| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
| Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
The current population of Ukraine is 42,853,868 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ukraine is projected at 43,466,819 or 43.467 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Ukraine is projected at 43,733,762 or 43.734 million people for the year 2020. Ukraine ranks number 35th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Ukraine is ranked 7th among 41 countries in Europe.
Ukraine's population peaked in 1990 with 51.46 mn people after Ukraine's population decreased year by year. The Ukraine population is projected to reach 40.88 million in 2030 and decrease further to 35.22 million in 2050 and 24.41 million by 2100. Ukraine accounts for 0.55 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 1.46% of 1951 and is projected to decline at 0.22% by 2100.
Ukraine was at 15th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 72nd in 2100.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
| 2020 | 43,733,762 | -259,876 | -0.59 | 0.56 |
| 2021 | 43,466,819 | -266,943 | -0.61 | 0.55 |
| 2022 | 43,192,122 | -274,697 | -0.63 | 0.54 |
| 2023 | 42,911,306 | -280,816 | -0.65 | 0.53 |
| 2024 | 42,626,273 | -285,033 | -0.66 | 0.53 |
| 2025 | 42,338,579 | -287,694 | -0.67 | 0.52 |
| 2026 | 42,049,220 | -289,359 | -0.68 | 0.51 |
| 2027 | 41,758,652 | -290,568 | -0.69 | 0.50 |
| 2028 | 41,467,220 | -291,432 | -0.70 | 0.49 |
| 2029 | 41,175,055 | -292,165 | -0.70 | 0.49 |
| 2030 | 40,882,329 | -292,726 | -0.71 | 0.48 |
| 2031 | 40,589,431 | -292,898 | -0.72 | 0.47 |
| 2032 | 40,296,879 | -292,552 | -0.72 | 0.46 |
| 2033 | 40,005,067 | -291,812 | -0.72 | 0.46 |
| 2034 | 39,714,403 | -290,664 | -0.73 | 0.45 |
| 2035 | 39,425,172 | -289,231 | -0.73 | 0.44 |
| 2036 | 39,137,594 | -287,578 | -0.73 | 0.44 |
| 2037 | 38,851,726 | -285,868 | -0.73 | 0.43 |
| 2038 | 38,567,421 | -284,305 | -0.73 | 0.42 |
| 2039 | 38,284,422 | -282,999 | -0.73 | 0.42 |
| 2040 | 38,002,489 | -281,933 | -0.74 | 0.41 |
| 2041 | 37,721,611 | -280,878 | -0.74 | 0.41 |
| 2042 | 37,441,754 | -279,857 | -0.74 | 0.40 |
| 2043 | 37,162,737 | -279,017 | -0.75 | 0.40 |
| 2044 | 36,884,350 | -278,387 | -0.75 | 0.39 |
| 2045 | 36,606,388 | -277,962 | -0.75 | 0.39 |
| 2046 | 36,328,743 | -277,645 | -0.76 | 0.38 |
| 2047 | 36,051,340 | -277,403 | -0.76 | 0.38 |
| 2048 | 35,774,015 | -277,325 | -0.77 | 0.37 |
| 2049 | 35,496,626 | -277,389 | -0.78 | 0.37 |
| 2050 | 35,219,042 | -277,584 | -0.78 | 0.36 |
| 2051 | 34,941,241 | -277,801 | -0.79 | 0.36 |
| 2052 | 34,663,196 | -278,045 | -0.80 | 0.35 |
| 2053 | 34,384,756 | -278,440 | -0.80 | 0.35 |
| 2054 | 34,105,741 | -279,015 | -0.81 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 33,826,059 | -279,682 | -0.82 | 0.34 |
