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.

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.; ;

This dataset is about cities in Ukraine. It has 826 rows. It features 3 columns: population, and continent.

Ukraine Population: Resident: City: Kyiv data was reported at 2,903,101.000 Person in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,896,224.000 Person for Aug 2018. Ukraine Population: Resident: City: Kyiv data is updated monthly, averaging 2,757,577.000 Person from Aug 2003 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 182 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,903,101.000 Person in Sep 2018 and a record low of 2,577,922.000 Person in Aug 2003. Ukraine Population: Resident: City: Kyiv 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.G003: Population: Resident: by Region.

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;

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

Actual value and historical data chart for Ukraine Population In Largest City

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 November of 2025.

In 2022, the population in Poland increased significantly after Ukrainian refugees arrived. As of April 1, Rzeszów had the highest population growth of ** percent. Gdansk and Wroclaw followed with a ** percent increase in population.

City Population Statistics
This dataset falls under the category Traffic Generating Parameters Population.
It contains the following data: The main demographic indicators of the city population in the dynamics since 2010 (population, sex and age structure, indicators of natural reproduction (fertility, mortality), migration, unemployment. Graphic display of indicators presented on the site : //dashboard.city-adm.lviv.ua/statystyka
This dataset was scouted on 2022-02-26 as part of a data sourcing project conducted by TUMI. License information might be outdated: Check original source for current licensing. The data can be accessed using the following URL / API Endpoint: https://opendata.city-adm.lviv.ua/dataset/statystyka-naselennya-mista URL for data access and license information.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Odesa, Ukraine metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This horizontal bar chart displays urban 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.

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.

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.

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

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Kharkiv, Ukraine metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This dataset is about countries per year in Ukraine. It has 64 rows. It features 4 columns: country, capital city, and female population.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Donetsk, Ukraine metro area from 1950 to 2025.

As of January 1, 2022, the number of people younger than 18 years in Ukraine was approximately *** million. The adult population aged 18 years and older amounted to **** million, representing around ** percent of the total inhabitants. Over ** million people, or ** 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 ** million people resided in Ukraine, down approximately **** 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 ***** million as of January 1, 2022. At that point, the country’s male population stood at approximately ** million. Over the past two decades, it decreased by over ***** million. The majority, or ***** out of ten Ukrainian residents, lived in cities. Both the urban and rural population saw a decline in the past 20 years.

Russia launched its armed aggression against Ukraine in February 2014, seizing Crimea and subsequently occupying parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russia started a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on multiple fronts, deploying troops and shelling Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. As of the end of 2023 the war against Ukraine is still ongoing and its outcome is unknown. At different stages of the war, KIIS has studied the public opinion of the Ukrainian population regarding Russian aggression. It included surveys on people's attitudes towards the annexation of Crimea, and Ukraine's countermeasures in Eastern Ukraine (Anti-Terrorist Operation, ATO) covering the period from 2014 to 2018. Since 2022, public opinion polls have asked questions regarding people's feelings and opinions about the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, perceptions of the government's actions, readiness for concessions / compromises to end the war, etc. Data from individual surveys for the period 2014-2023 (14 in total) were combined into a merged dataset. Each of these polls is representative of the Ukraine's adult population (aged 18 and older), and typically includes about 2,000 respondents. The background information includes respondents' socio-demographic profiles (gender, age, education, nationality, occupation, self-assessment of financial situation) and place of residence (oblast, type of settlement). These data provide a snapshot of public opinion of the Ukrainian population on some aspects of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Some questions are repeated, which makes it possible to track changes in opinions over time.