Demographics of Ukraine

Demographics of Ukraine
Population of Ukraine v.2.PNG
Population of Ukraine (in millions) from 1950-2012.
Population: 45,547,800Decrease (1 January 2013)
Growth rate: -3.1 Decrease people/1,000 population (2012)
Birth rate: 11.4 Increase births/1,000 population (2012)
Death rate: 14.5 Steady deaths/1,000 population (2012)
Life expectancy: 71.22 years Increase (2011)
–male: 65.98 Increase years
–female: 75.88 Increase years
Fertility rate: 1.46 Increase children born/woman (2011)
Infant mortality rate: 8.5 deaths/1,000 Decrease infants (2012)
Net migration rate: 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008)
Age structure
0-14 years: Increase 14.2% (male 3,277,905/female 3,106,012)
15-64 years: Increase 69.9% (male 15,443,818/female 16,767,931)
65-over: Decrease 15.9% (male 2,489,235/female 4,909,386) (2008 est.)
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
Under 15: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65-over: 0.51 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality: noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian
Major ethnic: Ukrainians (77.8%)
Minor ethnic: Russians (17.3%)
Language
Official: Ukrainian
Spoken: Russian, Ukrainian, others

The Demographics of Ukraine are the demographic features of the population of Ukraine, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

The data in this article are based on the most recent Ukrainian Census, which was carried out in 2001,[1] the CIA World Factbook, and the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. The next census is scheduled to take place in 2013.[2]

Historical data

Historical population
Year Pop.   ±%  
1811 8,656,200 —    
1838 10,728,500 +23.9%
1851 11,612,000 +8.2%
1867 14,552,100 +25.3%
1897 23,430,407 +61.0%
1905 30,837,300 +31.6%
1913 32,236,300 +4.5%
1926 26,020,300 −19.3%
1931[3] 23,263,000 −10.6%
1939 40,469,000 +74.0%
1959[4] 41,869,046 +3.5%
1965 45,132,800 +7.8%
1970 47,126,517 +4.4%
1975 48,880,500 +3.7%
1979 49,609,333 +1.5%
1984 50,678,600 +2.2%
1989 51,452,034 +1.5%
1995 51,728,400 +0.5%
2001 48,457,100 −6.3%
2003 47,956,500 −1.0%
2004 47,576,831 −0.8%
2005 47,242,900 −0.7%
2006 46,886,356 −0.8%
2007 46,614,828 −0.6%
2008 46,337,340 −0.6%
2009 46,115,941 −0.5%
2010 45,939,820 −0.4%
2011[5] 45,778,500 −0.4%
2012 45,625,590 −0.3%
2013 45,547,800 −0.2%
Main article: Censuses in Ukraine
See also: Polish census of 1931, First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union, Soviet Census (1937), Soviet Census (1989), and Ukrainian Census (2001)

There were roughly 4 million Ukrainians at the end of the 17th century.[6] The historical information is taken out of Demoscope.ru. Please, note that territory of the modern Ukraine at the times listed above varied greatly. The western regions of Ukraine, west of Zbruch river, until 1939 for most of time were part of the Kingdom Galicia and later the Polish Republic. The detailed information for those territories is missing, for more information see Demographics of Poland. The Crimean peninsula was changing hands as well, in 1897 it was a part of the Taurida Governorate, but after the October Revolution became part of the Russian SFSR, and later was turned under the administration of the Ukrainian SSR. The territory of Budjak (southern Bessarabia) became a part of the Ukrainian SSR in June 1940. The censuses of 1926 through 1989 were taken in the Ukrainian SSR. The census of 1897 is taken with the correspondence to nine gubernias that included in the territory of today's Ukraine. The statistics of 1905 records are taken from www.statoids.com which provides a broad degree of historical explanation on the situation in the Imperial Russia. The census statistics of 1931 was estimated by the professor Zenon Kuzela (1882–1952)[7] from Berlin. His calculations are as of January 1, 1931. This ethnograph is mentioned in the encyclopedia of Ukraine as one of the sources only available due to lack of the official census.[8][9] The 2001 census was the first official census of the independent republic of Ukraine. Its data is given as on January 1. The 2003-2009 stats were taken from the official web-site of www.ukrstat.gov.ua and represent the data as of February of each year for the real population.

Before WWII

Population of the Ukrainian SSR according to ethnic group 1926–1939
Ethnic
group		 census 19261 census 19392
Number  % Number  %
Ukrainians 23,218,860 80.0 23,667,509 76.5
Russians 2,677,166 9.2 4,175,299 13.5
Jews 1,574,428 5.4 1,532,776 5.0
Germans 393,924 1.4 392,458 1.3
Poles 476,435 1.6 357,710 1.2
Moldavians / Romanians 257,794 0.9 230,698 0.8
Belarusians 75,842 0.3 158,174 0.5
Greeks 104,666 0.4 107,047 0.4
Bulgarians 99,278 0.3 83,838 0.3
Tatars 22,281 0.1 55,456 0.2
Roma 13,578 0.0 10,443 0.0
Others 103,935 0.4 174,810 0.6
Total 29,018,187 30,946,218
1 Source: [4]. 2 Source: [5].

After WWII

National structure of the population of Ukraine (2001).
  Ukrainians
  Russians
  Others

Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Romanian 0.8% (including Moldovan 0.5%), Belarusian 0.6%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, Greeks 0.2% and other 1.6% (including Muslim Bulgarians, otherwise known as Torbesh, old communities of Armenians living on the Sea of Azov, and a microcosm of Gotlander Swedes of Gammalsvenskby).[10]

