👥 Ukrainian Oblasts by Population
Population of the oblasts before the full-scale invasion (2022 estimate).
Donetsk10%
Dnipropetrovsk7.9%
Kyiv7.5%
Kharkiv6.6%
Lviv6.3%
Odesa6%
Luhansk5.3%
Zaporizhzhia4.2%
Vinnytsia3.8%
Poltava3.4%
Ivano-Frankivsk3.4%
Zakarpattia3.2%
Khmelnytskyi3.1%
Zhytomyr3%
Cherkasy2.9%
Rivne2.9%
Mykolaiv2.8%
Sumy2.6%
Ternopil2.6%
Volyn2.6%
Kherson2.5%
Chernihiv2.4%
Kirovohrad
Chernivtsi
1
Donetsk
4.06M
2
Dnipropetrovsk
3.10M
3
Kyiv
2.95M
4
Kharkiv
2.60M
5
Lviv
2.48M
6
Odesa
2.35M
7
Luhansk
2.10M
8
Zaporizhzhia
1.64M
9
Vinnytsia
1.51M
10
Poltava
1.35M
11
Ivano-Frankivsk
1.35M
12
Zakarpattia
1.24M
13
Khmelnytskyi
1.23M
14
Zhytomyr
1.18M
15
Cherkasy
1.16M
16
Rivne
1.14M
17
Mykolaiv
1.09M
18
Sumy
1.04M
19
Ternopil
1.02M
20
Volyn
1.02M
21
Kherson
1.00M
22
Chernihiv
0.96M
23
Kirovohrad
0.90M
24
Chernivtsi
0.89M
Highlights
Within Ukraine, Donetsk ranks first in 2022 with 4.06M, followed by Dnipropetrovsk (3.10M) and Kyiv (2.95M).
Across 24 entries, values run from 4.06M (Donetsk) to 0.89M (Chernivtsi), with a median of 1.24M.
Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine (2022 estimate) (via Wikipedia), 2022. Unit: million people.
Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine (2022 estimate) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Pre-war estimate; it does not reflect displacement since 2022.