The latest officially reported population of Ukraine was 37,860,221 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ukraine's population is 39,426,577 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.
Population statistics:
- Ukraine's population is 115.6 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
- Ukraine is ranked the 40th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
- The countries together account for 0.48% of the world: 0.48% for Ukraine vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
- For the last 10 years, Ukraine has had an average growth rate of -1.74% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
- Since 2005, the population of Ukraine has decreased from 47.6M people to 39.4M (17.1% decline), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
- Vanuatu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 875K 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 Vanuatu: live population counter
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| Current population |
39426577
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341110
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| Population rank | 40/197 | 174/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.48% | 0.004% |
| One net population change |
4.13 minutes
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1.19 hours
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| One birth every |
2.48 minutes
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58.5 minutes
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| One death every |
1.06 minutes
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5.38 hours
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| One migration net change every |
27.5 seconds
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1.21 weeks
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| Annual migration change | +1,146,012 | -43 |
| Daily growth/decline | +349 | +20 |
| Annual growth/decline | +127,385 | +7,368 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.34% | +2.3% |
| Population growth rate rank | 146/197 | 40/197 |
Ukraine and Vanuatu: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 42,824,093 | 64,431 | - | - |
| 1961 | 43,399,766 | 66,264 | 1.34% | 2.84% |
| 1962 | 43,943,674 | 68,174 | 1.25% | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 44,462,372 | 70,159 | 1.18% | 2.91% |
| 1964 | 44,951,156 | 72,219 | 1.1% | 2.94% |
| 1965 | 45,386,892 | 74,358 | 0.97% | 2.96% |
| 1966 | 45,802,519 | 76,590 | 0.92% | 3% |
| 1967 | 46,215,988 | 78,921 | 0.9% | 3.04% |
| 1968 | 46,614,325 | 81,314 | 0.86% | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 46,976,256 | 83,755 | 0.78% | 3% |
| 1970 | 47,261,306 | 86,266 | 0.61% | 3% |
| 1971 | 47,573,287 | 88,862 | 0.66% | 3.01% |
| 1972 | 47,946,893 | 91,562 | 0.79% | 3.04% |
| 1973 | 48,277,121 | 94,362 | 0.69% | 3.06% |
| 1974 | 48,576,570 | 97,260 | 0.62% | 3.07% |
| 1975 | 48,865,229 | 100,269 | 0.59% | 3.09% |
| 1976 | 49,120,842 | 103,388 | 0.52% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 49,336,481 | 106,618 | 0.44% | 3.12% |
| 1978 | 49,521,243 | 109,963 | 0.37% | 3.14% |
| 1979 | 49,721,381 | 113,040 | 0.4% | 2.8% |
| 1980 | 49,955,152 | 115,660 | 0.47% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 50,189,281 | 118,249 | 0.47% | 2.24% |
| 1982 | 50,402,724 | 121,035 | 0.43% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 50,637,029 | 123,998 | 0.46% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 50,887,599 | 127,109 | 0.49% | 2.51% |
| 1985 | 51,108,770 | 130,356 | 0.43% | 2.55% |
| 1986 | 51,318,745 | 133,720 | 0.41% | 2.58% |
| 1987 | 51,515,732 | 137,187 | 0.38% | 2.59% |
| 1988 | 51,724,853 | 140,756 | 0.41% | 2.6% |
| 1989 | 51,917,817 | 144,393 | 0.37% | 2.58% |
| 1990 | 52,054,092 | 148,063 | 0.26% | 2.54% |
| 1991 | 52,170,961 | 151,793 | 0.22% | 2.52% |
| 1992 | 52,323,671 | 155,608 | 0.29% | 2.51% |
| 1993 | 52,350,126 | 159,463 | 0.05% | 2.48% |
| 1994 | 52,075,998 | 163,314 | -0.52% | 2.41% |
| 1995 | 51,665,539 | 167,137 | -0.79% | 2.34% |
| 1996 | 51,226,109 | 170,911 | -0.85% | 2.26% |
| 1997 | 50,786,885 | 174,626 | -0.86% | 2.17% |