Ethnic Ukrainians in Ukraine by oblast (2001 census)
Ethnic Ukrainians in Ukraine by raions (2001 census)
Population of Ukraine according to ethnic group 1959-2001
Ethnic
group		 census 19591 census 19702 census 19793 census 19894 census 20015
Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  %
Ukrainians 32,158,493 76.8 35,283,857 74.9 36,488,951 73.6 37,419,053 72.7 37,451,693 77.5
Russians 7,090,813 16.9 9,126,331 19.4 10,471,602 21.1 11,355,582 22.1 8,334,141 17.2
Moldavians / Romanians 341,512 0.8 378,043 0.8 415,371 0.9 459,420 0.9 409,608 0.8
Belarusians 290,890 0.7 385,847 0.8 406,098 0.8 440,045 0.9 275,763 0.6
Crimean Tatars 193 0.0 3,554 0.0 6,636 0.0 46,807 0.1 248,193 0.5
Bulgarians 219,419 0.5 234,390 0.5 238,217 0.5 233,800 0.5 204,574 0.4
Hungarians 149,229 0.4 157,731 0.3 164,373 0.3 163,111 0.3 156,566 0.3
Poles 363,297 0.9 295,107 0.6 258,309 0.5 219,179 0.4 144,130 0.3
Jews 840,311 2.0 777,126 1.7 634,154 1.3 486,628 1.0 103,591 0.2
Armenians 28,024 0.1 33,439 0.1 38,646 0.1 54,200 0.1 99,894 0.2
Greeks 104,359 0.3 106,909 0.2 104,091 0.2 98,594 0.2 91,548 0.2
Tatars 61,334 0.2 72,658 0.2 83,906 0.2 86,875 0.2 73,304 0.2
Romani 22,515 0.1 30,091 0.1 34,411 0.1 47,917 0.1 47,587 0.1
Azerbaijanis 6,680 0.0 10,769 0.0 17,235 0.0 36,961 0.1 45,176 0.1
Georgians 11,574 0.0 14,650 0.0 16,301 0.0 23,540 0.1 34,199 0.1
Germans 23,243 0.1 29,871 0.1 34,139 0.1 37,849 0.1 33,302 0.1
Gagauzs 23,530 0.1 26,464 0.1 29,398 0.1 31,967 0.1 31,923 0.1
Karaites 3,301 0.0 2,596 0.0 1,845 0.0 1,404 0.0 1,196 0.0
Others 129,338 0.3 157,084 0.3 165,650 0.3 209,172 0.4 539,604 1.1
Total 41,869,046 47,126,517 49,609,333 51,452,034 48,416,000
1 Source: [6]. 2 Source: [7]. 3 Source: [8]. 4 Source: [9]. 5 Source: [10].
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Vital statistics [11][12]

Natural population growth of Ukraine since 1950.[13][14][15]
  Birth rate
  Death rate
  Natural growth rate
Population change, 1970 - 1979
Population change, 1970 - 2010
Population change, 1989 - 2001
Population change, 1989 - 2012
Population change of urban settlements, 1970 - 1989
Population change of urban settlements, 1989 - 2010
Average popu-
lation (x 1000)		 Live births Deaths1 Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Fertility rates Abortions, reported
1906 1,460,000 44,0
1913 32,236 1,500,000 38,0 6,00
1925 29,732 1,400,000 35,0 5,39 149 700
1940 40,649 1,100,000 27,3 3,80
1946 753 493
1947 712 994
1948 757 783
1949 911 641
1950 36 905 844 585 314 000 530 585 22.8 8.5 14.3 2,81
1951 37 569 858 052 321 000 529 000 22.8 8.6 14.2
1952 38 141 846 434 318 000 523 000 22.2 8.4 13.8
1953 38 678 795 652 315 000 476 000 20.6 8.2 12.4
1954 39 131 845 128 316 000 526 000 21.6 8.1 13.5
1955 39 506 792 696 297 000 499 000 20.1 7.5 12.6 2,70
1956 40 082 822 569 289 000 535 000 20.5 7.2 13.3
1957 40 800 847 781 302 000 548 000 20.8 7.4 13.4
1958 41 512 873 483 286 000 587 500 21.0 6.9 14.2 2,30
1959 42 155 880 552 308 000 572 600 20.9 7.3 13.6 2,29
1960 42 469 878 768 296 171 582 597 20.7 7.0 13.7 2,24
1961 43 097 843 482 304 346 539 136 19.6 7.1 12.5 2,17
1962 43 559 823 151 331 454 491 697 18.9 7.6 11.3 2,14
1963 44 088 794 969 323 556 471 413 17.9 7.3 10.6 2,06
1964 44 664 741 668 315 340 426 328 16.5 7.0 9.5 1,96
1965 45 133 692 153 342 717 349 436 15.3 7.6 7.7 1,99
1966 45 548 713 492 344 850 368 642 15.6 7.5 8.1 2,02
1967 45 997 699 381 368 573 330 808 15.1 8.0 7.2 2,01
1968 46 408 693 064 374 440 318 624 14.9 8.0 6.8 1,99
1969 46 778 687 991 404 151 283 840 14.7 8.6 6.0 2,04
1970 47 127 719 213 418 679 300 534 15.2 8.9 6.4 2,10 1,130,315
1971 47 507 736 691 424 717 311 974 15.4 8.9 6.5 2,12
1972 47 903 745 696 443 038 302 658 15.5 9.2 6.3 2,08
1973 48 274 719 560 449 351 270 209 14.9 9.3 5.6 2,04
1974 48 571 736 616 455 970 280 646 15.1 9.4 5.8 2,04
1975 48 881 738 857 489 550 249 307 15.1 10.0 5.1 2,02 1,110,223
1976 49 151 747 069 500 584 246 485 15.2 10.2 5.0 1,99
1977 49 388 726 217 517 967 208 250 14.7 10.5 4.2 1,94
1978 49 578 732 187 529 681 202 506 14.7 10.7 4.1 1,96
1979 49 755 735 188 552 019 183 169 14.7 11.1 3.7 1,96
1980 50 044 742 489 568 243 174 246 14.8 11.4 3.5 1,95 1,197,000
1981 50 222 733 183 568 789 164 394 14.6 11.3 3.3 1,93 1,112,734
1982 50 388 745 591 568 231 177 360 14.8 11.3 3.5 1,94 1,131,437
1983 50 573 807 111 583 496 223 615 16.0 11.6 4.4 2,11 1,125,686
1984 50 768 792 035 610 338 181 697 15.6 12.0 3.6 2,08 1,127,627
1985 50 941 762 775 617 548 145 227 15.0 12.1 2.9 2,02 1,179,000
1986 51 143 792 574 565 150 227 424 15.5 11.1 4.4 2,13 1,166,039
1987 51 373 760 851 586 387 174 464 14.8 11.4 3.4 2,07 1,168,136
1988 51 593 744 056 600 725 143 331 14.4 11.6 2.8 2,04 1,080,029
1989 51 770 690 981 600 590 90 391 13.3 11.6 1.7 1,92 1,058,414
1990 51 838 657 202 629 602 27 600 12.7 12.1 0.6 1,844 1,019,038
1991 51 944 630 813 669 960 -39 147 12.1 12.9 -0.8 1,773 957 022
1992 52 056 596 785 697 110 -100 325 11.4 13.4 -2.0 1,674 932 272
1993 52 244 557 467 741 662 -184 195 10.7 14.2 -3.5 1,563 860 996
1994 52 114 521 545 764 669 -243 124 10.0 14.7 -4.7 1,470 798 538
1995 51 728 492 861 792 587 -299 726 9.6 15.4 -5.8 1,397 740 172
1996 51 297 467 211 776 717 -309 506 9.2 15.2 -6.1 1,332 687 035
1997 50 818 442 581 754 151 -311 570 8.7 14.9 -6.2 1,270 596 740
1998 50 370 419 238 719 954 -300 716 8.4 14.4 -6.0 1,207 525 329
1999 49 918 389 208 739 170 -349 962 7.8 14.9 -7.0 1,121 495 760
2000 49 429 385 126 758 082 -372 956 7.8 15.4 -7.6 1,110 434 223
2001 48 923 376 479 745 953 -369 474 7.7 15.3 -7.6 1,085 369 750
2002 48 457 390 687 754 911 -364 224 8.1 15.7 -7.6 1,126 345 967
2003 48 003 408 591 765 408 -356 817 8.5 16.0 -7.5 1,172 315 835
2004 47 622 427 259 761 263 -334 004 9.0 16.0 -7.0 1,218 289 065
2005 47 280 426 085 781 964 -355 879 9.0 16.6 -7.6 1,213 263 950
2006 46 929 460 368 758 093 -297 725 9.8 16.2 -6.4 1,310 229 618
2007 46 646 472 657 762 877 -290 220 10.2 16.4 -6.2 1,345 210 454
2008 46 372 510 588 754 462 -243 874 11.0 16.3 -5.3 1,458 201 087
2009 46 143 512 526 706 740 -194 214 11.1 15.3 -4.2 1,460 194 845
2010 45 962 497 689 698 235 -200 546 10.8 15.2 -4.4 1,445 176 774
2011 45 778 502 595 664 588 -161 993 11.0 14.5 -3.5 1,459 156 193
2012 45 633 520 704 663 139 -142 435 11.4 14.5 -3.1 1,51
2013 45 553
1 Deaths 1950-1959 are estimates

