The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.[1][2] The next Ukrainian census was planned to be held in 2011 but has been repeatedly postponed.[1][3]
The total population recorded in 2001 was 48,457,100 persons, of which the urban population was 32,574,500 (67.2%), rural: 15,882,600 (32.8%), male: 22,441,400 (46.3%), female: 26,015,700 (53.7%). The total permanent population recorded was 48,241,000 persons.
Settlements
There were 454 cities: Nine had a population over 500,000. The census recorded over 130 nationalities.
Actual population by regions
| Region | Population, 2001 (thousands) | Population, 1989 (thousands) | Change (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 2033.7 | 2063.6 | 99 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | 1402.9 | 1531.5 | 92 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | 1245.3 | 1415.9 | 88 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | 922.8 | 938.0 | 98 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 3567.6 | 3881.2 | 92 |
| Donetsk Oblast | 4841.1 | 5332.4 | 91 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 1409.8 | 1423.5 | 99 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | 2914.2 | 3195.0 | 91 |
| Kherson Oblast | 1175.1 | 1240.0 | 95 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 1430.8 | 1527.1 | 94 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | 1133.1 | 1239.4 | 91 |
| Kyiv Oblast | 1827.9 | 1940.0 | 94 |
| Luhansk Oblast | 2546.2 | 2862.7 | 89 |
| Lviv Oblast | 2626.5 | 2747.7 | 94 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | 1264.7 | 1330.6 | 95 |
| Odesa Oblast | 2469.0 | 2642.6 | 93 |
| Poltava Oblast | 1630.1 | 1753.0 | 93 |
| Rivne Oblast | 1173.3 | 1169.7 | 100 |
| Sumy Oblast | 1299.7 | 1432.7 | 91 |
| Ternopil Oblast | 1142.4 | 1168.9 | 98 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | 1772.4 | 1932.6 | 92 |
| Volyn Oblast | 1060.7 | 1061.2 | 100 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | 1258.3 | 1252.3 | 100 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 1929.2 | 2081.8 | 93 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 1389.5 | 1545.4 | 90 |
| Kyiv (city) | 2611.3 | 2602.8 | 100 |
| Sevastopol (city) | 379.5 | 395.0 | 96 |
Urban and rural population by regions
| Region | Urban Population (thousands) | Rural Population (thousands) | Urban Population (percent) | Rural Population (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 1274.3 | 759.4 | 63 | 37 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | 753.6 | 649.3 | 54 | 46 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | 727.2 | 518.1 | 58 | 42 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | 373.5 | 549.3 | 40 | 60 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 2960.3 | 607.3 | 83 | 17 |
| Donetsk Oblast | 4363.6 | 477.5 | 90 | 10 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 593.0 | 816.8 | 42 | 58 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | 2288.7 | 625.5 | 79 | 21 |
| Kherson Oblast | 706.2 | 468.9 | 60 | 40 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 729.6 | 701.2 | 51 | 49 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | 682.0 | 451.1 | 60 | 40 |
| Kyiv Oblast | 1053.5 | 774.4 | 58 | 42 |
| Luhansk Oblast | 2190.8 | 355.4 | 86 | 14 |
| Lviv region | 1558.7 | 1067.8 | 59 | 41 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | 838.8 | 425.9 | 66 | 34 |
| Odesa Oblast | 1624.6 | 844.4 | 66 | 34 |
| Poltava Oblast | 956.8 | 673.3 | 59 | 41 |
| Rivne Oblast | 549.7 | 623.6 | 47 | 53 |
| Sumy Oblast | 842.9 | 456.8 | 65 | 35 |
| Ternopil Oblast | 485.6 | 656.8 | 43 | 57 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | 818.9 | 953.5 | 46 | 54 |
| Volyn Oblast | 533.2 | 527.5 | 50 | 50 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | 466.0 | 792.3 | 37 | 63 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 1458.2 | 471.0 | 76 | 24 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 775.4 | 614.1 | 56 | 44 |
| Kyiv (city) | 2611.3 | - | 100 | - |
| Sevastopol (city) | 358.1 | 21.4 | 94 | 6 |
Gender structure by regions
| Region | Male (thousands) | Female (thousands) | Male (percent) | Female (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 937.6 | 1096.1 | 46 | 54 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | 638.8 | 764.2 | 46 | 54 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | 565.5 | 679.7 | 45 | 55 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | 432.1 | 490.7 | 47 | 53 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 1643.3 | 1924.3 | 46 | 54 |
