2001 Ukrainian census

2001 Ukrainian Census

5 December 2001 (2001-12-05)

Emblem of the State Statistics Service
Logo of the census
General information
CountryUkraine
Topics
Census topics
  • People and population
  • Urban and rural population
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Ethnicity and language
  • Education
  • Marital status
AuthorityState Statistics Service
Website2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua
Results
Total population48,457,100 ( 6.3%)
Most populous regionDonetsk (4,841,100)
Least populous regionSevastopol (379,500)

The 2001 Ukrainian census is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. The next Ukrainian census was planned to be held in 2011 but has been repeatedly postponed.

The total population recorded in 2001 was 48,457,100, of which the urban population was 32,574,500 (67.2%), rural: 15,882,600 (32.8%), male: 22,441,400 (46.3%), female: 26,015,700 (53.7%). The total permanent population recorded was 48,241,000.