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Ukraine Population and Religion Percentage
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe, after Russia, and the eighth-most populous country in Europe. As per the UN World Population Prospects, the population of Ukraine in 2021 is 43,733,759 (43.7 million or 43.7 Crores).
Before the full-scale Russian invasion, 42-43 million people lived in Ukraine, excluding the territories that Russia was occupying — Crimea and eastern Ukraine. As of 8 November 2022, over 7.8 million Ukrainian refugees were forced to leave Ukraine.
Estimated Population of Ukraine in 2025: 38,759,076 (38 million)
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| Ukraine | 2022 Population |
| Total Population | 43,192,120 |
| Global Rank | 35th |
| Share of World Pop. | 0.56% |
| Land Area | 579,300 sq. km (223,700 sq. mi) |
| Area Rank | 45th |
| Pop. Density | 75 person/sq.km |
| Growth rate | -8.05% |
| Fertility Rate* | 1.44 |
| Infant mortality rate** | 6 |
| Median Age | 41.2 years |
| Life Expectancy | 72.50 yers |
| Urban Population | 69.4% |
Religion in Ukraine
Christianity is the main religion in Ukraine and 87% of the population follows Christianity. Ukraine has the world’s second-largest Eastern Orthodox population, after Russia.
Among Christians Eastern Orthodox is followed by the majority, 72.7% of the population declared themselves to be Orthodox, 8.8% Greek Rite Catholics, 2.3% Protestants, and 0.9% Latin Rite Catholics. Other Christians comprised 2.3%.
According to the KIIS study, roughly 58.3% of the Ukrainian Orthodox population were members of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and 25.4% were members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).
Non-Christian faiths account for 1%, and the remaining 11% are classified as unaffiliated, which can mean agnostic, atheist, or “nothing in particular.”
Other Religions include Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and smaller faiths.
Religion Percentage in Ukraine
| Religion | Percentage |
| Christianity | 87% |
| Orthodoxy | – 72.7% |
| Catholicism | – 9.7% |
| Protestantism | – 2.3% |
| Other Christians | – 2.3% |
| Other Religion | 0.8% |
| Judaism | -0.4% |
| Others | -0.4% |
| Unaffiliated | -11% |
| No answer | -1% |
Largest Cities in Ukraine by Population
| # | City | Region | Population |
| 1 | Kyiv | Kyiv (city) | 29,67,360 |
| 2 | Kharkiv | Kharkiv | 14,43,207 |
| 3 | Odessa | Odessa | 10,17,699 |
| 4 | Dnipro | Dnipropetrovsk | 9,90,724 |
| 5 | Donetsk | Donetsk | 9,08,456 |
| 6 | Zaporizhzhia | Zaporizhzhia | 7,31,922 |
| 7 | Lviv | Lviv | 7,24,314 |
| 8 | Kryvyi Rih | Dnipropetrovsk | 6,19,278 |
| 9 | Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | 4,80,080 |
| 10 | Mariupol | Donetsk | 4,36,569 |
| 11 | Luhansk | Luhansk | 4,01,297 |
| 12 | Vinnytsia | Vinnytsia | 3,70,707 |
| 13 | Makiivka | Donetsk | 3,41,362 |
| 14 | Sevastopol | Sevastopol (city) | 3,40,297 |
| 15 | Simferopol | Crimea | 3,36,330 |
| 16 | Kherson | Kherson | 2,86,958 |
| 17 | Chernihiv | Chernihiv | 2,86,899 |
| 18 | Poltava | Poltava | 2,86,649 |
| 19 | Cherkasy | Cherkasy | 2,74,762 |
| 20 | Khmelnytskyi | Khmelnytskyi | 2,73,713 |
Source: Census 2020
Source: United Nation World Populations Prospects
*Fertility rate, average number of children born to women during their reproductive years.
**Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age.