(e) estimate

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Demographic statistics

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Population

Decrease 45,625,590 (1 January 2012)[16]

Current vital statistics

The number of births during the months of January-March 2013 decreased by 7150 over the same period in 2012. The birth rate for January-March 2013 was 10.6 per 1,000 population, an decrease over 11.1 during January-March 2012 and 10.7 for January-March 2011.

-Number of births from January-March 2011 = Increase 121,320

-Number of births from January-March 2012 = Increase 125,862

-Number of births from January-March 2013 = Decrease 118,712

-Number of births from March 2011 = Increase 41,338

-Number of births from March 2012 = Increase 41,615

-Number of births from March 2013 = Decrease 38,003

The number of deaths during the same period has decreased from 5028 . The mortality rate for January-March 2013 was 15,3 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants of rate of 15,6 during the period of January-March 2012 and 15.9 for January-March 2011.

-Number of deaths from January-March 2011 = Decrease 179,625

-Number of deaths from January-March 2012 = Increase 176,878

-Number of deaths from January-March 2013 = Decrease 171,850

-Number of deaths from March 2011 = Decrease 63,265

-Number of deaths from March 2012 = Decrease 58,140

-Number of deaths from March 2013 = Decrease 57,459

During the period of January-March 2013 the natural increase over the last three years were respectively -4.7 per 1000, -4.5 in 2012, and -5.2 in 2011.