| 1998 | 50,379,731 | 178,313 | -0.8% | 2.11% |
| 1999 | 49,976,446 | 182,048 | -0.8% | 2.09% |
| 2000 | 49,556,660 | 186,281 | -0.84% | 2.33% |
| 2001 | 49,106,855 | 191,031 | -0.91% | 2.55% |
| 2002 | 48,677,281 | 195,863 | -0.87% | 2.53% |
| 2003 | 48,315,136 | 200,746 | -0.74% | 2.49% |
| 2004 | 47,979,507 | 205,711 | -0.69% | 2.47% |
| 2005 | 47,585,556 | 210,760 | -0.82% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 47,278,694 | 215,923 | -0.64% | 2.45% |
| 2007 | 47,062,798 | 221,276 | -0.46% | 2.48% |
| 2008 | 46,819,175 | 226,896 | -0.52% | 2.54% |
| 2009 | 46,623,731 | 232,731 | -0.42% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 46,456,003 | 238,248 | -0.36% | 2.37% |
| 2011 | 46,307,853 | 243,474 | -0.32% | 2.19% |
| 2012 | 46,210,056 | 248,883 | -0.21% | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 46,126,770 | 254,482 | -0.18% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 45,972,380 | 260,240 | -0.33% | 2.26% |
| 2015 | 45,784,896 | 266,101 | -0.41% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 45,616,832 | 272,087 | -0.37% | 2.25% |
| 2017 | 45,436,041 | 278,507 | -0.4% | 2.36% |
| 2018 | 45,208,907 | 285,259 | -0.5% | 2.42% |
| 2019 | 44,957,458 | 291,985 | -0.56% | 2.36% |
| 2020 | 44,680,014 | 298,858 | -0.62% | 2.35% |
| 2021 | 44,298,640 | 305,868 | -0.85% | 2.35% |
| 2022 | 41,048,766 | 313,046 | -7.34% | 2.35% |
| 2023 | 37,732,836 | 320,409 | -8.08% | 2.35% |
| 2024 | 37,860,221 | 327,777 | 0.34% | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 38,980,379 | 335,169 | 2.96% | 2.26% |
| 2026 | 39,535,850 | 342,565 | 1.43% | 2.21% |
| 2027 | 39,245,208 | 349,970 | -0.74% | 2.16% |
| 2028 | 38,952,086 | 357,397 | -0.75% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 38,654,416 | 364,883 | -0.76% | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 38,353,848 | 372,429 | -0.78% | 2.07% |
| 2031 | 38,050,624 | 380,015 | -0.79% | 2.04% |
| 2032 | 37,746,688 | 387,657 | -0.8% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 37,442,088 | 395,366 | -0.81% | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 37,135,839 | 403,188 | -0.82% | 1.98% |
| 2035 | 36,828,149 | 411,061 | -0.83% | 1.95% |
| 2036 | 36,519,767 | 419,006 | -0.84% | 1.93% |
| 2037 | 36,209,679 | 427,031 | -0.85% | 1.92% |
| 2038 | 35,897,705 | 435,150 | -0.86% | 1.9% |
| 2039 | 35,584,263 | 443,311 | -0.87% | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 35,270,911 | 451,509 | -0.88% | 1.85% |
| 2041 | 34,957,580 | 459,733 | -0.89% | 1.82% |
| 2042 | 34,641,778 | 468,003 | -0.9% | 1.8% |
| 2043 | 34,324,132 | 476,308 | -0.92% | 1.77% |
| 2044 | 34,004,074 | 484,636 | -0.93% | 1.75% |
| 2045 | 33,680,448 | 492,989 | -0.95% | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 33,351,499 | 501,316 | -0.98% | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 33,017,828 | 509,621 | -1% | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 32,680,968 | 517,889 | -1.02% | 1.62% |
| 2049 | 32,338,515 | 526,138 | -1.05% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 31,990,136 | 534,374 | -1.08% | 1.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ukraine decreased by 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ukraine lost -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).
Ukraine was ranked 26th most populous country in 2005 and is 40th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kyiv | 2.95M |
| Kharkiv | 1.42M |
| Odesa | 1.01M |
| Dnipro | 969K |
| Donetsk | 902K |
| Lviv | 717K |
| Zaporizhia | 710K |
| Kryvyi Rih | 604K |
| Mykolaiv | 470K |
| Luhansk | 418K |
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| City | Population |
| Port Vila | 49K |
| Luganville | 17.7K |
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Population differences between Ukraine and Vanuatu
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| Life expectancy | 74.9 years | 71.8 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 43.2 years | 21.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.5:53.5 | 50.5:49.5 |
| Fertility rate | 0.98 births per woman | 3.6 births per woman |
| Population density | 169.2 ppl/mi² | 69.6 ppl/mi² |
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