Ukrainian Census (2001)

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The first Ukrainian Census was carried out by State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989 and was so far the only census held in independent Ukraine.

The total actual population recorded was 48,457,100 persons, of which 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 persons.

There were 454 cities nine of them with population over 500,000. The census recorded over 130 nationalities.

The next Ukrainian census is planned to be held in 2020.

Actual population by regions

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

Urban and rural population by regions

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

Gender structure by regions

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

National structure

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 0.25% of regional population. Numbers are given in thousands.

Autonomous Republic of Crimea - 2,024.0 (100%)

Russians - 1,180.4 (58.3%)

Ukrainians - 492.2 (24.3%)

Crimean Tatars - 243.4 (12.0%)

Belarusians - 29.2 (1.4%)

Tatars - 11.0 (0.5%)

Armenians - (0.4%)

Cherkasy Oblast - 1,398.3 (100%)

Ukrainians - 1,301.2 (93.1%)

Russians - 75.6 (5.4%)

Belarusians - 3.9 (0.3%)

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%)

Moldavians - 67.2 (7.3%)

Russians - 37.9 (4.1%)

Poles - 3.3 (0.4%)

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%)

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 - 19.1 (0.4%)

Armenians - 15.7 (0.3%)

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast - 1,406.1 (100%)

Ukrainians - 1,371.2 (97.5%)

Russians - 24.9 (1.8%)

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%)

Moldavians - 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%)

Moldavians - 8.2 (0.7%)

Belarusians - 5.5 (0.5%)

Armenians - 2.9 (0.3%)

Kiev 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%)

Moldavians - 13.1 (1.0%)

Belarusians - 8.3 (0.7%)

Bulgarians - 5.6 (0.4%)

Armenians - 4.2 (0.3%)

Jews - 3.2 (0.3%)

Odessa Oblast - 2,455.7 (100%)

Ukrainians - 1,542.3 (62.8%)

Russians - 508.5 (20.7%)

Bulgarians - 150.6 (6.1%)

Moldavians - 123.7 (5.0%)

Gagausians - 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%)

Kiev - 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'

References

Ukrainian Census (2001) Wikipedia

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