🇺🇦 Ukraine Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Ukraine is 39,535,848, ranking #40 in the world (0.48% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is shrinking at -0.74% per year. The biggest city is Kyiv with 2,952,301 inhabitants.

Live estimate

39,529,078

Growth rate

-0.74%

Density

people / km² (177 / mi²)

Median age

41.8

Fertility rate

1.00

births per woman

Life expectancy

75.0

years

Ukraine population 1950–2100

Population of Ukraine, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Ukraine is projected to reach 31,990,132, and 15,197,403 by 2100.

Ukraine population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	39,535,848	-0.74%	68.2	41.8
2025	38,980,376	3.60%	67.3	41.8
2024	37,860,222	2.21%	65.4	42.1
2023	37,732,836	-1.55%	65.1	42.0
2022	41,048,766	-14.76%	70.9	41.5
2021	44,298,640	-1.02%	76.5	41.1
2020	44,680,014	-0.70%	77.1	40.8
2019	44,957,458	-0.54%	77.6	40.5
2018	45,208,907	-0.57%	78.0	40.2
2017	45,436,042	-0.43%	78.4	39.8
2016	45,616,832	-0.37%	78.7	39.5
2015	45,784,896	-0.37%	79.0	39.2
2014	45,972,380	-0.45%	79.4	39.0
2013	46,126,770	-0.22%	79.6	38.8
2012	46,210,056	-0.14%	79.8	38.8
2011	46,307,853	-0.28%	79.9	38.7
2010	46,456,003	-0.35%	80.2	38.6
2009	46,623,731	-0.37%	80.5	38.4
2008	46,819,175	-0.47%	80.8	38.2
2007	47,062,798	-0.57%	81.2	38.0
2006	47,278,694	-0.35%	81.6	37.9
2005	47,585,556	-0.94%	82.1	37.7
2004	47,979,507	-0.71%	82.8	37.6
2003	48,315,136	-0.69%	83.4	37.3
2002	48,677,281	-0.80%	84.0	37.0
2001	49,106,855	-0.95%	84.8	36.6
2000	49,556,660	-0.87%	85.5	36.3
1999	49,976,446	-0.81%	86.3	35.9
1998	50,379,731	-0.79%	87.0	35.5
1997	50,786,884	-0.82%	87.7	35.2
1996	51,226,109	-0.90%	88.4	34.8
1995	51,665,539	-0.81%	89.2	34.5
1994	52,075,998	-0.78%	89.9	34.2
1993	52,350,126	-0.27%	90.4	33.9
1992	52,323,670	0.37%	90.3	33.7
1991	52,170,960	0.21%	90.1	33.4
1990	52,054,092	0.24%	89.9	33.2
1989	51,917,817	0.29%	89.6	33.1
1988	51,724,853	0.46%	89.3	33.1
1987	51,515,732	0.35%	88.9	33.0
1986	51,318,745	0.42%	88.6	32.9
1985	51,108,770	0.40%	88.2	32.7
1984	50,887,599	0.46%	87.8	32.6
1983	50,637,029	0.52%	87.4	32.6
1982	50,402,724	0.40%	87.0	32.6
1981	50,189,281	0.45%	86.6	32.5
1980	49,955,152	0.49%	86.2	32.5
1979	49,721,381	0.45%	85.8	32.7
1978	49,521,243	0.36%	85.5	33.0
1977	49,336,481	0.39%	85.2	33.2
1976	49,120,842	0.49%	84.8	33.2
1975	48,865,229	0.56%	84.3	33.1
1974	48,576,570	0.63%	83.9	32.8
1973	48,277,121	0.61%	83.3	32.4
1972	47,946,893	0.77%	82.8	32.1
1971	47,573,288	0.80%	82.1	31.7
1970	47,261,306	0.52%	81.6	31.3
1969	46,976,256	0.69%	81.1	30.8
1968	46,614,326	0.85%	80.5	30.3
1967	46,215,988	0.86%	79.8	29.9
1966	45,802,519	0.93%	79.1	29.5
1965	45,386,892	0.89%	78.3	29.1
1964	44,951,156	1.04%	77.6	28.9
1963	44,462,372	1.15%	76.7	28.8
1962	43,943,674	1.20%	75.9	28.7
1961	43,399,766	1.29%	74.9	28.6
1960	42,824,093	1.38%	73.9	28.3
1959	42,244,270	1.35%	72.9	28.0
1958	41,627,068	1.60%	71.9	28.1
1957	40,998,772	1.44%	70.8	28.2
1956	40,419,152	1.41%	69.8	27.9
1955	39,859,711	1.38%	68.8	27.5
1954	39,320,035	1.34%	67.9	27.2
1953	38,806,087	1.29%	67.0	26.9
1952	38,306,709	1.30%	66.1	26.7
1951	37,807,747	1.32%	65.3	26.5
1950	37,310,887	1.33%	64.4	26.4