Natural increase from January-March 2011 = Decrease - 58,305

Natural increase from January-March 2012 = Decrease - 51,016

Natural increase from January-March 2013 = Increase - 53,138

Natural increase from March 2011 = Decrease - 21,927

Natural increase from March 2012 = Decrease - 16,525

Natural increase from March 2013 = Increase - 19,456

Oblast to January-March Birth/2013 Birth/2012 Birth/2011 Birth/2010 Death/2013 Death/2012 Death/2011 Death/2010
 Donetsk Oblast 9789 Decrease 10394 Increase 10104 Increase 9965 Decrease 17757 Decrease 19085 Decrease 19530 Increase 19443 Decrease
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 8557 Decrease 8922 Increase 8847 Decrease 8941 Decrease 13155 Decrease 13521 Decrease 13929 Decrease 14091 Decrease
Kiev Kyiv City 7676 Decrease 8032 Increase 7835 Increase 7591 Decrease 7231 Decrease 7256 Increase 6988 Decrease 7200 Decrease
 Odessa Oblast 6911 Decrease 7391 Increase 7130 Increase 6962 Decrease 8870 Decrease 8992 Decrease 9203 Decrease 9832 Decrease
 Lviv Oblast 6903 Decrease 7154 Increase 6837 Decrease 7001 Decrease 8245 Decrease 8451 Decrease 8511 Decrease 8639 Decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 6262 Decrease 6376 Increase 6339 Decrease 6481 Decrease 10512 Decrease 10596 Decrease 10715 Decrease 10987 Decrease
Autonomous Republic Crimea Autonomous Republic of Crimea 5603 Decrease 5892 Increase 5622 Increase 5416 Decrease 6826 Decrease 7241 Decrease 7498 Increase 7198 Decrease
 Kiev Oblast 4886 Decrease 5085 Increase 4851 Decrease 4952 Decrease 7006 Decrease 7309 Increase 6925 Decrease 7200 Decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 4754 Decrease 5368 Increase 5040 Increase 4903 Decrease 9277 Decrease 9830 Decrease 10355 Increase 10285 Decrease
 Zaporizhia Oblast 4415 Decrease 4552 Increase 4431 Increase 4387 Decrease 6809 Decrease 7005 Decrease 7373 Decrease 7540 Decrease
 Zakarpattia Oblast 4317 Decrease 4557 Increase 4364 Decrease 4424 Decrease 3920 Decrease 3956 Decrease 4016 Increase 3945 Decrease
 Rivne Oblast 4033 Decrease 4386 Increase 4244 Increase 4109 Decrease 3598 Decrease 3814 Decrease 3825 Decrease 3935 Increase
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 3957 Decrease 4094 Increase 3980 Decrease 4001 Decrease 4556 Increase 4470 Decrease 4633 Increase 4631 Decrease
 Vinnytsia Oblast 4112 Decrease 4565 Increase 4321 Increase 4257 Decrease 6634 Decrease 6725 Decrease 6818 Decrease 7064 Decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 3610 Decrease 3677 Increase 3599 Decrease 3621 Decrease 5481 Decrease 5602 Increase 5466 Decrease 5669 Decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 3502 Decrease 3653 Increase 3476 Decrease 3535 Decrease 5343 Increase 5314 Decrease 5337 Decrease 5544 Decrease
 Volyn Oblast 3479 Decrease 3820 Increase 3543 Decrease 3641 Decrease 3544 Decrease 3567 Decrease 3793 Decrease 3808 Decrease
 Poltava Oblast 3321 Decrease 3539 Increase 3423 Decrease 3473 Decrease 6282 Decrease 6422 Decrease 6516 Decrease 6804 Decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 3118 Decrease 3299 Increase 3127 Increase 3124 Decrease 4578 Decrease 4743 Decrease 4790 Decrease 4852 Decrease
 Kherson Oblast 2877 Decrease 3045 Increase 2861 Decrease 2988 Decrease 4196 Decrease 4283 Decrease 4345 Decrease 4442 Decrease
 Cherkasy Oblast 2819 Decrease 3155 Increase 3044 Increase 3011 Decrease 5394 Decrease 5474 Increase 5535 Decrease 5679 Decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 2746 Decrease 2885 Increase 2838 Decrease 2878 Decrease 3797 Decrease 3853 Decrease 4036 Decrease 4090 Decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 2588 Decrease 2867 Increase 2730 Increase 2641 Decrease 2917 Decrease 3065 Decrease 3121 Decrease 3140 Decrease
 Kirovohrad Oblast 2534 Decrease 2800 Increase 2670 Increase 2616 Decrease 4358 Decrease 4499 Increase 4489 Decrease 4619 Decrease
 Sumy Oblast 2513 Decrease 2751 Increase 2594 Increase 2488 Decrease 5040 Increase 4944 Increase 5009 Decrease 5329 Decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 2400 Decrease 2520 Increase 2433 Decrease 2484 Decrease 5218 Decrease 5442 Increase 5396 Decrease 5659 Decrease
Sevastopol Sevastopol City 1030 Decrease 1083 Increase 1037 Increase 994 Decrease 1306 Decrease 1419 Decrease 1473 Increase 1371 Decrease
Birth Rate by Oblast to January-March Birth/2013 Birth/2012 Birth/2011 Birth/2010 Death/2013 Death/2012 Death/2011 Death/2010
 Rivne Oblast 14,1 Decrease 15,3 Increase 14,9 Increase 14,5 Decrease 12,6 Decrease 13,3 Decrease 13,4 Decrease 13,9 Decrease
 Zakarpattia Oblast 14,0 Decrease 14,7 Increase 14,2 Decrease 14,4 Decrease 12,7 Steady 12,7 Decrease 13,1 Increase 12,9 Decrease
 Volyn Oblast 13,6 Decrease 14,8 Increase 13,8 Decrease 14,2 Decrease 13,8 Steady 13,8 Decrease 14,8 Decrease 14,9 Decrease
 Odessa Oblast 11,7 Decrease 12,4 Increase 12,1 Increase 11,8 Decrease 15,0 Decrease 15,1 Decrease 15,6 Decrease 16,7 Decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 11,6 Decrease 12,7 Increase 12,2 Increase 11,9 Decrease 13,0 Decrease 13,6 Decrease 14,0 Decrease 14,1 Decrease
Autonomous Republic Crimea Autonomous Republic of Crimea 11,6 Decrease 12,1 Increase 11,6 Increase 11,2 Decrease 14,1 Decrease 14,8 Decrease 15,5 Increase 14,9 Decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 11,6 Decrease 11,9 Increase 11,7 Steady 11,7 Decrease 13,4 Increase 13,0 Decrease 13,6 Steady 13,6 Decrease
 Kiev Oblast 11,5 Decrease 11,9 Increase 11,5 Decrease 11,7 Decrease 16,5 Decrease 17,1 Increase 16,4 Decrease 17,0 Decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 11,5 Decrease 11,6 Increase 11,4 Steady 11,4 Decrease 17,5 Decrease 17,7 Increase 17,3 Decrease 17,9 Decrease
 Lviv Oblast 11,0 Decrease 11,3 Increase 10,9 Decrease 11,1 Decrease 13,2 Decrease 13,4 Decrease 13,6 Decrease 13,7 Decrease
Kiev Kyiv City 10,9 Decrease 11,5 Increase 11,3 Increase 11,1 Decrease 10,3 Decrease 10,4 Increase 10,1 Decrease 10,5 Decrease
Sevastopol Sevastopol City 10,9 Decrease 11,4 Increase 11,1 Increase 10,6 Decrease 13,8 Decrease 14,9 Decrease 15,7 Increase 14,6 Decrease
 Kherson Oblast 10,8 Decrease 11,3 Increase 10,7 Decrease 11,1 Decrease 15,8 Decrease 15,9 Decrease 16,2 Decrease 16,5 Decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 10,8 Decrease 11,3 Increase 10,7 Steady 10,7 Decrease 15,8 Decrease 16,2 Decrease 16,4 Decrease 16,6 Decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 10,8 Decrease 11,1 Increase 10,6 Decrease 10,8 Decrease 16,4 Decrease 16,5 Increase 16,3 Decrease 17,3 Decrease
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 10,5 Decrease 10,8 Increase 10,7 Decrease 10,8 Decrease 16,1 Decrease 16,4 Decrease 16,9 Decrease 17,0 Decrease
 Kirovohrad Oblast 10,3 Decrease 11,3 Increase 10,7 Increase 10,4 Decrease 17,8 Decrease 18,1 Increase 18,0 Decrease 18,4 Decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 10,3 Decrease 10,7 Increase 10,6 Decrease 10,7 Decrease 14,3 Steady 14,3 Decrease 15,1 Decrease 15,2 Increase
 Vinnytsia Oblast 10,2 Decrease 11,2 Increase 10,7 Increase 10,5 Decrease 16,5 Decrease 16,5 Decrease 16,9 Decrease 17,4 Decrease
 Zaporizhia Oblast 10,1 Decrease 10,2 Increase 10,0 Increase 9,8 Decrease 15,5 Decrease 15,7 Decrease 16,6 Decrease 16,9 Decrease
 Poltava Oblast 9,2 Decrease 9,6 Increase 9,3 Decrease 9,4 Decrease 17,4 Decrease 17,5 Decrease 17,8 Decrease 18,4 Decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 9,2 Decrease 9,4 Increase 9,3 Decrease 9,5 Decrease 15,5 Decrease 15,6 Decrease 15,8 Decrease 16,1 Decrease
 Donetsk Oblast 9,1 Decrease 9,5 Increase 9,3 Decrease 9,1 Decrease 16,5 Decrease 17,4 Decrease 17,9 Increase 17,7 Decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 9,1 Decrease 9,3 Increase 9,0 Decrease 9,1 Decrease 19,7 Decrease 20,1 Increase 19,9 Decrease 20,7 Decrease
 Cherkasy Oblast 9,0 Decrease 9,9 Increase 9,6 Increase 9,4 Decrease 17,2 Steady 17,2 Decrease 17,5 Decrease 17,8 Decrease
 Sumy Oblast 8,9 Decrease 9,6 Increase 9,1 Increase 8,6 Decrease 17,9 Increase 17,3 Decrease 17,5 Decrease 18,5 Decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 8,6 Decrease 9,5 Increase 8,9 Increase 8,6 Decrease 16,7 Decrease 17,4 Decrease 18,3 Increase 18,1 Decrease

Year in review 2012

Compared to 2011, amount of attrition decreased by 19,558 persons, or 3.5 to 3.1 persons per 1000 inhabitants real. Natural decrease was observed in 21 oblasts of the country, while natural increases were recorded only in the capital Kiev, Zakarpattya, Rivne, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi oblast (respectively 6047, 4155, 4014, 1636, 300 and 271 people). Some regions registered a natural decline, such as Sevastopol, Lviv, Ternopil, Odessa and Kherson (respectively, -668, -1447, -2636, -2716 and -3261 people). The largest declines were recorded in Donetsk, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Poltava (respectively -27657, -14573, -14399, -12886, -9986 and -9588), regions which have in common a low birth rate and high mortality of a large urban population and a strong rural population aging.

