The total population in Ukraine was estimated at 41.0 million people in 2021, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Ukraine Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The total population of Ukraine amounts to approximately 32.86 million people in 2025.Continuous decline between 1992 and 2025Compared to the earliest depicted observation from 1992 there is a total decrease by approximately 19.01 million people. From the pattern between 1992 and 2025 it becomes clear that this decrease furthermore happened continuously.Fluctuating rise between 2025 and 2030In 2030 the total population will stand at about 33.94 million people, according to forecasts. From 2025 onwards, there is an overall increase by approximately 1.08 million people.This indicator describes the total population in the country at hand. This total population of the country consists of all persons falling within the scope of the census.

Demographics data Ukraine 2023 at district level - 24 attributes, including age, gender, age split by gender, and rural/urban distributions

Ukraine UA: Population: Growth data was reported at -0.386 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.331 % for 2016. Ukraine UA: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 0.322 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.261 % in 1961 and a record low of -1.007 % in 2000. Ukraine UA: Population: Growth 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.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

As of January 1, 2022, the number of people younger than 18 years in Ukraine was approximately 7.3 million. The adult population aged 18 years and older amounted to 33.6 million, representing around 82 percent of total inhabitants. Over 10 million people, or 24 percent of all residents, were aged 60 years and older.

What is the population of Ukraine?

Ukraine is the eighth most populated country in Europe, ranking between Poland and Romania by the number of inhabitants. In 2023, an estimated 32 million people resided in Ukraine, down approximately nine million from two years prior. The population size has decreased significantly during the Russian invasion, as millions of refugees fled to other countries.

Demographics of Ukraine

The number of women in Ukraine exceeded that of men by approximately three million as of January 1, 2022. At that point, the country’s male population stood at approximately 19 million. Over the past two decades, it decreased by over three million. The majority, or seven out of ten Ukrainian residents, lived in cities. Both the urban and rural population saw a decline in the past 20 years.

Recent population estimates for Ukraine at the raion (or district) administrative level.

Total current population for Ukraine in 2025 is 38,759,076, a 2.16% increase from 2024.

<ul style='margin-top:20px;'>

<li>Total population for Ukraine in 2024 was <strong>37,937,821</strong>, a <strong>0.54% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Total population for Ukraine in 2023 was <strong>37,732,836</strong>, a <strong>8.08% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Total population for Ukraine in 2022 was <strong>41,048,766</strong>, a <strong>7.34% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

This forecast is an approximate estimate of Ukraine’s future population.

It is based on the estimate by the Institute for Demography and Quality of Life Issues of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine of the country’s population as of January 1, 2022, within the 1991 borders.

The forecast is built on expert assessments by specialists from the Institute for Demography and Quality of Life Issues of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine regarding changes in birth rates, life expectancy, and population migration. These expert assessments are based on data from the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on registered births and deaths, as well as migration data from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and international organizations.

The forecast was developed under the assumption that the Russian-Ukrainian war will end in 2026. It is conducted within the 1991 borders of Ukraine. The time period of the dataset covers January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2040.

The forecast is of a recommendatory nature and serves as a basis for developing state strategies and programs aimed at stabilizing the demographic situation.

Ukraine UA: Urban Population Growth data was reported at -0.065 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.016 % for 2016. Ukraine UA: Urban Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 1.095 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.870 % in 1960 and a record low of -0.949 % in 2001. Ukraine UA: Urban Population Growth 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. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2014 Revision.; Weighted average;

Ukraine UA: Rural Population Growth data was reported at -0.685 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.632 % for 2016. Ukraine UA: Rural Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging -1.006 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.170 % in 1992 and a record low of -1.330 % in 2005. Ukraine UA: Rural Population Growth 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.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

