Ukraine - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Ukraine was 44,134,690 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 52,179,200 in 1993 and a minimum value of 42,664,650 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 42,664,650
1961 43,206,350
1962 43,752,230
1963 44,288,610
1964 44,796,960
1965 45,264,550
1966 45,684,980
1967 46,063,220
1968 46,411,820
1969 46,749,290
1970 47,088,860
1971 47,435,010
1972 47,783,010
1973 48,125,830
1974 48,452,620
1975 48,755,660
1976 49,032,730
1977 49,287,120
1978 49,523,300
1979 49,748,000
1980 49,965,870
1981 50,221,000
1982 50,384,000
1983 50,564,000
1984 50,754,000
1985 50,917,000
1986 51,097,000
1987 51,293,000
1988 51,521,000
1989 51,773,000
1990 51,891,400
1991 52,000,500
1992 52,150,400
1993 52,179,200
1994 51,921,400
1995 51,512,800
1996 51,057,800
1997 50,594,600
1998 50,144,500
1999 49,674,000
2000 49,176,500
2001 48,662,400
2002 48,202,470
2003 47,812,950
2004 47,451,620
2005 47,105,170
2006 46,787,780
2007 46,509,360
2008 46,258,190
2009 46,053,330
2010 45,870,740
2011 45,706,090
2012 45,593,340
2013 45,489,650
2014 45,272,160
2015 45,154,040
2016 45,004,670
2017 44,831,140
2018 44,622,520
2019 44,386,200
2020 44,134,690

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population