Ukraine People - 2024

Population

43,306,477 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Ukrainian(s)

adjective: Ukrainian

Ethnic groups

Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.)

Languages

Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language

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Religions

Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est.)

note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the OCU and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.9% (male 3,549,814/female 3,334,617)

15-64 years: 65.95% (male 13,856,470/female 14,705,547)

65 years and over: 18.15% (2023 est.) (male 2,680,500/female 5,179,529)

2023 population pyramid:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 48.4

youth dependency ratio: 22.6

elderly dependency ratio: 25.8

potential support ratio: 3.9 (2021 est.)

note: data include Crimea

Median age

total: 45.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.3 years

female: 50 years

Population growth rate

2.33% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

5.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

19.8 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

37.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; noteable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa

Urbanization

urban population: 70.1% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: -0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

3.017 million KYIV (capital), 1.421 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 942,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 888,000 Donetsk (2023)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.52 male(s)/female

total population: 1 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

26.2 years (2019 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

17 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 10.1 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 69.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 64.5 years

female: 75.4 years

Total fertility rate

1.22 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.59 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

65.4% (2012)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 99.4% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 99.6% of population

unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0.4% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure

7.6% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

2.99 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Hospital bed density

7.5 beds/1,000 population (2014)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2020 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

24.1% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 5.69 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 2.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 0.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 2.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use

total: 25.8% (2020 est.)

male: 40% (2020 est.)

female: 11.5% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

61.6% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

5.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 100%

male: 100%

female: 100% (2021)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2014)