World Factbook
Ukraine
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
100%
female
100% (2021)
total population
100%
Languages
Languages
Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes Crimean Tatar, Moldovan/Romanian, and Hungarian) 2.9% (2001 est.)
major-language sample(s)
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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
Sex ratio
at birth
1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.12 male(s)/female
total population
0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.53 male(s)/female
Birth rate
6.24 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
17.61 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
41.4 years
total
44.6 years (2025 est.)
female
49.2 years
Population
male
17,510,149
total
35,661,826 (2024 est.)
female
18,151,677
Nationality
noun
Ukrainian(s)
adjective
Ukrainian
Tobacco use
male
35.5% (2025 est.)
total
20.4% (2025 est.)
female
8% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
70.1% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
-0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
12.3% (male 2,278,116/female 2,122,500)
15-64 years
67.8% (male 12,784,928/female 11,376,460)
65 years and over
19.9% (2024 est.) (male 2,447,105/female 4,652,717)
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.)
Dependency ratios
note
note: data include Crimea
total dependency ratio
47.6 (2024 est.)
youth dependency ratio
18.2 (2024 est.)
potential support ratio
3.4 (2024 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
29.4 (2024 est.)
Physician density
3.53 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
8% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
10.6% of national budget (2021 est.)
Net migration rate
35.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
6.3 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.22 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 93.6% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 90.8% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 6.4% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 9.2% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
5.1% of GDP (2021 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
12.7% national budget (2021 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
9.7 deaths/1,000 live births
total
8.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
7.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
2.42% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.59 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; notable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa
note: the ongoing war with Russia has shifted significant portions of the population, particularly in the east
Life expectancy at birth
male
65.4 years
female
75.8 years
total population
70.5 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
15 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
2.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
5.69 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.)
Major urban areas - population
3.017 million KYIV (capital), 1.421 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 942,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 888,000 Donetsk (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
24.1% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
26.2 years (2019 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
13 years (2021 est.)
total
13 years (2021 est.)
female
14 years (2021 est.)