| 2056 | 33,545,779 | -280,280 | -0.83 | 0.34 |
| 2057 | 33,265,067 | -280,712 | -0.84 | 0.33 |
| 2058 | 32,984,199 | -280,868 | -0.84 | 0.33 |
| 2059 | 32,703,482 | -280,717 | -0.85 | 0.32 |
| 2060 | 32,423,259 | -280,223 | -0.86 | 0.32 |
| 2061 | 32,143,785 | -279,474 | -0.86 | 0.32 |
| 2062 | 31,865,328 | -278,457 | -0.87 | 0.31 |
| 2063 | 31,588,337 | -276,991 | -0.87 | 0.31 |
| 2064 | 31,313,301 | -275,036 | -0.87 | 0.30 |
| 2065 | 31,040,689 | -272,612 | -0.87 | 0.30 |
| 2066 | 30,770,832 | -269,857 | -0.87 | 0.30 |
| 2067 | 30,504,090 | -266,742 | -0.87 | 0.29 |
| 2068 | 30,240,982 | -263,108 | -0.86 | 0.29 |
| 2069 | 29,982,043 | -258,939 | -0.86 | 0.29 |
| 2070 | 29,727,770 | -254,273 | -0.85 | 0.28 |
| 2071 | 29,478,459 | -249,311 | -0.84 | 0.28 |
| 2072 | 29,234,373 | -244,086 | -0.83 | 0.28 |
| 2073 | 28,995,890 | -238,483 | -0.82 | 0.28 |
| 2074 | 28,763,385 | -232,505 | -0.80 | 0.27 |
| 2075 | 28,537,158 | -226,227 | -0.79 | 0.27 |
| 2076 | 28,317,332 | -219,826 | -0.77 | 0.27 |
| 2077 | 28,103,951 | -213,381 | -0.75 | 0.26 |
| 2078 | 27,897,081 | -206,870 | -0.74 | 0.26 |
| 2079 | 27,696,720 | -200,361 | -0.72 | 0.26 |
| 2080 | 27,502,815 | -193,905 | -0.70 | 0.26 |
| 2081 | 27,315,268 | -187,547 | -0.68 | 0.26 |
| 2082 | 27,133,862 | -181,406 | -0.66 | 0.25 |
| 2083 | 26,958,201 | -175,661 | -0.65 | 0.25 |
| 2084 | 26,787,770 | -170,431 | -0.63 | 0.25 |
| 2085 | 26,622,099 | -165,671 | -0.62 | 0.25 |
| 2086 | 26,460,883 | -161,216 | -0.61 | 0.25 |
| 2087 | 26,303,785 | -157,098 | -0.59 | 0.24 |
| 2088 | 26,150,174 | -153,611 | -0.58 | 0.24 |
| 2089 | 25,999,368 | -150,806 | -0.58 | 0.24 |
| 2090 | 25,850,729 | -148,639 | -0.57 | 0.24 |
| 2091 | 25,703,825 | -146,904 | -0.57 | 0.24 |
| 2092 | 25,558,323 | -145,502 | -0.57 | 0.24 |
| 2093 | 25,413,994 | -144,329 | -0.56 | 0.23 |
| 2094 | 25,270,626 | -143,368 | -0.56 | 0.23 |
| 2095 | 25,127,979 | -142,647 | -0.56 | 0.23 |
| 2096 | 24,985,778 | -142,201 | -0.57 | 0.23 |
| 2097 | 24,843,658 | -142,120 | -0.57 | 0.23 |
| 2098 | 24,701,224 | -142,434 | -0.57 | 0.23 |
| 2099 | 24,557,997 | -143,227 | -0.58 | 0.23 |
| 2100 | 24,413,455 | -144,542 | -0.59 | 0.22 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
| 1950 | 37,297,648 | - | - | 1.47 |
| 1951 | 37,815,538 | 517,890 | 1.39 | 1.46 |
| 1952 | 38,360,066 | 544,528 | 1.44 | 1.46 |
| 1953 | 38,915,823 | 555,757 | 1.45 | 1.45 |
| 1954 | 39,471,403 | 555,580 | 1.43 | 1.45 |
| 1955 | 40,019,491 | 548,088 | 1.39 | 1.44 |
| 1956 | 40,557,026 | 537,535 | 1.34 | 1.44 |
| 1957 | 41,085,023 | 527,997 | 1.30 | 1.43 |
| 1958 | 41,607,891 | 522,868 | 1.27 | 1.42 |
| 1959 | 42,132,436 | 524,545 | 1.26 | 1.41 |
| 1960 | 42,664,652 | 532,216 | 1.26 | 1.41 |
| 1961 | 43,206,345 | 541,693 | 1.27 | 1.40 |
