Demographics of Ukraine
| Demographics of Ukraine | |
|---|---|
Ukraine's population pyramid, 2024 | |
| Population | Including Russian occupied territory: 41,130,432 (State Statistics Service of Ukraine)[1]
Excluding Russian occupied territory: 36,744,636 (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs)[2] 33,443,000 estimate in 2024 (International Monetary Fund[3]) |
| Growth rate | −6.6 people/1,000 population (2023) |
| Birth rate | 5.4 births/1,000 population (2023) |
| Death rate | 15.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023) |
| Life expectancy | 71.76 years (2018)[4] |
| • male | 66.69 years |
| • female | 76.72 years |
| Fertility rate | 1.26 children born/woman (2022) |
| Infant mortality rate | 7.0 deaths/1,000 infants (2019)[4] |
| Net migration rate | −5.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 15.4% |
| 15–64 years | 68.4% |
| 65 and over | 16.2% (2017) |
| Sex ratio | |
| At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 15–64 years | 0.92 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.51 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian |
| Major ethnic | Ukrainians (77.8%) 2001 |
| Minor ethnic | Russians (17.3%) 2001, Other (4.9%) 2001 |
| Language | |
| Official | Ukrainian |
| Spoken | Ukrainian, Russian, others |
According to the United Nations, Ukraine has a population of 37.9 million as of 2024.[5]
In July 2023, Reuters reported that due to refugee outflows, the population of Ukrainian-controlled areas may have decreased to 28 million,[6] a steep decline from Ukraine's 2020 population of almost 42 million.[7][8]
This drop is in large part due to the ongoing Ukrainian refugee crisis and loss of territory caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which resulted in mass emigration from the Ukranian people. A low birth rate and a high death rate are also affecting the demographic decline. The most recent (and only) census of post-Soviet Ukraine occurred in 2001, and much of the information presented is potentially inaccurate or outdated.[9]
Since 2021, the Ukrainian fertility rate has fallen below 1.3, and is now one of the lowest in the world.[10]
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- ^ Harmash, Olena (7 July 2023). "Ukrainian refugees: how will the economy recover with a diminished population?". Reuters. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Ukraine – Emigration and Displacement in Past and Present". 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine Population 1950-2023". macrotrends.net. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Dickinson, Peter (2 February 2022). "The new Ukraine needs a new census". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ "Ukraine's 2024 mortality rate is 3 times higher than birth rate, data shows". 5 August 2024.