Age structure

  • 0–14 years: 14.4%Increase = 6,531,500
  • 16–64 years: 71.4% Decrease = 31,993,300
  • 65 years and over: 15.2% Decrease = 6,928,500

(2012 official.)

Median age

  • total: 39.4 years Increase
  • male: 36.1 years Increase
  • female: 42.7 years Increase (2011 official.)
  • total: 34.8 years Increase
  • male: 31.9 years Increase
  • female: 37.7 years Increase (1989 official.)

Net migration rate

0.3 migrant(s)/1,002 population (2008)[17]

Sex ratio

  • at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
  • under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
  • 15–64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female
  • total population: 0.8375 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

  • 9.0 deaths/1,000 infants Decrease (2011)
  • 8.5 deaths/1,000 infants Decrease (2012)[18]

Life expectancy at birth

  • total population: 71.22= Increase years
  • male: 65.98= Increase years
  • female: 75.88= Increase years (2011 official.)

Total fertility rate

6.00 Decrease children born/woman (1913 est.)

5.39 Decrease children born/woman (1925 est.)

1,08 Decrease children born/woman (2001 est.)

1.46 Increase children born/woman (2011 est.)

In 2001 Ukraine recorded the lowest fertility rate ever recorded in Europe for an independent country: 1.08 child/woman. During this year the number of children born was less than half of that born in 1987. Lower rates were recorded only in former East Germany, which registered 0.77 child/woman in 1994, as well as Taiwan (from 2008 to 2010), and both Hong Kong and Macau (from about 2000 to 2010). After neglect by the Kuchma administration, both the Yushchenko and the Yanukovych governments have made increasing the birth rate a priority.

