Demographics of Ukraine
| Demographics of Ukraine | |
|---|---|
 Population of Ukraine (in millions) from 1950-2010. |
|
| Population: | 45,644,419  (1 December 2011) |
| Growth rate: | -3.5  people/1,000 population (2011) |
| Birth rate: | 11.0 births/1,000 population (2011) |
| Death rate: | 14.5 deaths/1,000 population (2011) |
| Life expectancy: | 70.44 years (2010 est.) |
| –male: | 65.28 years |
| –female: | 75.50 years |
| Fertility rate: | 1.46 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | 9.1 deaths/1,000 infants (2010) |
| Net migration rate: | 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008) |
| Age structure: | |
| 0-14 years: | 14.2% (male 3,277,905/female 3,106,012) |
| 15-64 years: | 69.9% (male 15,443,818/female 16,767,931) |
| 65-over: | 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 is about 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.
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[edit] Historical Data
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1897 | 23,430,407 | — |
| 1905 | 30,837,300 | +31.6% |
| 1926 | 26,020,300 | −15.6% |
| 1931[2] | 23,263,000 | −10.6% |
| 1939 | 40,469,000 | +74.0% |
| 1959[3] | 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[4] | 45,778,500 | −0.4% |
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)[5] 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.[6][7] 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.
[edit] Ethnic Groups
[edit] Before WW II
| 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 | 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]. | ||||
[edit] After WW II
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).[8]
| 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 |
| Belarusians | 290,890 | 0.7 | 385,847 | 0.8 | 406,098 | 0.8 | 440,045 | 0.9 | 275,763 | 0.6 |
| Moldavians | 241,650 | 0.6 | 265,902 | 0.6 | 293,576 | 0.6 | 324,525 | 0.6 | 258,619 | 0.5 |
| 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 |
| Romanians | 100,863 | 0.2 | 112,141 | 0.2 | 121,795 | 0.3 | 134,825 | 0.3 | 150,989 | 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]. | ||||||||||
[edit] Vital statistics [9][10]
| Average population (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 2,09 | 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 | 51 891 | 657 202 | 629 602 | 27 600 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 0.5 | 1,84 | 1 019 038 |
| 1991 | 52 001 | 630 813 | 669 960 | -39 147 | 12.1 | 12.9 | -0.8 | 1,77 | 957 022 |
| 1992 | 52 151 | 596 785 | 697 110 | -100 325 | 11.4 | 13.4 | -1.9 | 1,67 | 932 272 |
| 1993 | 52 179 | 557 467 | 741 662 | -184 195 | 10.7 | 14.2 | -3.5 | 1,56 | 860 996 |
| 1994 | 51 921 | 521 545 | 764 669 | -243 124 | 10.0 | 14.7 | -4.7 | 1,47 | 798 538 |
| 1995 | 51 513 | 492 861 | 792 587 | -299 726 | 9.6 | 15.4 | -5.8 | 1,40 | 740 172 |
| 1996 | 51 058 | 467 211 | 776 717 | -309 506 | 9.2 | 15.2 | -6.1 | 1,33 | 687 035 |
| 1997 | 50 594 | 442 581 | 754 151 | -311 570 | 8.7 | 14.9 | -6.2 | 1,27 | 596 740 |
| 1998 | 50 144 | 419 238 | 719 954 | -300 716 | 8.4 | 14.4 | -6.0 | 1,21 | 525 329 |
| 1999 | 49 674 | 389 208 | 739 170 | -349 962 | 7.8 | 14.9 | -7.0 | 1,12 | 495 760 |
| 2000 | 49 177 | 385 126 | 758 082 | -372 956 | 7.8 | 15.4 | -7.6 | 1,11 | 434 223 |
| 2001 | 48 663 | 376 479 | 745 953 | -369 474 | 7.7 | 15.3 | -7.6 | 1,08 | 369 750 |
| 2002 | 48 203 | 390 687 | 754 911 | -364 224 | 8.1 | 15.7 | -7.6 | 1,13 | 345 967 |
| 2003 | 47 813 | 408 591 | 765 408 | -356 817 | 8.5 | 16.0 | -7.5 | 1,17 | 315 835 |
| 2004 | 47 452 | 427 259 | 761 263 | -334 004 | 9.0 | 16.0 | -7.0 | 1,22 | 289 065 |
| 2005 | 47 106 | 426 085 | 781 964 | -355 879 | 9.0 | 16.6 | -7.6 | 1,21 | 263 950 |
| 2006 | 46 788 | 460 368 | 758 093 | -297 725 | 9.8 | 16.2 | -6.4 | 1,31 | 229 618 |
| 2007 | 46 510 | 472 657 | 762 877 | -290 220 | 10.2 | 16.4 | -6.2 | 1,35 | 210 454 |
| 2008 | 46 258 | 510 588 | 754 462 | -243 874 | 11.0 | 16.3 | -5.3 | 1,46 | 143 498 |
| 2009 | 46 053 | 512 526 | 706 740 | -194 214 | 11.1 | 15.3 | -4.2 | 1,47 | |
| 2010 | 45 871 | 497 689 | 698 235 | -200 546 | 10.8 | 15.2 | -4.4 | 1,44 | |
| 2011 | 45 778 | 502 595 | 664 588 | -161 993 | 11.0 | 14.5 | -3.5 | 1,46 | |
| 1 Deaths 1950-1959 are estimates | |||||||||
[edit] Demographic statistics
[edit] Population
45,633,600 (1 January, 2012)[14]
[edit] Current Vital Statistics
The number of births during the period January–November 2011 increased by 3,628 over the same period in 2010, which had been depressed due to the economic crisis of 2008. The birth rate for January to November 2011 was 11.0 per 1,000 population, a slight increase over 10.9 during January-November 2010.