The population share with internet access in Ukraine was forecast to remain on a similar level in 2029 as compared to 2024 with 98 percent. According to this forecast, the internet penetration will stay nearly the same over the forecast period. Notably, the population share with internet access of was continuously increasing over the past years.The penetration rate refers to the share of the total population having access to the internet via any means. The shown figures have been derived from survey data that has been processed to estimate missing demographics.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: High Variant data was reported at 44,374.111 Person th in 2060. This records an increase from the previous number of 44,369.529 Person th for 2059. Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: High Variant data is updated yearly, averaging 44,347.255 Person th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2060, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45,443.107 Person th in 2011 and a record low of 44,094.448 Person th in 2039. Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: High Variant data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.G005: Population: Forecast: State Statistical Service of Ukraine. The High Variant assumes High fertility, High life expectancy, High net migration.

Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: Constant Variant data was reported at 27,535.250 Person th in 2060. This records a decrease from the previous number of 27,927.475 Person th for 2059. Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: Constant Variant data is updated yearly, averaging 37,346.617 Person th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2060, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45,402.678 Person th in 2011 and a record low of 27,535.250 Person th in 2060. Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: Constant Variant data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.G005: Population: Forecast: State Statistical Service of Ukraine. The Constant Variant assumes all components are fixed at their level in 2010.

IOM Ukraine's Frontline Population Baseline Assessment provides population estimates, with sex, age and disability disaggregation, as well as primary humanitarian needs, for selected settlements within 25 km of the frontline. With each biweekly round of data collection, additional settlements are assessed to provide a baseline for humanitarian scenario-planning and prepositioning of humanitarian assistance.

IOM Ukraine also conducts continuous flow monitoring to provide data on displacement from selected settlements undergoing evacuation to provide humanitarian partners with data on the direction and scale of movements. The settlements assessed in the flow monitoring assessment are selected based on the presence of official evacuation orders, population size, and past observed displacement flows.

The current dataset contains population baseline estimated for 552 settlements and flow monitoring information from 105 settlements pertaining to the on-going evacuations between 16-31 May in Sumska, Kharkivska, Donetska, and Khersonska Oblasts.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kiev, Ukraine metro area from 1950 to 2025.

The population share with mobile internet access in Ukraine was forecast to remain on a similar level in 2029 as compared to 2024 with 95.06 percent. According to this forecast, the mobile internet penetration will stay nearly the same over the forecast period. Notably, the population share with mobile internet access of was continuously increasing over the past years.The penetration rate refers to the share of the total population having access to the internet via a mobile broadband connection.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

The annual net migration of the population of Ukraine, calculated as the difference between the number of inter-state immigrants and emigrants, exceeded 19 thousand in 2021, marking a significant increase compared to the previous year. Since 2005, people migrating to and taking permanent residence in Ukraine have outnumbered those who left the country.

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

In 2023, Ukraine had the fastest growing population in Europe. As a result of Ukrainian citizens who had fled Russia's invasion of the eastern European country in 2022 returning to the country in 2023, Ukraine's population grew by 3.68 percent compared to 2022. Excluding this special case, the European countries which saw the greatest population growth in 2023 were Luxembourg, Norway, and Ireland. Overall, Europe's population declined by 0.09 percent in 2022, with this varying by region from a 0.31 percent decline in eastern Europe to an increase of 0.33 percent in northern Europe. All of the countries which saw the largest declines in their population in 2023 were central and eastern European countries which had hosted large numbers of Ukrainian refugees in 2022. Moldova, one of Ukraine's closest neighbours, saw its population decline by 3.6 percent, while Poland's population declined by 2.2 percent, and Slovakia's by 1.8 percent.

Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: Medium Variant: Female data was reported at 19,008.395 Person th in 2060. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19,135.283 Person th for 2059. Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: Medium Variant: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 21,907.828 Person th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2060, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24,462.652 Person th in 2011 and a record low of 19,008.395 Person th in 2060. Ukraine SSSU Forecast: Population: Medium Variant: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ukraine – Table UA.G005: Population: Forecast: State Statistical Service of Ukraine. The Medium Variant assumes Medium fertility, Medium life expectancy, Medium net migration.