Ukraine Population (LIVE)

39,733,224

Ukraine Population (1950 - 2026)

Year	Ukraine Population
2026	39,535,849
2025	38,980,376
2024	37,860,221
2023	37,732,836
2022	41,048,766
2021	44,298,640
2020	44,680,014
2019	44,957,458
2018	45,208,907
2017	45,436,041
2016	45,616,832
2015	45,784,896
2014	45,972,380
2013	46,126,770
2012	46,210,056
2011	46,307,853
2010	46,456,003
2009	46,623,731
2008	46,819,175
2007	47,062,798
2006	47,278,694
2005	47,585,556
2004	47,979,507
2003	48,315,136
2002	48,677,281
2001	49,106,855
2000	49,556,660
1999	49,976,446
1998	50,379,731
1997	50,786,885
1996	51,226,109
1995	51,665,539
1994	52,075,998
1993	52,350,126
1992	52,323,671
1991	52,170,961
1990	52,054,092
1989	51,917,817
1988	51,724,853
1987	51,515,732
1986	51,318,745
1985	51,108,770
1984	50,887,599
1983	50,637,029
1982	50,402,724
1981	50,189,281
1980	49,955,152
1979	49,721,381
1978	49,521,243
1977	49,336,481
1976	49,120,842
1975	48,865,229
1974	48,576,570
1973	48,277,121
1972	47,946,893
1971	47,573,287
1970	47,261,306
1969	46,976,256
1968	46,614,325
1967	46,215,988
1966	45,802,519
1965	45,386,892
1964	44,951,156
1963	44,462,372
1962	43,943,674
1961	43,399,766
1960	42,824,093
1959	42,244,270
1958	41,627,069
1957	40,998,772
1956	40,419,152
1955	39,859,711
1954	39,320,035
1953	38,806,087
1952	38,306,709
1951	37,807,747
1950	37,310,887

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

Year	Yearly Growth Rate
1951
1952	1.32%
1953	1.30%
1954	1.32%
1955	1.37%
1956	1.40%
1957	1.43%
1958	1.53%
1959	1.48%
1960	1.37%
1961	1.34%
1962	1.25%
1963	1.18%
1964	1.10%
1965	0.97%
1966	0.92%
1967	0.90%
1968	0.86%
1969	0.78%
1970	0.61%
1971	0.66%
1972	0.79%
1973	0.69%
1974	0.62%
1975	0.59%
1976	0.52%
1977	0.44%
1978	0.37%
1979	0.40%
1980	0.47%
1981	0.47%
1982	0.43%
1983	0.46%
1984	0.49%
1985	0.43%
1986	0.41%
1987	0.38%
1988	0.41%
1989	0.37%
1990	0.26%
1991	0.22%
1992	0.29%
1993	0.05%
1994	-0.52%
1995	-0.79%
1996	-0.85%
1997	-0.86%
1998	-0.80%
1999	-0.80%
2000	-0.84%
2001	-0.91%
2002	-0.87%
2003	-0.74%
2004	-0.69%
2005	-0.82%
2006	-0.64%
2007	-0.46%
2008	-0.52%
2009	-0.42%
2010	-0.36%
2011	-0.32%
2012	-0.21%
2013	-0.18%
2014	-0.33%
2015	-0.41%
2016	-0.37%
2017	-0.40%
2018	-0.50%
2019	-0.56%
2020	-0.62%
2021	-0.85%
2022	-7.34%
2023	-8.08%
2024	0.34%
2025	2.96%
2026	1.43%

