are presented for the country as a whole, for urban and rural areas, and for each of the five geographic regions.

A men's survey was conducted at the same time as the women's survey, in a subsample consisting of one household in every two selected for the female survey. All men age 15-49 living in the selected households were eligible for the men's survey. The survey collected information on men's use of contraception and family planning and their knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STI).

SAMPLING FRAME

The sampling frame used for the 2007 UDHS was the Ukraine Population Census conducted in 2001 (SSC, 2003a), provided by the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of Ukraine. The sampling frame consisted of about 38 thousand enumeration areas (EAs) with an average of 400-500 households per EA. Each EA is subdivided into 4-5 enumeration units (EUs) with an average of 100 households per EU. An EA is a city block in urban areas; in rural areas, an EA is either a village or part of a large village, or a group of small villages (possibly plus a part of a large village). An EU is a list of addresses (in a neighborhood) that was used as a convenient counting unit for the census. Both EAs and EUs include information about the location, type of residence, address of each structure in it, and the number of households in each structure.

Census maps were available for most of the EAs with marked boundaries. In urban areas, the census maps have marked boundaries/locations of the EUs. In rural areas, the EUs are defined by detailed descriptions available at the SSC local office. Therefore, either the EA or the EU could be used as the primary sampling unit (PSU) for the 2007 UDHS. Because the EAs in urban areas are large (an average of 500 households), using

UA：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比在12-01-2017达9.499%，相较于12-01-2016的9.425%有所增长。UA：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为7.403%，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达9.499%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为5.826%。CEIC提供的UA：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的乌克兰 – 表 UA.世界银行：人口和城市化进程统计。