-Number of births from January to November 2009 = 471 386
-Number of births from January to November 2010 = 456 884
-Number of births from January to November 2011 = 460 512
Conversely the number of deaths during the same period was down sharply by 28 820.[14][14] The mortality rate for January to November 2011 was 14.6 deaths per 1000 inhabitants which represent a very significant decline compared with a rate of 15.2 during the period January to November 2010.
-Number of deaths from January to November 2009 = 643 956
-Number of deaths from January to November 2010 = 638 389
-Number of deaths from January to November 2011 = 609 569
Between the period January-November 2009 and in 2011 the natural increase over the last three years were respectively -4.1 per 1,000 in 2009, -4.3 in 2010, and -3.6 in 2011.
Natural increase between January and November 2009 = - 172 570
Natural increase between January and November 2010 = - 181 505
Natural increase between January and November 2011 = - 149 057
[edit] Year in Review 2011
Compared to 2010. amount of attrition decreased by 38,500 persons, or 4.4 to 3.5 persons per 1000 inhabitants real. Natural reduction was observed in 22 regions of the country, and only in Kyiv, Zakarpattya, Rivne, Volyn and Chernivtsi regions recorded a natural increase of population (respectively 5018, 3872, 3529, 778 and 89 people). Some regions have to when it registered a poor negative natural growth such as Ivano-Frankivsk, Sevastopol, Lviv, Ternopil and Kherson (which was, respectively, -160, -1139, -2258, -2865 and -3743 people). Register regions with the largest declines were those of Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Poltava and Chernihiv (respectively -29322, -15990, -15936, -13762, -10217 and -10045). These latter regions have in common is their low birth rate and their high mortality of a large urban population and a strong rural population aging.
The natural movement of the population in 2011 was characterized by higher fertility than 1% compared to 2010 and a sharp reduction in mortality that is at its lowest level since 1994, while the number of deaths is the most lowest since 1991. There remains a significant excess of deaths over the number of live births: 100 deaths accounted for 76 births.
[edit] Age structure
- 0–15 years: 15.2%= 6,982,589
(male 3,586,470/female 3,396,119) - 16–64 years: 69.2%= 31,631,141 (male 15,134,453/female 16,496,688)
- 65 years and over: 15.6%= 7,168,862
(male 2,386,144/female 4,782,718) (2010 est.)
[edit] Median age
- total: 40.3 years
- male: 37.5 years
- female: 42.7 years (2011 est.)
- total: 36.5 years
- male: 33.6 years
- female: 38.9 years (1989 est.)
[edit] Net migration rate
0.3 migrant(s)/1,002 population (2008)[15]
[edit] 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.)
[edit] Infant mortality rate
- 9.1 deaths/1,000 infants (2010)[16]
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 70.44= years
- male: 65.28= years
- female: 75.50= years (2010 est.)
[edit] Total fertility rate
6.00 children born/woman (1913 est.)
5.39 children born/woman (1925 est.)
1,08 children born/woman (2001 est.)
1.46 children born/woman (2011 est.)
The year 2001 has won the record for the lowest fertility rates ever recorded European. During this year the number of children born accounted for even half of those born in the year 1987, with some exceptions for the former East Germany who register a rate of 0.77 in 1994. And some mini Asian states such as Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong.
[edit] HIV/AIDS
adult prevalence rate 1.46% (2006 est.)[17]
people living with HIV/AIDS 377,600 (2006 est.)[17]
deaths 20,000 (2003 est.)
