How many people live in Ukraine right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
39,443,526
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 40 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.47%
- Median age
- 41.8 years
- Children per woman
- 1.00
- Life expectancy
- 75.0 years
- People per km²
- 68
According to UN estimates, about 39.4 million people live in Ukraine right now. It ranks 40th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Angola and Morocco, and it is home to one in every 211 people on the planet.
Every day, about 660 people are born there and about 1,400 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 6,200 people a year. Overall, the population shrinks by about 800 people a day (0.74% a year).
In 1950, about 37.3 million people lived there. Today there are almost as many. It peaked in 1993, at about 52.4 million, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 32.0 million people (19% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 15.2 million.
Half of its people are younger than 42 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.00 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 75 years (worldwide, 74). There are 68 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Ukraine in 2026?
- Ukraine has about 39.4 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 39,535,848.
- How many people are born each day in Ukraine?
- About 660 a day (242,000 a year). About 1,400 people die each day (527,000 a year).
- Is the population of Ukraine growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.74% a year, or about 291,000 people.
- What will the population of Ukraine be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 32.0 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Yemen 43,333,319
- Canada 40,567,116
- Angola 40,591,573
- Morocco 38,862,811
- Poland 37,796,178
- Uzbekistan 37,929,565
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,361
- Germany 83,580,343
- United Kingdom 70,046,043
- France 66,775,493
- Italy 58,850,846
- Spain 47,835,413
- Poland 37,796,178
- Romania 18,765,984
- Netherlands 18,477,005
- Belgium 11,779,075
- Sweden 10,713,768
- Czechia 10,520,782
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.