Birth data by oblast

Number of birth by oblast Birth/2012 Birth/2011 Birth/2010 Birth/2009 Death/2012 Death/2011 Death/2010 Death/2009
 Donetsk Oblast 42839 Increase 41720 Increase 41528 Decrease 43374 Decrease 70496 Decrease 71042 Decrease 73916 Decrease 75252 Decrease
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 37087 Increase 36116 Increase 35593 Decrease 37309 Decrease 51486 Decrease 52106 Decrease 54542 Decrease 54973 Decrease
Kiev Kyiv City 33887 Increase 32068 Decrease 32082 Decrease 32488 Increase 27840 Increase 27050 Decrease 28625 Decrease 28292 Decrease
 Odessa Oblast 30384 Increase 29225 Increase 28690 Decrease 28986 Increase 33648 Decrease 33688 Decrease 36144 Increase 35859 Decrease
 Lviv Oblast 30220 Increase 28904 Increase 28651 Decrease 30079 Increase 31667 Increase 31162 Decrease 31644 Decrease 32848 Decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 27244 Increase 26317 Increase 26286 Decrease 27226 Increase 40130 Increase 40079 Decrease 42106 Decrease 42544 Decrease
Autonomous Republic Crimea Autonomous Republic of Crimea 24702 Increase 23394 Increase 23238 Decrease 23524 Increase 26945 Decrease 27539 Decrease 28475 Decrease 28501 Decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 21743 Increase 21320 Increase 20969 Decrease 21671 Decrease 36316 Decrease 37256 Decrease 38921 Decrease 39226 Decrease
 Kiev Oblast 20966 Increase 20083 Increase 19737 Decrease 20616 Increase 27161 Increase 26847 Decrease 28406 Decrease 28869 Decrease
 Zakarpattia Oblast 18968 Increase 18460 Increase 18301 Increase 18219 Decrease 14813 Increase 14588 Decrease 14947 Decrease 15587 Decrease
 Zaporizhia Oblast 18882 Increase 18198 Increase 18018 Decrease 18409 Decrease 26406 Decrease 27033 Decrease 28553 Increase 28154 Decrease
 Vinnytsia Oblast 18339 Increase 17894 Increase 17508 Decrease 18053 Increase 25158 Decrease 25376 Decrease 26528 Decrease 26873 Decrease
 Rivne Oblast 18316 Increase 17697 Increase 17074 Increase 17544 Increase 14302 Increase 14168 Decrease 14997 Decrease 15415 Decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 17101 Increase 16497 Increase 16343 Decrease 17333 Increase 16801 Increase 16657 Decrease 17521 Decrease 17565 Decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 15486 Increase 15154 Increase 14678 Decrease 15108 Increase 20685 Increase 20417 Decrease 21227 Decrease 21971 Decrease
 Volyn Oblast 15346 Increase 14620 Decrease 14848 Decrease 15290 Decrease 13710 Decrease 13842 Decrease 14362 Decrease 14628 Decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 14881 Increase 14492 Increase 14414 Decrease 14690 Decrease 20362 Increase 20116 Decrease 20842 Decrease 21766 Decrease
 Poltava Oblast 14635 Increase 14167 Decrease 14250 Decrease 14755 Increase 24223 Decrease 24384 Decrease 26113 Decrease 26807 Decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 13515 Increase 13029 Increase 12831 Decrease 13093 Decrease 17277 Decrease 17441 Decrease 18700 Increase 18698 Decrease
 Cherkasy Oblast 12798 Increase 12473 Increase 12462 Decrease 12594 Increase 20667 Decrease 20848 Decrease 21820 Decrease 22001 Decrease
 Kherson Oblast 12643 Increase 12085 Decrease 12388 Increase 12323 Decrease 15904 Increase 15828 Decrease 16432 Decrease 16883 Decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 12202 Increase 11964 Increase 11872 Decrease 12404 Increase 14838 Decrease 14829 Decrease 15616 Decrease 15652 Decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 11592 Increase 11281 Increase 11032 Decrease 11050 Decrease 11321 Decrease 11192 Decrease 11761 Increase 11665 Decrease
 Sumy Oblast 11093 Increase 10473 Increase 10360 Decrease 10681 Decrease 19002 Increase 18833 Decrease 20146 Decrease 21160 Decrease
 Kirovohrad Oblast 11029 Increase 10578 Increase 10531 Decrease 10916 Increase 16521 Decrease 16697 Decrease 17652 Decrease 17793 Decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 10222 Increase 10134 Increase 10091 Decrease 10534 Increase 20208 Increase 20179 Decrease 21644 Decrease 22232 Decrease
Sevastopol Sevastopol City 4584 Increase 4252 Increase 4184 Decrease 4257 Increase 5252 Decrease 5391 Increase 5595 Increase 5526 Decrease
Birth Rate by Oblast Birth/2012 Birth/2011 Birth/2010 Birth 2009 Death/2012 Death/2011 Death/2010 Death/2009
 Rivne Oblast 15,9 Increase 15,3 Increase 14,8 Decrease 15,2 Increase 12,4 Increase 12,3 Decrease 13,0 Decrease 13,4 Decrease
 Zakarpattia Oblast 15,1 Increase 14,8 Increase 14,7 Increase 14,6 Decrease 11,8 Increase 11,7 Decrease 12,0 Decrease 12,5 Decrease
 Volyn Oblast 14,8 Increase 14,1 Decrease 14,3 Decrease 14,7 Decrease 13,2 Decrease 13,3 Decrease 13,8 Decrease 14,1 Decrease
 Chernivtsi Oblast 12,8 Increase 12,5 Increase 12,2 Steady 12,2 Steady 12,5 Increase 12,4 Decrease 13,0 Increase 12,9 Decrease
 Odessa Oblast 12,7 Increase 12,2 Increase 12,0 Increase 12,1 Increase 14,1 Steady 14,1 Decrease 15,1 Increase 15,0 Decrease
Autonomous Republic Crimea Autonomous Republic of Crimea 12,6 Increase 11,9 Increase 11,8 Decrease 12,0 Increase 13,7 Decrease 14,0 Decrease 14,5 Steady 14,5 Decrease
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 12,4 Increase 12,0 Increase 11,8 Decrease 12,5 Increase 12,2 Increase 12,1 Decrease 12,7 Steady 12,7 Decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 12,2 Increase 11,9 Increase 11,5 Decrease 11,7 Increase 16,3 Increase 16,0 Decrease 16,6 Decrease 17,0 Decrease
 Kiev Oblast 12,2 Increase 11,7 Increase 11,5 Decrease 12,0 Increase 15,8 Increase 15,6 Decrease 16,5 Decrease 16,7 Decrease
Kiev Kyiv City 12,0 Increase 11,4 Decrease 11,5 Decrease 11,7 Increase 9,8 Increase 9,6 Decrease 10,3 Increase 10,2 Decrease
Sevastopol Sevastopol City 12,0 Increase 11,1 Increase 11,0 Increase 11,2 Increase 13,7 Decrease 14,1 Decrease 14,7 Increase 14,5 Decrease
 Lviv Oblast 11,9 Increase 11,4 Increase 11,2 Decrease 11,8 Increase 12,5 Increase 12,3 Decrease 12,8 Decrease 12,9 Decrease
 Kherson Oblast 11,7 Increase 11,1 Decrease 11,4 Increase 11,2 Decrease 14,7 Increase 14,6 Decrease 15,1 Decrease 15,4 Decrease
 Mykolaiv Oblast 11,5 Increase 11,0 Increase 10,8 Decrease 11,0 Decrease 14,7 Decrease 14,8 Decrease 15,8 Increase 15,7 Decrease
 Ternopil Oblast 11,3 Increase 11,1 Increase 10,9 Decrease 11,4 Increase 13,8 Increase 13,7 Decrease 14,4 Steady 14,4 Decrease
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 11,3 Increase 11,0 Increase 10,8 Decrease 11,0 Steady 15,5 Increase 15,2 Decrease 15,6 Decrease 16,3 Decrease
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 11,2 Increase 10,9 Increase 10,6 Decrease 11,1 Increase 15,5 Decrease 15,7 Decrease 16,3 Steady 16,3 Increase
 Vinnytsia Oblast 11,2 Increase 10,9 Increase 10,6 Decrease 10,9 Increase 15,4 Decrease 15,5 Decrease 16,1 Decrease 16,2 Decrease
 Kirovohrad Oblast 11,0 Increase 10,5 Increase 10,4 Decrease 10,7 Increase 16,5 Decrease 16,6 Decrease 17,4 Steady 17,4 Increase
 Zaporizhia Oblast 10,6 Increase 10,1 Increase 10,0 Decrease 10,1 Decrease 14,8 Decrease 15,0 Decrease 15,8 Increase 15,5 Decrease
 Cherkasy Oblast 10,0 Increase 9,8 Increase 9,7 Steady 9,7 Increase 16,2 Decrease 16,3 Decrease 16,9 Steady 16,9 Decrease
 Kharkiv Oblast 9,9 Increase 9,6 Increase 9,5 Decrease 9,8 Steady 14,6 Steady 14,6 Decrease 15,2 Decrease 15,3 Decrease
 Poltava Oblast 9,9 Increase 9,5 Steady 9,5 Decrease 9,8 Increase 16,4 Steady 16,4 Decrease 17,5 Decrease 17,8 Decrease
 Donetsk Oblast 9,8 Increase 9,5 Increase 9,3 Decrease 9,7 Decrease 16,1 Steady 16,1 Decrease 16,6 Decrease 16,8 Decrease
 Sumy Oblast 9,7 Increase 9,1 Increase 8,9 Decrease 9,1 Steady 16,6 Increase 16,3 Decrease 17,3 Decrease 18,0 Decrease
 Luhansk Oblast 9,6 Increase 9,3 Increase 9,1 Decrease 9,3 Decrease 16,0 Decrease 16,3 Decrease 16,9 Steady 16,9 Decrease
 Chernihiv Oblast 9,4 Increase 9,3 Increase 9,1 Decrease 9,4 Increase 18,6 Increase 18,5 Decrease 19,6 Decrease 19,9 Decrease
Children Born Per Woman by Oblast Total Fertility Rate/2011
 Rivne Oblast 1,99 Increase
 Zakarpattia Oblast 1,90 Increase
 Volyn Oblast 1,81 Decrease
 Zhytomyr Oblast 1,65 Increase
 Odessa Oblast 1,62 Increase
 Chernivtsi Oblast 1,58 Increase
 Kiev Oblast 1,58 Increase
Autonomous Republic Crimea Autonomous Republic of Crimea 1,56 Steady
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast 1,56 Increase
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1,55 Increase
 Vinnytsia Oblast 1,53 Increase
 Kherson Oblast 1,51 Decrease
 Lviv Oblast 1,49 Increase
 Kirovohrad Oblast 1,49 Increase
 Mykolaiv Oblast 1,47 Increase
Sevastopol Sevastopol City 1,47 Increase
 Ukraine 1,46 Increase
 Ternopil Oblast 1,45 Increase
 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 1,44 Increase
 Cherkasy Oblast 1,37 Steady
 Zaporizhia Oblast 1,37 Increase
 Chernihiv Oblast 1,36 Increase
 Poltava Oblast 1,33 Increase
Kiev Kyiv City 1,30 Decrease
 Donetsk Oblast 1,27 Increase
 Luhansk Oblast 1,27 Increase
 Sumy Oblast 1,25 Increase
 Kharkiv Oblast 1,24 Increase

HIV/AIDS

Main article: HIV/AIDS in Ukraine

adult prevalence rate 1.46% (2006 est.)[19]

people living with HIV/AIDS 377,600 (2006 est.)[19]

deaths 20,000 (2003 est.)