[edit] Nationality
- noun: Ukrainian(s)
- adjective: Ukrainian
[edit] Religions
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.)[18]
[edit] Languages
Ukrainian 67%, Russian 30%, Crimean Tatar, Bulgarian-, Romanian-, 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.[8]
| Group | Pop | Native | Ukrainian | Russian | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainians | 37541693 | 31970728 | x | 5544729 | 532 |
| Russians | 8334141 | 7993832 | 328152 | x | 402 |
| Belarusians | 275763 | 54573 | 48202 | 172251 | x |
| Moldavians | 258619 | 181124 | 27775 | 45607 | 22 |
| Crimean Tatars | 248193 | 228373 | 184 | 15208 | 43 |
| Bulgarians | 204574 | 131237 | 10277 | 62067 | 9 |
| Hungarians | 156566 | 149431 | 5367 | 1513 | 14 |
| Romanians | 150989 | 138522 | 9367 | 2297 | 4 |
| Poles | 144130 | 18660 | 102268 | 22495 | 390 |
| Jews | 103591 | 3213 | 13924 | 85964 | 16 |
| Armenians | 99894 | 50363 | 5798 | 43105 | 11 |
| Greeks | 91548 | 5829 | 4359 | 80992 | 9 |
| Tatars | 73304 | 25770 | 3310 | 43060 | 6 |
| Roma people (Gypsies) | 47587 | 21266 | 10039 | 6378 | 6 |
| Azerbaijanis | 45176 | 23958 | 3224 | 16968 | 36 |
| Georgians | 34199 | 12539 | 2818 | 18589 | 15 |
| Germans | 33302 | 4056 | 7360 | 21549 | 20 |
| Gagauzs | 31923 | 22822 | 1102 | 7232 | 2 |
| Koreans | 12711 | 2223 | 700 | 9662 | 0 |
| Uzbeks | 12353 | 3604 | 1818 | 5996 | 0 |
| Chuvash | 10593 | 2268 | 564 | 7636 | 1 |
| Mordvinians | 9331 | 1473 | 646 | 7168 | 0 |
| Turks | 8844 | 7923 | 133 | 567 | 0 |
| Lithuanians | 7207 | 1932 | 1029 | 4182 | 4 |
| Arabs | 6575 | 4071 | 897 | 1235 | 0 |
| Slovaks | 6397 | 2633 | 2665 | 335 | 0 |
| Czechs | 5917 | 1190 | 2503 | 2144 | 2 |
| Kazakhs | 5526 | 1041 | 822 | 3470 | 11 |
| Latvians | 5079 | 957 | 872 | 3188 | 1 |
| Ossetians | 4834 | 1150 | 401 | 3110 | 4 |
| Udmurts | 4712 | 729 | 380 | 3515 | 0 |
| Lezghinians | 4349 | 1507 | 330 | 2341 | 4 |
| Tadjiks | 4255 | 1521 | 488 | 1983 | 0 |
| Bashkirs | 4253 | 843 | 336 | 2920 | 0 |
| Mari people | 4130 | 1059 | 264 | 2758 | 7 |
| Thai | 3850 | 3641 | 29 | 164 | 0 |
| Turkmens | 3709 | 719 | 1079 | 1392 | 0 |
| Albanians | 3308 | 1740 | 301 | 1181 | 0 |
| Assyrians | 3143 | 883 | 408 | 1730 | 0 |
| Chechens | 2877 | 1581 | 212 | 977 | 0 |
| Estonians | 2868 | 416 | 321 | 2107 | 4 |
| Chinese people | 2213 | 1817 | 73 | 307 | 0 |
| Kurds | 2088 | 1173 | 236 | 396 | 0 |
| Darghins | 1610 | 409 | 199 | 955 | 0 |
| Komis | 1545 | 330 | 127 | 1046 | 0 |
| Karelians | 1522 | 96 | 145 | 1244 | 1 |
| Avars | 1496 | 582 | 121 | 761 | 0 |
| Indo-Pakistanis | 1483 | 1092 | 26 | 192 | 0 |
| Abkhazians | 1458 | 317 | 268 | 797 | 0 |
| Karaites | 1196 | 72 | 160 | 931 | 0 |
| Komi-Permians | 1165 | 160 | 79 | 898 | 1 |
| Kyrgyz people | 1128 | 208 | 221 | 617 | 19 |
| Laks | 1019 | 199 | 271 | 514 | 13 |
| Afghanis | 1008 | 551 | 60 | 213 | 0 |
| other | 3228 | 1027 | 144 | 790 | 0 |
| NA | 188639 | 0 | 1108 | 1844 | 1 |
[edit] Literacy
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 99.3%
- male: 99.7%
- female: 99.2% (2001 census)
[edit] Regional Differences
[edit] Regional Differences in Population Change
Between the Soviet census of 1989 and the Ukrainian census of 2001, Ukraine's population declined from 51,706,600 to 48,457,020,[19] 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.[19] 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.[19]
Between 1989 and 2001, the population of Kiev City increased by .3% [19] 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.[19] 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.[19] 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.[20] 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.[19]
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.