| 1962 | 43,752,230 | 545,885 | 1.26 | 1.39 |
| 1963 | 44,288,608 | 536,378 | 1.23 | 1.38 |
| 1964 | 44,796,964 | 508,356 | 1.15 | 1.37 |
| 1965 | 45,264,548 | 467,584 | 1.04 | 1.36 |
| 1966 | 45,684,979 | 420,431 | 0.93 | 1.34 |
| 1967 | 46,063,228 | 378,249 | 0.83 | 1.32 |
| 1968 | 46,411,810 | 348,582 | 0.76 | 1.31 |
| 1969 | 46,749,283 | 337,473 | 0.73 | 1.29 |
| 1970 | 47,088,857 | 339,574 | 0.73 | 1.27 |
| 1971 | 47,435,010 | 346,153 | 0.74 | 1.26 |
| 1972 | 47,783,005 | 347,995 | 0.73 | 1.24 |
| 1973 | 48,125,842 | 342,837 | 0.72 | 1.23 |
| 1974 | 48,452,626 | 326,784 | 0.68 | 1.21 |
| 1975 | 48,755,665 | 303,039 | 0.63 | 1.20 |
| 1976 | 49,032,729 | 277,064 | 0.57 | 1.18 |
| 1977 | 49,287,127 | 254,398 | 0.52 | 1.17 |
| 1978 | 49,523,314 | 236,187 | 0.48 | 1.15 |
| 1979 | 49,747,989 | 224,675 | 0.45 | 1.14 |
| 1980 | 49,965,874 | 217,885 | 0.44 | 1.12 |
| 1981 | 50,176,401 | 210,527 | 0.42 | 1.11 |
| 1982 | 50,377,072 | 200,671 | 0.40 | 1.09 |
| 1983 | 50,568,029 | 190,957 | 0.38 | 1.08 |
| 1984 | 50,749,188 | 181,159 | 0.36 | 1.06 |
| 1985 | 50,919,275 | 170,087 | 0.34 | 1.05 |
| 1986 | 51,077,454 | 158,179 | 0.31 | 1.03 |
| 1987 | 51,219,912 | 142,458 | 0.28 | 1.01 |
| 1988 | 51,338,383 | 118,471 | 0.23 | 1.00 |
| 1989 | 51,422,333 | 83,950 | 0.16 | 0.98 |
| 1990 | 51,463,105 | 40,772 | 0.08 | 0.97 |
| 1991 | 51,461,273 | -1,832 | 0.00 | 0.95 |
| 1992 | 51,415,965 | -45,308 | -0.09 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | 51,316,010 | -99,955 | -0.19 | 0.92 |
| 1994 | 51,147,773 | -168,237 | -0.33 | 0.90 |
| 1995 | 50,903,785 | -243,988 | -0.48 | 0.89 |
| 1996 | 50,580,475 | -323,310 | -0.64 | 0.87 |
| 1997 | 50,187,276 | -393,199 | -0.78 | 0.85 |
| 1998 | 49,746,523 | -440,753 | -0.88 | 0.83 |
| 1999 | 49,288,734 | -457,789 | -0.92 | 0.81 |
| 2000 | 48,838,065 | -450,669 | -0.91 | 0.79 |
| 2001 | 48,401,656 | -436,409 | -0.89 | 0.78 |
| 2002 | 47,980,039 | -421,617 | -0.87 | 0.76 |
| 2003 | 47,582,461 | -397,578 | -0.83 | 0.75 |
| 2004 | 47,217,493 | -364,968 | -0.77 | 0.73 |
| 2005 | 46,890,772 | -326,721 | -0.69 | 0.72 |
| 2006 | 46,607,395 | -283,377 | -0.60 | 0.70 |
| 2007 | 46,366,353 | -241,042 | -0.52 | 0.69 |
| 2008 | 46,158,711 | -207,642 | -0.45 | 0.68 |
| 2009 | 45,970,941 | -187,770 | -0.41 | 0.67 |
| 2010 | 45,792,090 | -178,851 | -0.39 | 0.66 |
| 2011 | 45,619,844 | -172,246 | -0.38 | 0.65 |
| 2012 | 45,453,806 | -166,038 | -0.36 | 0.64 |
| 2013 | 45,286,983 | -166,823 | -0.37 | 0.63 |
| 2014 | 45,111,532 | -175,451 | -0.39 | 0.62 |
| 2015 | 44,921,639 | -189,893 | -0.42 | 0.61 |
| 2016 | 44,713,702 | -207,937 | -0.46 | 0.60 |
| 2017 | 44,487,709 | -225,993 | -0.51 | 0.59 |
| 2018 | 44,246,156 | -241,553 | -0.54 | 0.58 |
| 2019 | 43,993,638 | -252,518 | -0.57 | 0.57 |