Demographics of Ukraine

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Sep 2024

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As of 2024, the population of Ukraine is projected at 37.86 million, compared to 37.73 million in 2023. It is the eighth-most populous country in Europe and ranks 42nd in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 2.21 percent, the 38th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 17.60 million males and 20.26 million females in Ukraine. The percentage of the male population is 46.48%, compared to 53.52% of the female population. Ukraine has 2.66 million more females than males, the 6th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Ukraine in 2024 will be 86.852 males per 100 females. Ukraine is in the 9th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Ukraine population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	16,020,390	21,290,497	37,310,887	1.33	75.247
1955	17,478,791	22,380,919	39,859,711	1.38	78.097
1960	19,046,221	23,777,872	42,824,093	1.38	80.101
1965	20,397,875	24,989,017	45,386,892	0.89	81.627
1970	21,347,934	25,913,372	47,261,306	0.52	82.382
1975	22,200,896	26,664,333	48,865,229	0.56	83.261
1980	22,826,785	27,128,367	49,955,152	0.49	84.144
1985	23,492,244	27,616,527	51,108,770	0.40	85.066
1990	24,138,478	27,915,614	52,054,092	0.24	86.469
1995	24,069,836	27,595,703	51,665,539	-0.81	87.223
2000	23,101,420	26,455,240	49,556,660	-0.87	87.323
2005	22,137,958	25,447,598	47,585,556	-0.94	86.994
2010	21,592,631	24,863,371	46,456,003	-0.35	86.845
2015	21,322,230	24,462,666	45,784,896	-0.37	87.162
2020	20,820,757	23,859,257	44,680,014	-0.70	87.265
2021	20,644,066	23,654,574	44,298,640	-1.02	87.273
2022	19,117,441	21,931,325	41,048,766	-14.76	87.170
2023	17,544,336	20,188,500	37,732,836	-1.55	86.903
2024	17,598,051	20,262,171	37,860,221	2.21	86.852

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	61.174	26.423	2.447
1955	65.258	27.520	2.312
1960	69.388	28.342	2.285
1965	71.143	29.125	1.943
1970	70.844	31.262	2.078
1975	70.361	33.054	2.049
1980	69.759	32.510	1.949
1985	70.409	32.733	2.033
1990	70.354	33.234	1.845
1995	67.114	34.507	1.399
2000	67.786	36.266	1.108
2005	67.517	37.741	1.221
2010	70.188	38.585	1.436
2015	72.686	39.232	1.387
2020	73.283	40.793	1.208
2021	71.631	41.068	1.148
2022	72.658	41.451	0.897
2023	73.422	41.984	0.977
2024	74.692	42.123	0.988

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Ukraine death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	454,326	853,675	12.177	22.880
1955	403,913	823,619	10.133	20.663
1960	353,194	892,028	8.248	20.830
1965	359,455	693,822	7.920	15.287
1970	418,468	710,308	8.854	15.029
1975	482,642	739,432	9.877	15.132
1980	549,759	746,966	11.005	14.953
1985	585,580	786,611	11.458	15.391
1990	633,168	681,674	12.164	13.095
1995	782,634	500,996	15.148	9.697
2000	751,823	387,659	15.171	7.823
2005	771,850	433,964	16.220	9.120
2010	687,454	507,052	14.798	10.915
2015	595,882	448,778	13.015	9.802
2020	645,108	337,567	14.438	7.555
2021	759,006	309,089	17.134	6.977
2022	582,386	233,127	14.188	5.679
2023	495,421	212,231	13.130	5.625
2024	515,022	206,937	13.603	5.466

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Ukraine
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	13,240,665	24,056,983	35.500
1955	16,557,439	23,462,010	41.373
1960	19,962,621	22,699,528	46.792
1965	22,924,810	22,337,125	50.649
1970	25,817,971	21,268,790	54.831
1975	28,469,686	20,289,301	58.389
1980	30,827,293	19,141,519	61.693
1985	32,935,869	17,984,909	64.681
1990	34,356,066	17,108,282	66.757
1995	34,081,946	16,823,731	66.951
2000	32,793,567	16,046,507	67.145
2005	31,788,197	15,103,966	67.790
2010	31,411,663	14,380,838	68.596
2015	30,840,974	13,816,730	69.061
2020	30,334,632	13,244,602	69.608
2021	30,247,163	13,113,807	69.757
2022	30,163,369	12,977,042	69.919
2023	30,082,220	12,834,111	70.095
2024	30,002,585	12,684,796	70.284

Population
Urbanization

Ukraine population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	647,376	613,231	1,260,607	3.33	105.568
05-09	921,528	868,334	1,789,861	4.73	106.126
10-14	1,137,041	1,070,721	2,207,762	5.83	106.194
15-19	1,053,848	999,758	2,053,605	5.42	105.410
20-24	894,044	857,145	1,751,190	4.63	104.305
25-29	1,008,999	976,581	1,985,580	5.24	103.320
30-34	1,329,819	1,287,535	2,617,354	6.91	103.284
35-39	1,661,716	1,616,164	3,277,880	8.66	102.819
40-44	1,555,532	1,545,898	3,101,430	8.19	100.623
45-49	1,324,068	1,424,656	2,748,724	7.26	92.939
50-54	1,188,866	1,368,975	2,557,840	6.76	86.844
55-59	1,180,430	1,384,770	2,565,200	6.78	85.244
60-64	1,244,112	1,519,851	2,763,963	7.30	81.857
65-69	974,535	1,443,110	2,417,645	6.39	67.530
70-74	682,768	1,224,915	1,907,682	5.04	55.740
75-79	351,502	745,534	1,097,036	2.90	47.148
80-84	224,409	595,438	819,846	2.17	37.688
85-89	162,959	483,878	646,838	1.71	33.678
90-94	41,801	157,320	199,121	0.53	26.571
95-99	11,712	66,937	78,649	0.21	17.497
100+	986	11,421	12,407	0.03	8.633
Total	17,598,051	20,262,172	37,860,220		86.852

Population pyramid
Gender ratio