| Donetsk Oblast | 2219.9 | 2621.2 | 46 | 54 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 665.2 | 744.5 | 47 | 53 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | 1339.5 | 1574.7 | 46 | 54 |
| Kherson Oblast | 548.5 | 626.6 | 47 | 53 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 659.9 | 770.8 | 46 | 54 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | 520.8 | 612.2 | 46 | 54 |
| Kyiv Oblast | 845.9 | 982.0 | 46 | 54 |
| Luhansk Oblast | 1169.9 | 1376.3 | 46 | 54 |
| Lviv Oblast | 1245.1 | 1381.4 | 47 | 53 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | 588.2 | 676.6 | 47 | 53 |
| Odesa Oblast | 1155.4 | 1313.6 | 47 | 53 |
| Poltava Oblast | 747.4 | 882.7 | 46 | 54 |
| Rivne Oblast | 555.6 | 617.7 | 47 | 53 |
| Sumy Oblast | 593.8 | 705.9 | 46 | 54 |
| Ternopil Oblast | 530.2 | 612.3 | 46 | 54 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | 809.6 | 962.8 | 46 | 54 |
| Volyn Oblast | 500.1 | 560.6 | 47 | 53 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | 605.5 | 652.8 | 48 | 52 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 886.6 | 1042.6 | 46 | 54 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 644.8 | 744.7 | 46 | 54 |
| Kyiv (city) | 1218.7 | 1392.7 | 47 | 53 |
| Sevastopol (city) | 173.5 | 206.0 | 46 | 54 |
National structure
| Region | Population, 2001 (thousands) | Population, 2001 (percent) | Population, 1989 (percent) | Change (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainians | 37541.7 | 77.8 | 72.7 | 100.3 |
| Russians | 8334.1 | 17.3 | 22.1 | 73.4 |
| Belarusians | 275.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 62.7 |
| Moldovans | 258.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 79.7 |
| Crimean Tatars | 248.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 530.0 |
| Bulgarians | 204.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 87.5 |
| Hungarians | 156.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 96.0 |
| Romanians | 151.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 112.0 |
| Poles | 144.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 65.8 |
| Jews | 103.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 21.3 |
| Armenians | 99.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 180.0 |
| Greeks | 91.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 92.9 |
| Tatars | 73.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 84.4 |
| Gypsies | 47.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 99.3 |
| Azerbaijanians | 45.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 122.2 |
| Georgians | 34.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 145.3 |
| Germans | 33.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 88.0 |
| Gagauz | 31.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 99.9 |
| Other | 177.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 83.9 |
National structure by regions
Note: listed are those nationalities which comprise more than 0.1% of regional population. Numbers are given in thousands.
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea - 2,024.0 (100%)
- Russians - 1,180.4 (58.5%)
- Ukrainians - 492.2 (24.4%)
- Crimean Tatars - 243.4 (12.1%)
- Belarusians - 29.2 (1.5%)
- Tatars - 11.0 (0.5%)
- Armenians - 8.7 (0.4%)
- Jews - 4.5 (0.2%)
- Poles - 3.8 (0.2%)
- Moldovans - 3.7 (0.2%)
- Azeris - 3.7 (0.2%)
- Uzbeks - 2.9 (0.1%)
- Koreans - 2.9 (0.1%)
- Greeks - 2.8 (0.1%)
- Germans - 2.5 (0.1%)
- Mordvins - 2.2 (0.1%)
- Chuvashi - 2.1 (0.1%)
- Cherkasy Oblast - 1,398.3 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,301.2 (93.1%)
- Russians - 75.6 (5.4%)
- Belarusians - 3.9 (0.3%)
- Armenians - 1.7 (0.1%)
- Moldovans - 1.6 (0.1%)
- Jews - 1.5 (0.1%)
- Chernihiv Oblast - 1,236.1 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,155.4 (93.5%)
- Russians - 62.2 (5.0%)
- Belarusians - 7.1 (0.6%)
- Chernivtsi Oblast - 919.0 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 689.1 (75.0%)
- Romanians - 114.6 (12.5%)
- Moldovans - 67.2 (7.3%)
- Russians - 37.9 (4.1%)
- Poles - 3.4 (0.4%)
- Belarusians - 1.5 (0.2%)
- Jews - 1.4 (0.2%)
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast - 3,561.2 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 2,825.8 (79.3%)
- Russians - 627.5 (17.6%)
- Belarusians - 29.5 (0.8%)
- Jews - 13.7 (0.4%)
- Armenians - 10.6 (0.3%)
- Azeris - 5.6 (0.2%)
- Donetsk Oblast - 4,825.6 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 2,744.1 (56.9%)
- Russians - 1,844.4 (38.2%)
- Greeks - 77.5 (1.6%)
- Belarusians - 44.5 (0.9%)
- Tatars - 19.2 (0.4%)
- Armenians - 15.7 (0.3%)
- Jews - 8.8 (0.2%)
- Azeris - 8.1 (0.2%)
- Georgians - 7.2 (0.2%)
- Moldovans - 7.2 (0.2%)