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	39,245,208	-0.74%	67.7	42.3
2028	38,952,090	-0.76%	67.2	42.8
2029	38,654,410	-0.77%	66.7	43.2
2030	38,353,852	-0.79%	66.2	43.7
2031	38,050,627	-0.80%	65.7	44.2
2032	37,746,691	-0.80%	65.2	44.7
2033	37,442,089	-0.82%	64.6	45.2
2034	37,135,845	-0.83%	64.1	45.7
2035	36,828,148	-0.84%	63.6	46.1
2036	36,519,766	-0.84%	63.0	46.6
2037	36,209,676	-0.86%	62.5	47.0
2038	35,897,707	-0.87%	62.0	47.5
2039	35,584,260	-0.89%	61.4	47.9
2040	35,270,911	-0.88%	60.9	48.2
2041	34,957,580	-0.90%	60.3	48.6
2042	34,641,775	-0.91%	59.8	49.0
2043	34,324,131	-0.93%	59.2	49.3
2044	34,004,077	-0.95%	58.7	49.6
2045	33,680,445	-0.97%	58.1	49.9
2046	33,351,501	-1.00%	57.6	50.1
2047	33,017,830	-1.01%	57.0	50.4
2048	32,680,966	-1.04%	56.4	50.6
2049	32,338,511	-1.07%	55.8	50.9
2050	31,990,132	-1.09%	55.2	51.1
2051	31,637,037	-1.13%	54.6	51.3
2052	31,279,508	-1.15%	54.0	51.5
2053	30,918,134	-1.18%	53.4	51.7
2054	30,553,302	-1.20%	52.7	51.9
2055	30,184,826	-1.23%	52.1	52.1
2056	29,813,404	-1.25%	51.5	52.3
2057	29,440,036	-1.27%	50.8	52.5
2058	29,064,245	-1.30%	50.2	52.7
2059	28,687,608	-1.31%	49.5	53.0
2060	28,311,316	-1.33%	48.9	53.2
2061	27,934,837	-1.35%	48.2	53.5
2062	27,558,865	-1.36%	47.6	53.8
2063	27,183,877	-1.38%	46.9	54.1
2064	26,809,365	-1.40%	46.3	54.4
2065	26,435,852	-1.41%	45.6	54.7
2066	26,063,988	-1.42%	45.0	55.0
2067	25,693,807	-1.44%	44.4	55.3
2068	25,325,529	-1.45%	43.7	55.6
2069	24,959,025	-1.47%	43.1	55.9
2070	24,594,157	-1.48%	42.5	56.2
2071	24,231,503	-1.49%	41.8	56.6
2072	23,871,748	-1.50%	41.2	56.8
2073	23,513,836	-1.52%	40.6	57.1
2074	23,157,183	-1.54%	40.0	57.4
2075	22,803,047	-1.55%	39.4	57.6
2076	22,451,642	-1.56%	38.8	57.8
2077	22,103,143	-1.57%	38.2	57.9
2078	21,757,661	-1.58%	37.6	58.1
2079	21,415,193	-1.59%	37.0	58.2
2080	21,075,891	-1.60%	36.4	58.3
2081	20,740,020	-1.61%	35.8	58.3
2082	20,407,637	-1.62%	35.2	58.2
2083	20,079,120	-1.63%	34.7	58.2
2084	19,754,669	-1.63%	34.1	58.1
2085	19,435,120	-1.63%	33.5	58.1
2086	19,120,589	-1.64%	33.0	58.0
2087	18,810,274	-1.64%	32.5	57.9
2088	18,504,962	-1.64%	31.9	57.8
2089	18,204,739	-1.64%	31.4	57.8
2090	17,908,877	-1.64%	30.9	57.7
2091	17,617,727	-1.64%	30.4	57.7
2092	17,331,500	-1.64%	29.9	57.7
2093	17,049,585	-1.64%	29.4	57.7
2094	16,772,226	-1.64%	29.0	57.7
2095	16,499,788	-1.64%	28.5	57.7
2096	16,231,642	-1.64%	28.0	57.7
2097	15,967,102	-1.65%	27.6	57.8
2098	15,706,495	-1.65%	27.1	57.8
2099	15,449,878	-1.65%	26.7	57.9
2100	15,197,403	-1.65%	26.2	57.9

States & provinces of Ukraine by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Donets'k	4,059,372	10.3%
2	Dnipropetrovs'k	3,096,485	7.8%
3	Kiev City	2,847,200	7.2%
4	L'viv	2,725,900	6.9%
5	Kharkiv	2,598,961	6.6%
6	Odessa	2,351,392	5.9%
7	Luhans'k	2,102,921	5.3%
8	Kiev	1,795,079	4.5%
9	Zaporizhzhya	1,638,462	4.1%
10	Vinnytsya	1,509,515	3.8%
11	Poltava	1,352,283	3.4%
12	Ivano-Frankivs'k	1,351,822	3.4%
13	Transcarpathia	1,244,476	3.1%
14	Khmel'nyts'kyy	1,228,829	3.1%
15	Zhytomyr	1,179,032	3.0%
16	Cherkasy	1,160,744	2.9%
17	Rivne	1,141,784	2.9%
18	Mykolayiv	1,091,821	2.8%
19	Sumy	1,035,772	2.6%
20	Ternopil'	1,021,713	2.6%
21	Volyn	1,021,356	2.6%
22	Kherson	1,001,598	2.5%
23	Chernihiv	959,315	2.4%
24	Kirovohrad	903,712	2.3%
25	Chernivtsi	890,457	2.3%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Ukraine

#	City	Region	Population
1	Kyiv capital	Kyiv City	2,952,301
2	Kharkiv	Kharkiv	1,421,125
3	Odesa	Odesa	1,010,537
4	Dnipro	Dnipropetrovsk	968,502
5	Donetsk	Donetsk	901,645
6	Lviv	Lviv	717,273
7	Zaporizhzhya	Zaporizhzhia	710,052
8	Kryvyy Rih	Dnipropetrovsk	603,904
9	Sevastopol	Sevastopol City	547,820
10	Mykolayiv	Mykolaiv	470,011
11	Vinnytsya	Vinnytsia	430,091
12	Luhansk	Luhansk	397,677
13	Makiyivka	Donetsk	338,968
14	Simferopol	Crimea	336,460
15	Chernihiv	Chernihiv Oblast	282,747

FAQ

What is the population of Ukraine in 2026?

The population of Ukraine is 39,535,848 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Ukraine?

Kyiv is the biggest city in Ukraine with 2,952,301 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Ukraine growing or shrinking?

The population of Ukraine is shrinking at -0.74% per year.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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