Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country by area in Europe after Russia, borders Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the south, and has a coastline along the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Ukraine population in 2024 is estimated to be 20 million to 25 million, due to the ongoing war, As of 8 November, over 11 million Ukrainian refugees were forced to leave the country, nearly 7 million of them received temporary protection in the neighbouring countries, according to UN data. Ukraine covers country area of 603,628 sq km (233,062 sq mi), ranks thirty-fifth most populous country in the world, capital of Ukraine is Kyiv and other popular cities are Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Donetsk, Mariupol, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih.
Below table is the population of Ukraine from 1960 to 2020:| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 42,664,646 |
| 1965 | 45,264,552 |
| 1970 | 47,088,862 |
| 1975 | 48,755,662 |
| 1980 | 49,965,872 |
| 1985 | 50,917,000 |
| 1990 | 51,891,400 |
| 1995 | 51,512,800 |
| 2000 | 49,176,500 |
| 2005 | 47,105,171 |
| 2010 | 45,870,741 |
| 2015 | 45,154,036 |
| 2020 | 44,134,693 |
Ukraine population in 1960 is 42,664,646, by 1970 the population is increased by 4,424,216 totaling to 47,088,862, by 1980 the population is increased to 49,965,872, and by 1990 the total increase of 51,891,400 in 30 years from 1960 to 1990 resulting to 51,891,400. From 1990 to 2000, population increased to 49,176,500, and from 2000 to 2010 the population of Ukraine decrease by -3,305,759 with a change of -6.72 percent and decline of population from 2010 to 2020 by -1,736,048 with a change of -3.78 percent and make up to 44,134,693. Ukraine population in 2023 is estimated to be 35.8 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 43.6 million, and in 2021 is 43.8 million.
The administrative divisions of Ukraine are subnational administrative divisions within the geographical areas. Ukraine is a state with four tiers namely, Oblasts, Rayons, City councils, Rural Councils. There are 24 Oblasts in the state of Ukraine.
| Region | Code | Area (sq km) | Population (2019) | Pop. density | Administrative center |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherkasy Oblast | CK | 20,891 | 1,206,351 | 61.80 | Cherkasy |
| Chernihiv Oblast | CH | 31,851 | 1,005,745 | 34.67 | Chernihiv |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | CV | 8,094 | 904,374 | 112 | Chernivtsi |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | DP | 31,901 | 3,206,477 | 105 | Dnipro |
| Donetsk Oblast | DT | 26,506 | 4,165,901 | 168 | Donetsk |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | IF | 13,894 | 1,373,252 | 99 | Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Kharkiv Oblast | KK | 31,402 | 2,675,598 | 88 | Kharkiv |
| Kherson Oblast | KS | 28,449 | 1,037,640 | 38 | Kherson |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | KM | 20,636 | 1,264,705 | 65 | Khmelnytskyi |
| Kyiv Oblast | KV | 28,118.9 | 1,767,940 | 61.15 | Kyiv |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | KH | 24,577.5 | 945,549 | 41.29 | Kropyvnytskyi |
| Luhansk Oblast | LH | 26,672.5 | 2,151,833 | 86.25 | Luhansk |
| Lviv Oblast | LV | 21,823.7 | 2,522,021 | 116.65 | Lviv |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | MY | 24,587.4 | 1,131,096 | 48.25 | Mykolaiv |
| Odessa Oblast | OD | 33,295.9 | 2,380,308 | 71.71 | Odessa |
| Poltava Oblast | PL | 28,735.8 | 1,400,439 | 51.98 | Poltava |
| Rivne Oblast | RV | 20,038.5 | 1,157,301 | 57.52 | Rivne |
| Sumy Oblast | SM | 23,823.9 | 1,081,418 | 48.97 | Sumy |
| Ternopil Oblast | TP | 13,817.1 | 1,045,879 | 78.65 | Ternopil |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | VI | 26,501.6 | 1,560,394 | 62.12 | Vinnytsia |
| Volyn Oblast | VO | 20,135.3 | 1,035,330 | 51.56 | Lutsk |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | ZK | 12,771.5 | 1,256,802 | 97.59 | Uzhhorod |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | ZP | 27,168.5 | 1,705,836 | 66.45 | Zaporizhzhia |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | ZT | 29,819.2 | 1,220,193 | 43.03 | Zhytomyr |
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