Ukrainian Census (2001)

The first Ukrainian census was carried out by State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989 and was so far the only census held in independent Ukraine.[1] The total population recorded 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 of them with population over 500,000. The census recorded over 130 nationalities.

Future censuses

The next Ukrainian census is planned to be held in 2020.[1]

Actual population by regions
RegionPopulation, 2001
(thousands)		Population, 1989
(thousands)		Change
(percent)
Autonomous Republic of Crimea2033.72063.699
Cherkasy Oblast1402.91531.592
Chernihiv Oblast1245.31415.988
Chernivtsi Oblast922.8938.098
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast3567.63881.292
Donetsk Oblast4841.15332.491
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast1409.81423.599
Kharkiv Oblast2914.23195.091
Kherson Oblast1175.11240.095
Khmelnytskyi Oblast1430.81527.194
Kirovohrad Oblast1133.11239.491
Kiev Oblast1827.91940.094
Luhansk Oblast2546.22862.789
Lviv Oblast2626.52747.794
Mykolaiv Oblast1264.71330.695
Odessa Oblast2469.02642.693
Poltava Oblast1630.11753.093
Rivne Oblast1173.31169.7100
Sumy Oblast1299.71432.791
Ternopil Oblast1142.41168.998
Vinnytsia Oblast1772.41932.692
Volyn Oblast1060.71061.2100
Zakarpattia Oblast1258.31252.3100
Zaporizhzhia Oblast1929.22081.893
Zhytomyr Oblast1389.51545.490
Kiev (city)2611.32602.8100
Sevastopol (city)379.5395.096
Source: Total number of actual population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine

Urban and rural population by regions
RegionUrban Population
(thousands)		Rural Population
(thousands)		Urban Population
(percent)		Rural Population
(percent)
Autonomous Republic of Crimea1274.3759.46337
Cherkasy Oblast753.6649.35446
Chernihiv Oblast727.2518.15842
Chernivtsi Oblast373.5549.34060
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast2960.3607.38317
Donetsk Oblast4363.6477.59010
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast593.0816.84258
Kharkiv Oblast2288.7625.57921
Kherson Oblast706.2468.96040
Khmelnytskyi Oblast729.6701.25149
Kirovohrad Oblast682.0451.16040
Kiev Oblast1053.5774.45842
Luhansk Oblast2190.8355.48614
Lviv region1558.71067.85941
Mykolaiv Oblast838.8425.96634
Odessa Oblast1624.6844.46634
Poltava Oblast956.8673.35941
Rivne Oblast549.7623.64753
Sumy Oblast842.9456.86535
Ternopil Oblast485.6656.84357
Vinnytsia Oblast818.9953.54654
Volyn Oblast533.2527.55050
Zakarpattia Oblast466.0792.33763
Zaporizhzhia Oblast1458.2471.07624
Zhytomyr Oblast775.4614.15644
Kiev (city)2611.3-100-
Sevastopol (city)358.121.4946
Source: Urban and rural population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine'

Gender structure by regions
RegionMale
(thousands)		Female
(thousands)		Male
(percent)		Female
(percent)
Autonomous Republic of Crimea937.61096.14654
Cherkasy Oblast638.8764.24654
Chernihiv Oblast565.5679.74555
Chernivtsi Oblast432.1490.74753
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast1643.31924.34654
Donetsk Oblast2219.92621.24654
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast665.2744.54753
Kharkiv Oblast1339.51574.74654
Kherson Oblast548.5626.64753
Khmelnytskyi Oblast659.9770.84654
Kirovohrad Oblast520.8612.24654
Kiev Oblast845.9982.04654
Luhansk Oblast1169.91376.34654
Lviv Oblast1245.11381.44753
Mykolaiv Oblast588.2676.64753
Odessa Oblast1155.41313.64753
Poltava Oblast747.4882.74654
Rivne Oblast555.6617.74753
Sumy Oblast593.8705.94654
Ternopil Oblast530.2612.34654
Vinnytsia Oblast809.6962.84654
Volyn Oblast500.1560.64753
Zakarpattia Oblast605.5652.84852
Zaporizhzhia Oblast886.61042.64654
Zhytomyr Oblast644.8744.74654
Kiev (city)1218.71392.74753
Sevastopol (city)173.5206.04654
Source: Gender structure of the population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine'

National structure
RegionPopulation, 2001
(thousands)		Population, 2001
(percent)		Population, 1989
(percent)		Change
(percent)
Ukrainians37541.777.872.7100.3
Russians8334.117.322.173.4
Belarusians275.80.60.962.7
Moldavians258.60.50.679.7
Crimean Tatars248.20.50530.0
Bulgarians204.60.40.587.5
Hungarians156.60.30.496.0
Romanians151.00.30.3112.0
Poles144.10.30.465.8
Jews103.60.20.921.3
Armenians99.90.20.1180.0
Greeks91.50.20.292.9
Tatars73.30.20.284.4
Gipsies47.60.10.199.3
Azerbaijanians45.20.10122.2
Georgians34.20.10145.3
Germans33.30.10.188.0
Gagausians31.90.10.199.9
Other177.10.40.483.9
Source: National composition of the population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine'

National structure by regions

Note: listed are those nationalities which comprise more than 0.25% of regional population. Numbers are given in thousands.

  • Autonomous Republic of Crimea - 2,024.0 (100%)
    • Russians - 1,180.4 (58.3%)
    • Ukrainians - 492.2 (24.3%)
    • Crimean Tatars - 243.4 (12.0%)
    • Belarusians - 29.2 (1.4%)
    • Tatars - 11.0 (0.5%)
    • Armenians - (0.4%)
  • Cherkasy Oblast - 1,398.3 (100%)
    • Ukrainians - 1,301.2 (93.1%)
    • Russians - 75.6 (5.4%)
    • Belarusians - 3.9 (0.3%)
  • 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%)
    • Moldavians - 67.2 (7.3%)
    • Russians - 37.9 (4.1%)
    • Poles - 3.3 (0.4%)
  • 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%)
  • 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 - 19.1 (0.4%)
    • Armenians - 15.7 (0.3%)
  • Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast - 1,406.1 (100%)
    • Ukrainians - 1,371.2 (97.5%)
    • Russians - 24.9 (1.8%)
  • 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%)
    • Moldavians - 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%)
    • Moldavians - 8.2 (0.7%)
    • Belarusians - 5.5 (0.5%)
    • Armenians - 2.9 (0.3%)
  • Kiev 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%)
    • Moldavians - 13.1 (1.0%)
    • Belarusians - 8.3 (0.7%)
    • Bulgarians - 5.6 (0.4%)
    • Armenians - 4.2 (0.3%)
    • Jews - 3.2 (0.3%)
  • Odessa Oblast - 2,455.7 (100%)
    • Ukrainians - 1,542.3 (62.8%)
    • Russians - 508.5 (20.7%)
    • Bulgarians - 150.6 (6.1%)
    • Moldavians - 123.7 (5.0%)
    • Gagausians - 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%)
  • Kiev - 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%)
Source: National composition of the population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine'
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See also

References
  1. Ukrainian population census will be held in 2020 – Cabinet decree, Interfax-Ukraine (22 December 2015)
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