Nationality

  • noun: Ukrainian(s)
  • adjective: Ukrainian

Religions

Main article: Religion in Ukraine

Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy 39.8%, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) 29.4%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 14.1%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 2.8%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Protestant 2.4%, Islam 0.6%, Jewish 0.2%, other 2% (2008 est.)[20]

Languages

Main article: Languages of Ukraine

Ukrainian 67%, Russian 30%, Crimean Tatar, Bulgarian-, Romanian Moldovan-, Polish-, Hungarian-, Rusyn-speaking minorities and small remnants of a Yiddish speaking group among the local Jews. The below table gives the total population of various ethnic groups in Ukraine and the primary language, according to the 2000 census.[10]

Group Pop Native Ukrainian Russian Other
Ukrainians 37,541,693 31,970,728 x 5,544,729 532
Russians 8,334,141 7,993,832 328,152 x 402
Belarusians 275,763 54,573 48,202 172,251 x
Moldovans 258,619 181,124 27,775 45,607 22
Crimean Tatars 248,193 228,373 184 15,208 43
Bulgarians 204,574 131,237 10,277 62,067 9
Hungarians 156,566 149,431 5,367 1,513 14
Romanians 150,989 138,522 9,367 2,297 4
Poles 144,130 18,660 102,268 22,495 390
Jews 103,591 3,213 13,924 85,964 16
Armenians 99,894 50,363 5,798 43,105 11
Greeks 91,548 5,829 4,359 80,992 9
Tatars 73,304 25,770 3,310 43,060 6
Roma people (Gypsies) 47,587 21,266 10,039 6,378 6
Azerbaijanis 45,176 23,958 3,224 16,968 36
Georgians 34,199 12,539 2,818 18,589 15
Germans 33,302 4,056 7,360 21,549 20
Gagauzs 31,923 22,822 1,102 7,232 2
Koreans 12,711 2,223 700 9,662 0
Uzbeks 12,353 3,604 1,818 5,996 0
Chuvash 10,593 2,268 564 7,636 1
Mordvinians 9,331 1,473 646 7,168 0
Turks 8,844 7,923 133 567 0
Lithuanians 7,207 1,932 1,029 4,182 4
Arabs 6,575 4,071 897 1,235 0
Slovaks 6,397 2,633 2,665 335 0
Czechs 5,917 1,190 2,503 2,144 2
Kazakhs 5,526 1,041 822 3,470 11
Latvians 5,079 957 872 3,188 1
Ossetians 4,834 1,150 401 3,110 4
Udmurts 4,712 729 380 3,515 0
Lezghinians 4,349 1,507 330 2,341 4
Tadjiks 4,255 1,521 488 1,983 0
Bashkirs 4,253 843 336 2,920 0
Mari people 4,130 1,059 264 2,758 7
Thai 3,850 3,641 29 164 0
Turkmens 3,709 719 1,079 1,392 0
Albanians 3,308 1,740 301 1,181 0
Assyrians 3,143 883 408 1,730 0
Chechens 2,877 1,581 212 977 0
Estonians 2,868 416 321 2,107 4
Chinese people 2,213 1,817 73 307 0
Kurds 2,088 1,173 236 396 0
Darghins 1,610 409 199 955 0
Komis 1,545 330 127 1,046 0
Karelians 1,522 96 145 1,244 1
Avars 1,496 582 121 761 0
Indo-Pakistanis 1,483 1,092 26 192 0
Abkhazians 1,458 317 268 797 0
Karaites 1,196 72 160 931 0
Komi-Permians 1,165 160 79 898 1
Kyrgyz people 1,128 208 221 617 19
Laks 1,019 199 271 514 13
Afghanis 1,008 551 60 213 0
other 3,228 1,027 144 790 0
NA 188,639 0 1,108 1,844 1
Native languages according to 2001 census
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crimean-tatar bulgarian hungarian

Literacy

  • definition: age 15 and over can read and write
  • total population: 99.3%
  • male: 99.7%
  • female: 99.2% (2001 census)
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Regional differences

Regional differences in population change

Natural population growth rates by oblast (2009)

Between the Soviet census of 1989 and the Ukrainian census of 2001, Ukraine's population declined from 51,706,600 to 48,457,020,[21] a loss of 2,926,700 people or 5.7% of the 1989 population. However, this trend has been quite uneven and varied regionally. Two regions in western Ukraine — Rivne and Zakarpattia, saw slight population increases of .3% and .5% respectively. A third western Ukrainian region, Volyn, lost less than .1% of its population between 1989 and 2001.[21] Collectively, between 1989 and 2001 the seven westernmost regions of Ukraine lost 167,500 people or 1.7% of their 1989 population. The total population of these regions in 2001 was 9,593,800.[21]

Between 1989 and 2001, the population of Kiev City increased by .3% [21] due to positive net-migration.[citation needed] Outside the capital, the central, southern and eastern regions experienced a severe decline in population. Between 1989 and 2001, the Donetsk region lost 491,300 people or 9.2% of its 1989 population, and neighbouring Luhansk region lost 11% of its population.[21]Chernihiv region, in central Ukraine northeast of Kiev, lost 170,600 people or 12% of its 1989 population, the highest percentage loss in of any region in Ukraine. In southern Ukraine, Odessa region lost 173,600 people, or 6.6% of its 1989 population. By 2001, Crimea's population declined by 29,900 people, representing only 1.4% of the 1989 population.[21] However, this was due to the influx of approximately 200,000 Crimean Tatars – a number equivalent to approximately 10% of Crimea's 1989 population - who arrived in Crimea after 1989 and whose population in that region increased by a factor of 6.4 from 38,000 to 243,400 between 1989 and 2001.[22] Collectively, the net population loss in the regions of Ukraine outside the westernmost regions was 2,759,200 people or 6.6% of the 1989 population. The total population of these regions in 2001 was 39,186,100.[21]

Thus, from 1989–2001 the pattern of population change was one of slight growth in Kiev, slight declines in western Ukraine, large declines in eastern, central and southern Ukraine and slight decline in Crimea due to a large influx of Crimean Tatars.

