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Population in Ukraine compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ukraine was 37,860,221 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ukraine's population is 39,426,577 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 1.77 times bigger than Ukraine's.
  • Ukraine is ranked the 40th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 1.32% of the world: 0.48% for Ukraine vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Ukraine has had an average growth rate of -1.74% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ukraine has decreased from 47.6M people to 39.4M (17.1% decline), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • The United Kingdom is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 76.2M people, while Ukraine's population already peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and is projected to decrease to 15.2M people by 2100.

Ukraine vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Ukraine United Kingdom
Current population
39426577
69945462
Population rank 40/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.48% 0.85%
One net population change
4.13 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
2.48 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
1.06 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
27.5 seconds
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change +1,146,012 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +349 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +127,385 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 146/197 99/197

Ukraine and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Ukraine
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ukraine United Kingdom Ukraine United Kingdom
1960 42,824,093 52,400,000 - -
1961 43,399,766 52,800,000 1.34% 0.76%
1962 43,943,674 53,250,000 1.25% 0.85%
1963 44,462,372 53,650,000 1.18% 0.75%
1964 44,951,156 54,000,000 1.1% 0.65%
1965 45,386,892 54,348,050 0.97% 0.64%
1966 45,802,519 54,648,500 0.92% 0.55%
1967 46,215,988 54,943,600 0.9% 0.54%
1968 46,614,325 55,211,700 0.86% 0.49%
1969 46,976,256 55,441,750 0.78% 0.42%
1970 47,261,306 55,663,250 0.61% 0.4%
1971 47,573,287 55,896,223 0.66% 0.42%
1972 47,946,893 56,086,065 0.79% 0.34%
1973 48,277,121 56,194,527 0.69% 0.19%
1974 48,576,570 56,229,974 0.62% 0.06%
1975 48,865,229 56,225,800 0.59% -0.007%
1976 49,120,842 56,211,968 0.52% -0.02%
1977 49,336,481 56,193,492 0.44% -0.03%
1978 49,521,243 56,196,504 0.37% 0.005%
1979 49,721,381 56,246,951 0.4% 0.09%
1980 49,955,152 56,314,216 0.47% 0.12%
1981 50,189,281 56,333,829 0.47% 0.03%
1982 50,402,724 56,313,641 0.43% -0.04%
1983 50,637,029 56,332,848 0.46% 0.03%
1984 50,887,599 56,422,072 0.49% 0.16%
1985 51,108,770 56,550,268 0.43% 0.23%
1986 51,318,745 56,681,396 0.41% 0.23%
1987 51,515,732 56,802,050 0.38% 0.21%
1988 51,724,853 56,928,327 0.41% 0.22%
1989 51,917,817 57,076,711 0.37% 0.26%
1990 52,054,092 57,247,586 0.26% 0.3%
1991 52,170,961 57,424,897 0.22% 0.31%
1992 52,323,671 57,580,402 0.29% 0.27%
1993 52,350,126 57,718,614 0.05% 0.24%
1994 52,075,998 57,865,745 -0.52% 0.25%
1995 51,665,539 58,019,030 -0.79% 0.26%
1996 51,226,109 58,166,950 -0.85% 0.25%
1997 50,786,885 58,316,954 -0.86% 0.26%
1998 50,379,731 58,487,141 -0.8% 0.29%
1999 49,976,446 58,682,466 -0.8% 0.33%
2000 49,556,660 58,892,514 -0.84% 0.36%
2001 49,106,855 59,119,673 -0.91% 0.39%
2002 48,677,281 59,370,479 -0.87% 0.42%
2003 48,315,136 59,647,577 -0.74% 0.47%
2004 47,979,507 59,987,905 -0.69% 0.57%
2005 47,585,556 60,401,206 -0.82% 0.69%
2006 47,278,694 60,846,820 -0.64% 0.74%
2007 47,062,798 61,322,463 -0.46% 0.78%
2008 46,819,175 61,806,995 -0.52% 0.79%
2009 46,623,731 62,276,270 -0.42% 0.76%
2010 46,456,003 62,766,365 -0.36% 0.79%
2011 46,307,853 63,258,810 -0.32% 0.78%
2012 46,210,056 63,711,000 -0.21% 0.71%
2013 46,126,770 64,139,000 -0.18% 0.67%
2014 45,972,380 64,620,000 -0.33% 0.75%
2015 45,784,896 65,088,000 -0.41% 0.72%
2016 45,616,832 65,607,000 -0.37% 0.8%
2017 45,436,041 65,966,000 -0.4% 0.55%
2018 45,208,907 66,289,000 -0.5% 0.49%
2019 44,957,458 66,631,000 -0.56% 0.52%
2020 44,680,014 66,744,000 -0.62% 0.17%
2021 44,298,640 66,984,000 -0.85% 0.36%
2022 41,048,766 67,604,000 -7.34% 0.93%
2023 37,732,836 68,492,000 -8.08% 1.31%
2024 37,860,221 69,226,000 0.34% 1.07%
2025 38,980,379 69,639,673 2.96% 0.6%
2026 39,535,850 70,020,350 1.43% 0.55%
2027 39,245,208 70,382,853 -0.74% 0.52%
2028 38,952,086 70,732,699 -0.75% 0.5%
2029 38,654,416 71,061,482 -0.76% 0.46%
2030 38,353,848 71,377,535 -0.78% 0.44%
2031 38,050,624 71,678,351 -0.79% 0.42%
2032 37,746,688 71,959,934 -0.8% 0.39%
2033 37,442,088 72,234,509 -0.81% 0.38%
2034 37,135,839 72,497,650 -0.82% 0.36%
2035 36,828,149 72,749,096 -0.83% 0.35%
2036 36,519,767 72,990,847 -0.84% 0.33%
2037 36,209,679 73,218,850 -0.85% 0.31%
2038 35,897,705 73,441,349 -0.86% 0.3%
2039 35,584,263 73,658,392 -0.87% 0.3%
2040 35,270,911 73,868,334 -0.88% 0.29%
2041 34,957,580 74,074,316 -0.89% 0.28%
2042 34,641,778 74,275,779 -0.9% 0.27%
2043 34,324,132 74,475,035 -0.92% 0.27%
2044 34,004,074 74,667,284 -0.93% 0.26%
2045 33,680,448 74,848,605 -0.95% 0.24%
2046 33,351,499 75,020,949 -0.98% 0.23%
2047 33,017,828 75,184,478 -1% 0.22%
2048 32,680,968 75,337,543 -1.02% 0.2%
2049 32,338,515 75,476,141 -1.05% 0.18%
2050 31,990,136 75,600,588 -1.08% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ukraine decreased by 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ukraine lost -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Ukraine was ranked 26th most populous country in 2005 and is 40th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ukraine's population will shrink by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people with a rank change from 40th to 60th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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