The current population of Ukraine is 39,687,028 as of Wednesday, February 25, 2026, based on Worldometer's elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Ukraine 2026 population is estimated at 39,535,849 people at mid-year.
Ukraine population is equivalent to 0.48% of the total world population.
Ukraine ranks number 40 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Ukraine is 68 per Km² (177 people per mi²).
The total land area is 579,320 Km² (223,677 sq. miles).
75.49% of the population is urban (29,844,856 people in 2026)
The median age in Ukraine is 41.8 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Ukraine (2026 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Ukraine Global Rank
2026	39,535,849	1.43%	555,473	−6,229	41.8	1	68	75.5%	29,844,856	0.48%	8,300,678,395	40
2025	38,980,376	2.96%	1,120,155	1,702,358	41.8	1	67	76.8%	29,923,619	0.47%	8,231,613,070	40
2024	37,860,221	0.34%	127,385	1,146,012	42.1	0.99	65	79.2%	30,002,585	0.46%	8,161,972,572	42
2023	37,732,836	−8.08%	−3,315,930	−299,961	42	0.98	65	79.7%	30,082,220	0.47%	8,091,734,930	40
2022	41,048,766	−4.15%	−1,815,624	−5,699,445	41.5	0.9	71	73.5%	30,163,369	0.51%	8,021,407,192	36
2020	44,680,014	−0.49%	−220,976	−4,167	40.8	1.21	77	67.9%	30,334,632	0.57%	7,887,001,292	33
2015	45,784,896	−0.29%	−134,221	−21,992	39.2	1.39	79	67.4%	30,840,974	0.61%	7,470,491,872	31
2010	46,456,003	−0.48%	−225,911	16,030	38.6	1.44	80	67.6%	31,411,663	0.66%	7,021,732,148	28
2005	47,585,556	−0.81%	−394,221	−111,493	37.7	1.22	82	66.8%	31,788,197	0.72%	6,586,970,132	26
2000	49,556,660	−0.83%	−421,776	−67,865	36.3	1.11	86	66.2%	32,793,567	0.80%	6,171,702,993	24
1995	51,665,539	−0.15%	−77,711	−134,053	34.5	1.4	89	66%	34,081,946	0.90%	5,758,878,982	23
1990	52,054,092	0.37%	189,064	75,760	33.2	1.84	90	66%	34,356,066	0.98%	5,327,803,110	22
1985	51,108,770	0.46%	230,724	5,546	32.7	2.03	88	64.4%	32,935,869	1.05%	4,868,943,465	18
1980	49,955,152	0.44%	217,985	47,406	32.5	1.95	86	61.7%	30,827,293	1.12%	4,447,606,236	17
1975	48,865,229	0.67%	320,785	15,336	33.1	2.05	84	58.3%	28,469,686	1.20%	4,070,735,277	16
1970	47,261,306	0.81%	374,883	−48,335	31.3	2.08	82	54.6%	25,817,971	1.28%	3,694,683,794	16
1965	45,386,892	1.17%	512,560	69,354	29.1	1.94	78	50.5%	22,924,810	1.36%	3,334,533,703	15
1960	42,824,093	1.45%	592,876	52,281	28.3	2.29	74	46.6%	19,962,621	1.42%	3,015,470,894	15
1955	39,859,711	1.33%	509,765	130,668	27.5	2.31	69	41.5%	16,557,439	1.45%	2,740,213,792	15

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Ukraine Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Ukraine Global Rank
2030	38,353,853	−0.32%	−125,305	−4,853	43.7	1.03	66	77%	29,536,792	0.45%	8,569,124,911	43
2035	36,828,147	−0.81%	−305,141	−2,036	46.1	1.06	64	79.3%	29,198,482	0.41%	8,885,210,181	51
2040	35,270,911	−0.86%	−311,447	724	48.2	1.09	61	82.1%	28,965,081	0.38%	9,177,190,203	52
2045	33,680,445	−0.92%	−318,093	−2,018	49.9	1.11	58	85.6%	28,815,838	0.36%	9,439,639,668	59
2050	31,990,132	−1.02%	−338,063	−2,583	51.1	1.14	55	89.5%	28,634,407	0.33%	9,664,378,587	61

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Ukraine Demographics (2026)

Main Page: Demographics of Ukraine

Life Expectancy

75.0 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

4.7

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

5.6

(per 1,000 live births)

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Main Cities by Population in Ukraine

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)


1	Kyiv (Kiev)	2,614,581
2	Kharkiv	1,308,892
3	Odesa	899,157
4	Dnipro	792,115
5	Donetsk	705,832
6	Lviv	627,280
7	Zaporizhzhia	566,844
8	Kryvyi Rih	477,940
9	Mykolaiv	419,484
10	Mariupol	375,504
11	Vinnytsia	363,466
12	Luhansk	354,296
13	Simferopol	294,735
14	Kherson	257,682
15	Cherkasy	248,683
16	Chernihiv	244,882
17	Poltava	242,753
18	Khmelnytskyi	242,022
19	Ivano-Frankivsk	234,228
20	Chernivtsi	234,032
21	Sevastopol	226,028
22	Zhytomyr	225,363
23	Rivne	222,927
24	Lutsk	209,014
25	Kropyvnytskyi	200,894
26	Makiivka	200,425
27	Ternopil	193,565
28	Kamianske	192,645
29	Bila Tserkva	191,217
30	Sumy	189,130
31	Alchevsk	157,847
32	Horlivka	151,814
33	Kremenchuk	130,974
34	Uzhhorod	126,945
35	Brovary	122,344
36	Nikopol	104,383
37	Kramatorsk	102,818
38	Pishchane	94,511
39	Sloviansk	94,476
40	Yevpatoriya	92,933
41	Kamianets-Podilskyi	90,861
42	Sievierodonetsk	88,468
43	Drohobych	87,071
44	Oleksandriia	85,914
45	Khartsyzk	84,764
46	Pavlohrad	82,456
47	Kerch	79,826
48	Brianka	78,952
49	Uman	76,412
50	Stryi	75,307
51	Yenakiieve	74,836
52	Berdiansk	73,689
53	Konotop	72,972
54	Mukachevo	72,730
55	Berdychiv	71,964
56	Bakhmut	71,025
57	Kovel	69,025
58	Chervonohrad	68,645
59	Chornomorsk	67,440
60	Yalta	65,105
61	Novovolynsk	64,910
62	Lysychansk	63,529
63	Shostka	63,209
64	Novomoskovsk	63,193
65	Khortytsia	62,336
66	Smila	62,288
67	Lozova	61,498
68	Kadiivka	60,349
69	Nizhyn	58,882
70	Pokrovsk	58,738

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Notes

The Ukraine Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Ukraine delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Ukraine (1950 - 2026) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2026.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2026. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.