Natural population growth
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All population, 2012 Urban population, 2009 Rural population, 2009

Regional differences in birth and fertility rates

Birth rate in Ukraine, 2003
Birth rate in Ukraine, 2010

Ukraine's total fertility rate is one of the lowest in Europe.[23][24] However, significant regional differences in birth rates may account for some of the demographic differences. In the third quarter of 2007, for instance, the highest birth rate among Ukrainian regions occurred in Volyn Oblast, with a birth rate of 13.4/1,000 people, compared to the Ukrainian country-wide average of 9.6/1,000 people.[25] Volyn's birthrate is higher than the average birth rate of any European country with the exceptions of Iceland and Albania.[26] In 2007, for the first time since 1990, five Ukrainian regions (Zakarpattia Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Volyn Oblast, Lviv Oblast, and Kiev Oblast) experienced more births than deaths.[27] This demonstrates a positive trend of increasing birthrates in the last couple of years throughout Ukraine. The ratio of births to deaths in those regions in 2007 was 119%, 117%, 110%, 100.7%, and 108%, respectively.[27] With the exception of Kiev region, all of the regions with more births than deaths were in the less industrially developed regions of western Ukraine. According to a spokesperson for Ukraine's Ministry of Justice, the overall ratio of births to deaths in Ukraine had improved from 1 to 1.7 in 2004-2005 to 1 to 1.4 in 2008. However, the worst birth to death ratios in the country were in the eastern and central oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Cherkasy and Poltava. In these regions, for every birth there were 2.1 deaths.[28]

Notably, western Ukraine never experienced the Holodomor, as Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania ruled it at the time, helping to explain the better demographics there, as the rural population was never devastated.

Abortion behavior in the North, South, East and Center regions of Ukraine are relatively homogeneous while the Western region differs greatly. Overall, the abortion rate in western Ukraine is three times lower than in other regions; however this is not due to an increased use of modern contraceptive methods in the West, but simply due to the fact that pregnant women in the Western regions are more likely to keep their babies.[29] Donetsk and Dniproptrovsk oblasts in eastern and central Ukraine have the country's highest rate of abortions.[30]

Regional differences and death rates and health

Death rate in Ukraine 2010

Death rates also vary widely by region; Eastern and southern Ukraine have the highest death rates in the country, and the life expectancy for children born in Chernigov, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Nikolaev, and Odessa regions is 1.5 years lower than the national average.[31] Ukraine had a suicide rate of 29.6 per 100,000 population in 1998, a significant increase from the suicide rate of 19 per 100,000 in 1988. Suicides are more frequent in the industrially developed regions and in the rural areas of the country than in the cities; In western Ukraine, the suicide rate was lower than the national average at 11.1 per 100,000.[32]

The Southern and eastern Ukrainian regions also suffer from the highest rates of HIV and AIDS, which impacts life expectancy. In late 2000, 60% of all AIDS cases in Ukraine were concentrated in the Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions.[33] A major reason for this is the fact that the urbanized and industrialized regions in the East and South of Ukraine suffered most from the economic crisis in the 90s, which in turn led to the spread of unemployment, alcoholism, and drug abuse, thus setting the conditions for wider spread of the epidemic.[34]

Regional differences in income

In terms of income, the rural western and central regions of Ukraine are the poorest while Kiev and the industrialized eastern regions of Ukraine are the wealthiest. In December 2010 the average monthly income in Ukraine was 2629 hryvnias. The poorest regions in Ukraine, Volyn and Chernihiv, had monthly incomes of 1995 and 1951 hryvnias, respectively. In contrast, the monthly income in the city of Kiev was 4174 hryvnias per month, the city of Sevastopol 2712 hryvnias per month, and in Kiev region was 2647 per month. Outside of the capital and the city of Sevastopol, the wealthiest regions were Donetsk and Luhansk, whose monthly incomes were 2654 and 2631 hryvnias per month, respectively.[35]

In terms of poverty rates, the western and southern regions of Ukraine (particularly rural areas within those regions) have the country's highest poverty rates while Ukraine's eastern regions have the lowest poverty rates. In 2001, 39 percent of Ukraine's population could be defined as poor when the World Bank's poverty threshold of a dollar per day per capita was used. According to these standards, 49 percent of rural western Ukrainians and 45 percent of urban western Ukrainians were poor. In southern Ukraine, the percentages of poor were 51 and 40 percent, respectively. In contrast, 35% of urban and rural Ukrainians were poor based on per capita income less than one dollar per day in the regions of Eastern Ukraine. When povery was measured according to the percentage of the population who spent 80% or more of their income on food, regional differences shrank somewhat. In the western regions of Ukraine, 28 percent of rural residents and 9 percent of urban residents spent 80% of their income or more on food. In Ukraine's eastern regions, 19 percent of rural and 11 percent of urban residents spent 80% or more of their income on food.[36]

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Urbanization

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Urbabization rate, 2011 Population density, 2011 Medium population of rural settlements, 2011


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Migration

Migration growth rate in 2012 (per 1000)

Ukraine is the major source of migrants in many of the European Union Member States. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Ukraine's sputtering economy and political instability contributed to rising emigration, especially to nearby Poland and Hungary, but also to other States such as Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Israel, Russia and Canada. Although estimates vary, approximately two to three million Ukrainian citizens are currently working abroad, most of them illegally, in construction, service, housekeeping, and agriculture industries.

Between 1991 and 2004, the government counted 2,537,400 individuals who emigrated; 1,897,500 moved to other post-Soviet states, and 639,900 moved to other, mainly Western, states.[37]

By the early 2000s, Ukrainian embassies reported that 300,000 Ukrainian citizens were working in Poland, 200,000 in Italy, approximately 200,000 in the Czech Republic, 150,000 in Portugal, 100,000 in Spain, 35,000 in Turkey, 20,000 in the United States and small significant numbers in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The largest number of Ukrainian workers abroad, about one million, are in the Russian Federation. Since 1992, 232,072 persons born in Ukraine have emigrated to the US.

From the point of view of the economic impact on natives, more appropriate than the absolute numbers is the volume of immigration as a proportion of the native population. Excluding the Russian Federation, Portugal and the Czech Republic have the highest rate of Ukrainian emigrants as a proportion of the native population, while the much larger Italy has the largest absolute confirmed number of Ukrainian emigrants (leaving aside Poland, for which there is conflicting data).

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See also

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  37. ^ By Olena Malynovska, National Institute for International Security Problems, Kyiv Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy
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