The current population of Ukraine is 39,426,577 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 37,860,221 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 47.6M people to 39.4M (-17.1% decline in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Ukraine has had an average decline rate of -0.86% per year.
- Ukraine is ranked 40/197 by population and was ranked 26th in 2005.
- Ukraine accounts for 0.48% of the world's population.
- Ukraine's population peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and has been in decline since.
- The UN estimates that Ukraine's population is going to decline by -18.9% to 32M people by 2050.
Ukraine population clock
Ukraine
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
39426577
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 40/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.48% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.13 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
2.48 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.06 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +349 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +127,385 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.34% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 146/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
27.5 seconds
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +1,146,012 | N/A |
Ukraine population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 42,824,093 | - |
| 1961 | 43,399,766 | 1.34% |
| 1962 | 43,943,674 | 1.25% |
| 1963 | 44,462,372 | 1.18% |
| 1964 | 44,951,156 | 1.1% |
| 1965 | 45,386,892 | 0.97% |
| 1966 | 45,802,519 | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 46,215,988 | 0.9% |
| 1968 | 46,614,325 | 0.86% |
| 1969 | 46,976,256 | 0.78% |
| 1970 | 47,261,306 | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 47,573,287 | 0.66% |
| 1972 | 47,946,893 | 0.79% |
| 1973 | 48,277,121 | 0.69% |
| 1974 | 48,576,570 | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 48,865,229 | 0.59% |
| 1976 | 49,120,842 | 0.52% |
| 1977 | 49,336,481 | 0.44% |
| 1978 | 49,521,243 | 0.37% |
| 1979 | 49,721,381 | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 49,955,152 | 0.47% |
| 1981 | 50,189,281 | 0.47% |
| 1982 | 50,402,724 | 0.43% |
| 1983 | 50,637,029 | 0.46% |
| 1984 | 50,887,599 | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 51,108,770 | 0.43% |
| 1986 | 51,318,745 | 0.41% |
| 1987 | 51,515,732 | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 51,724,853 | 0.41% |
| 1989 | 51,917,817 | 0.37% |
| 1990 | 52,054,092 | 0.26% |
| 1991 | 52,170,961 | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 52,323,671 | 0.29% |
| 1993 | 52,350,126 | 0.05% |
| 1994 | 52,075,998 | -0.52% |
| 1995 | 51,665,539 | -0.79% |
| 1996 | 51,226,109 | -0.85% |
| 1997 | 50,786,885 | -0.86% |
| 1998 | 50,379,731 | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 49,976,446 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 49,556,660 | -0.84% |
| 2001 | 49,106,855 | -0.91% |
| 2002 | 48,677,281 | -0.87% |
| 2003 | 48,315,136 | -0.74% |
| 2004 | 47,979,507 | -0.69% |
| 2005 | 47,585,556 | -0.82% |
| 2006 | 47,278,694 | -0.64% |
| 2007 | 47,062,798 | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 46,819,175 | -0.52% |
| 2009 | 46,623,731 | -0.42% |
| 2010 | 46,456,003 | -0.36% |
| 2011 | 46,307,853 | -0.32% |
| 2012 | 46,210,056 | -0.21% |
| 2013 | 46,126,770 | -0.18% |
| 2014 | 45,972,380 | -0.33% |
| 2015 | 45,784,896 | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 45,616,832 | -0.37% |
| 2017 | 45,436,041 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 45,208,907 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 44,957,458 | -0.56% |
| 2020 | 44,680,014 | -0.62% |
| 2021 | 44,298,640 | -0.85% |
| 2022 | 41,048,766 | -7.34% |
| 2023 | 37,732,836 | -8.08% |
| 2024 | 37,860,221 | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 38,980,379 | 2.96% |
| 2026 | 39,535,850 | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 39,245,208 | -0.74% |
| 2028 | 38,952,086 | -0.75% |
| 2029 | 38,654,416 | -0.76% |
| 2030 | 38,353,848 | -0.78% |
| 2031 | 38,050,624 | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 37,746,688 | -0.8% |
| 2033 | 37,442,088 | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 37,135,839 | -0.82% |
| 2035 | 36,828,149 | -0.83% |
| 2036 | 36,519,767 | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 36,209,679 | -0.85% |
| 2038 | 35,897,705 | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 35,584,263 | -0.87% |
| 2040 | 35,270,911 | -0.88% |
| 2041 | 34,957,580 | -0.89% |
| 2042 | 34,641,778 | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 34,324,132 | -0.92% |
| 2044 | 34,004,074 | -0.93% |
| 2045 | 33,680,448 | -0.95% |
| 2046 | 33,351,499 | -0.98% |
| 2047 | 33,017,828 | -1% |
| 2048 | 32,680,968 | -1.02% |
| 2049 | 32,338,515 | -1.05% |
| 2050 | 31,990,136 | -1.08% |
Ukraine has a population of 39.4M as of 2025, compared to 45.8M in 2015, 47.6M in 2005, and 51.7M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 1.39% per year. Ukraine is ranked 196th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Ukraine will have 33,680,448 people (-14.6% decline) with a rank change from 40th to 58th.
By the year 2100, Ukraine's population is projected to decline by 61.5% to 15.2M people.
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Ukraine population statistics
|
Ukraine
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 74.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 43.2 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.5:53.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 0.98 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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