Population

Ukraine

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Total population19602024
37.7M41.4M45M48.7M52.4M19602024
Source: World Bank WDI
IndicatorValue
Total population37,900,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 37,860,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 37,860,000 people
Median age42.1 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy73.4–74.7 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 74.69 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 73.42 years
Ethnic groupsUkrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
LanguagesUkrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes Crimean Tatar, Moldovan/Romanian, and Hungarian) 2.9% (2001 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
ReligionsOrthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est.); note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the OCU and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total populationCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization70.1% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth0.337 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate5.47 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate13.6 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population69.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)Balkan Romani / Bashkir / Belarusian / Blissymbols / Bulgarian / Central Romani / Crimean Gothic / Crimean Tatar / Eastern Yiddish / Erzya / Gagauz / Gothic / Hungarian / Inku / Karaim / Kipchak Urum / Krymchak / Lak / Lezgian / Modern Greek / North-Central Dargwa / Old Ossetic / Polish / Romanian / Russian / Rusyn / Sinte-Manus Romani / Slovak / Tatar / Ukrainian / Ukrainian Sign Language / Vlax RomaniGlottolog [2026]

Section metadata

Data year2026
EditionDatabook 2026
Coverage12/12
LicenseCC-BY
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Datasets on this page
  • UN DESA WPP
    un_desa_wpp
    Edition: 2024
  • World Bank WDI
    world_bank_wdi
    Edition: 2024
  • UNDP HDI
    undp_hdi
    Edition: 2023
  • CIA World Factbook
    cia_factbook
    Edition: 2025
  • Glottolog
    glottolog_languages
    Edition: 2026
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About this data

Ukraine's population on Databook compiles 12 indicators from 5 open datasets including UN DESA WPP, World Bank WDI, UNDP HDI. Key figures include total population (37,900,000 people), median age (42.1 years). Data is referenced to 2026. Every value carries its source and publication year, published under open licenses.