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast - 1,406.1 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,371.2 (97.5%)
- Russians - 24.9 (1.8%)
- Poles - 1.9 (0.2%)
- Belarusians - 1.5 (0.2%)
- Kharkiv Oblast - 2,895.8 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 2,048.7 (70.7%)
- Russians - 742.0 (25.6%)
- Belarusians - 14.7 (0.5%)
- Jews - 11.5 (0.4%)
- Armenians - 11.1 (0.4%)
- Kherson Oblast - 1,172.7 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 961.6 (82.0%)
- Russians - 165.2 (14.1%)
- Belarusians - 8.1 (0.7%)
- Tatars - 5.3 (0.5%)
- Armenians - 4.5 (0.4%)
- Moldovans - 4.1 (0.4%)
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast - 1,426.6 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,339.3 (93.9%)
- Russians - 50.7 (3.6%)
- Poles - 23.0 (1.6%)
- Kirovohrad Oblast - 1,125.7 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,014.6 (90.1%)
- Russians - 83.9 (7.5%)
- Moldovans - 8.2 (0.7%)
- Belarusians - 5.5 (0.5%)
- Armenians - 2.9 (0.3%)
- Kyiv Oblast - 1,821.1 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,684.8 (92.5%)
- Russians - 109.3 (6.0%)
- Belarusians - 8.6 (0.5%)
- Luhansk Oblast - 2,540.2 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,472.4 (58.0%)
- Russians - 991.8 (39.0%)
- Belarusians - 20.5 (0.8%)
- Tatars - 8.5 (0.3%)
- Armenians - 6.5 (0.3%)
- Lviv Oblast - 2,606.0 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 2,471.0 (94.8%)
- Russians - 92.6 (3.6%)
- Poles - 18.9 (0.7%)
- Mykolaiv Oblast - 1,262.9 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,034.5 (81.9%)
- Russians - 177.5 (14.1%)
- Moldovans - 13.1 (1.0%)
- Belarusians - 8.3 (0.7%)
- Bulgarians - 5.6 (0.4%)
- Armenians - 4.2 (0.3%)
- Jews - 3.2 (0.3%)
- Odesa Oblast - 2,455.7 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,542.3 (62.8%)
- Russians - 508.5 (20.7%)
- Bulgarians - 150.6 (6.1%)
- Moldovans - 123.7 (5.0%)
- Gagauz - 27.6 (1.1%)
- Jews - 13.3 (0.5%)
- Belarusians - 12.7 (0.5%)
- Armenians - 7.4 (0.3%)
- Poltava Oblast - 1,621.2 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,481.1 (91.4%)
- Russians - 117.1 (7.2%)
- Belarusians - 6.3 (0.4%)
- Rivne Oblast - 1,171.4 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,123.4 (95.9%)
- Russians - 30.1 (2.6%)
- Belarusians - 11.8 (1.0%)
- Sumy Oblast - 1,296.8 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,152.0 (88.8%)
- Russians - 121.7 (9.4%)
- Belarusians - 4.3 (0.3%)
- Ternopil Oblast - 1,138.5 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,113.5 (97.8%)
- Russians - 14.2 (1.2%)
- Poles - 3.8 (0.3%)
- Vinnytsia Oblast - 1,763.9 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,674.1 (94.9%)
- Russians - 67.5 (3.8%)
- Volyn Oblast - 1,057.2 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,025.0 (96.9%)
- Russians - 25.1 (2.4%)
- Belarusians - 3.2 (0.3%)
- Zakarpattia Oblast - 1,254.6 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,010.1 (80.5%)
- Hungarians - 151.5 (12.1%)
- Romanians - 32.1 (2.6%)
- Russians - 31.0 (2.5%)
- Gypsies - 14.0 (1.1%)
- Slovaks - 5.6 (0.5%)
- Germans - 3.5 (0.3%)
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast - 1,926.8 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,364.1 (70.8%)
- Russians - 476.8 (24.7%)
- Bulgarians - 27.7 (1.4%)
- Belarusians - 12.6 (0.7%)
- Armenians - 6.4 (0.3%)
- Tatars - 5.1 (0.3%)
- Zhytomyr Oblast - 1,389.3 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 1,255.0 (90.3%)
- Russians - 68.9 (5.0%)
- Poles - 49.0 (3.5%)
- Belarusians - 4.9 (0.4%)
- Kyiv - 2,567.0 (100%)
- Ukrainians - 2,110.8 (82.2%)
- Russians - 337.3 (13.1%)
- Jews - 17.9 (0.7%)
- Belarusians - 16.5 (0.6%)
- Poles - 6.9 (0.3%)
- Sevastopol - 377.2 (100%)
- Russians - 270.0 (71.6%)
- Ukrainians - 84.4 (22.4%)
- Belarusians - 5.8 (1.6%)
- Tatars - 2.5 (0.7%)
- Crimean Tatars - 1.8 (0.5%)
- Armenians - 1.3 (0.3%)
- Jews - 1.0 (0.3%)
References
- 1 2 Ukrainian population census will be held in 2020 – Cabinet decree, Interfax-Ukraine (22 December 2015)
- ↑ (in Ukrainian) In 2021, there will most likely be no all-Ukrainian census - Minister, hromadske.ua (21 April 2020)
- ↑ (in Ukrainian) Ministry will involve Apple in the post-war census, Ukrinform (2 April 2023)
External links
- 2001 Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
- 2001 Census results. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
- (in Ukrainian and Russian) How the Ukrainians will be counted, Zerkalo Nedeli (the Mirror Weekly), November 24–30, 2001, in Ukrainian, in Russian.
- Law of Ukraine "About the All-Ukrainian Census" Archived 2020-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (Ukrainian)
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