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[edit] Regional Differences in Birth and Fertility Rates
Ukraine's total fertility rate is one of the lowest in Europe.[21][22] 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.[23] Volyn's birthrate is higher than the average birth rate of any European country with the exceptions of Iceland and Albania.[24] 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.[25] 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.[25] 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.[26]
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.[27] Donetsk and Dniproptrovsk oblasts in eastern and central Ukraine have the country's highest rate of abortions.[28]
[edit] Regional Differences and Death Rates and Health
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.[29] 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.[30]
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.[31] 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.[32]
[edit] 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.[33]
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.[34]
[edit] Urbanization
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[edit] Migration
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.[35]
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. Portugal and the Czech Republic have the highest rate of Ukrainian emigrants as a proportion of the native population.
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ Population census of Ukraine, 2001
- ^ The Ukrainian Weekly of November 4, 1933
- ^ Demoscope
- ^ [1]
- ^ Brief description of Zenon Kuzela (Kuzelya) (English)
- ^ Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia Vol. 1, Book by Volodymyr Kubiyovych; University of Toronto Press, 1963
- ^ Posted availability of the book
- ^ a b Population census 2001: Population by nationality
- ^ [2] United Nations. Demographic Yearbooks
- ^ [3] State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
- ^ Ukrainian death rates 1950-2008 Demoscope Retrieved on 12-14-09
- ^ Ukrainian birth rates 1950-2008 Demoscope Retrieved on 12-14-09, 2009
- ^ State Statistics Committee of Ukraine Retrieved on 12-14-09
- ^ a b c State Statistics Committee of Ukraine - Total population, as of September, 2011. Average annual populations January – September 2011
- ^ State Statistics Committee of Ukraine - Migration Retrieved on March 26, 2009
- ^ State Statistics Committee of Ukraine - Natural increase in population in 2010 Retrieved on May 20, 2011
- ^ a b UNAIDS Eastern Europe 2008 report Retrieved on September 6, 2008
- ^ Опитування: Віруючим якої церкви, конфесії Ви себе вважаєте?
- ^ a b c d e f g All-Ukrainian Population Census 2001
- ^ About number and composition population of Autonomous Republic of Crimea by data All-Ukrainian population census
- ^ Рождаемость в Украине самая низкая в Европе, Demoscope.ru, April 16–29, 2007 (Russian)
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007). "United Nations World Population Prospects: 2006 revision, Table A.15". New York: UN. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ MIGnews: Volyn Region – Fertility Leader in Ukraine, 10 Oct 2007. Retrieved 19 Oct 2007.
- ^ CIA world factbook.
- ^ a b Ukrainian News: Birth Rate Exceeds Death Rate in Five Regions of Ukraine First Since 1990s 4th Oct 2007. Retrieved 19 Oct 2007.
- ^ Innas Filipeno. The Day. Births and deaths: A record-breaking half million children were born in Ukraine last year. #3. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ Natalia LEvchuk, Brienna Perelli-Harris. (2009). Declining Fertility in UKraine: What is the role of abortion and contraception? Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- ^ World Bank Report, Chapter 3: Demographic Forecast Under the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
- ^ Unicef. (2004). The Situation of Children and Young People at the Regional Level in Ukraine Prepared by Ukraine Country Statistical Team Co-ordinator: Iryna Kalachova State Statistic Committee, Kiev
- ^ Kryzhanovskaya, Ludmila; Pilyagina, Galina. (1999). Suicidal behavior in the Ukraine, 1988–1998.. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Vol 20(4),1999, 184-190.
- ^ The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality of the Kinsey Institute. Tamara V. Hovorun, Ph.D., and Borys M. Vornyk, Ph.D. (Medicine). Rewritten and updated in 2003 by T. V. Hovorun and B. M. Vornyk(2003) Ukraine.
- ^ Vulnerability Assessment of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) in Ukraine United Nations Development Programme, page 24 - Retrieved on December 08, 2009
- ^ Average Income in Ukraine Per Region Per Month, 2010 State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
- ^ Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, German Advisory Group on Economic Reform
- ^ By Olena Malynovska, National Institute for International Security Problems, Kyiv Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy
[edit] External links
- State Committee for Statistics of Ukraine, official web site (can be properly viewed only in Internet Explorer)
- Trafficking in and enslavement of women Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, 2–13 March 1998
- Migration News, 2001 University of California, Davis
- The demographic situation in Ukraine: present state. tendencies, and predictions, Razumkov Centre
- On the status of observance and protection of the rights of Ukrainian citizens abroad the Special Report of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
- News on Trafficking of Ukrainian Women, 2000-01 Trafficking in Women from Ukraine Research Project, University of Rhode Island
- Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy By Olena Malynovska, National Institute for International Security Problems, Kyiv, January 2006
- Emigration from Ukraine, Oct 23rd 2003 The Economist (subscription required)
