# 2001 Ukrainian census

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. The next Ukrainian census was planned to be held in 2011 but has been repeatedly postponed.
The total population recorded in 2001 was 48,457,100, 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.

## 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 |
    Source: Total number of actual population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine

## 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 Oblast | 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 |
    Source: Urban and rural population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine'

## 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 |
    Source: Gender structure of the population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine'

## 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 |
    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 0.1% 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%)
    Source: National composition of the population. 2001 Ukrainian Population Census. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine'