An estimate of the population of all Ukrainian oblasts and other territories was recorded in 2012. The war in Donbas, beginning in the spring of 2014, caused an estimated 1.5 million people from Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast to flee to Russia or other parts of Ukraine.Donetsk, Luhansk: The 'People's Republics' one year on, Deutsche Welle (11 May 2015)Between War and Peace - Life Near the Front in Eastern Ukraine (between minutes 23 and 24 into the documentary), Deutsche Welle (18 May 2015) Since the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014, Crimea and Sevastopol have been disputed between Russia and Ukraine, with Russia signing a treaty of accession on 18 March 2014 with the self-declared independent Republic of Crimea, absorbing it into the Russia, though this is not recognised by Ukraine or most of the international community.
RankingOblastPopulation (2022)Population (2012)Urban population (2012)Rural population (2012)1Donetsk OblastDue to war and/or occupation statistical information cannot be gathered and therefore is outdated. 4,059,372 4,387,702 3,973,317 414,3852Dnipropetrovsk Oblast3,096,485 3,258,705 2,724,872 533,8333Kyiv 2,952,301 2,900,920 2,900,920 N/A4Kharkiv Oblast 2,598,961 2,720,342 2,193,027 527,3155Lviv Oblast 2,478,133 2,535,476 1,545,628 989,8486Odesa Oblast2,351,392 2,387,282 1,592,602 794,6807Luhansk Oblast 2,102,921 2,263,676 1,963,808 299,8688Autonomous Republic of Crimea 1,963,770 1,231,648 732,1229Zaporizhzhia Oblast1,638,462 1,755,663 1,355,126 400,53710Kyiv Oblast1,795,079 1,731,673 1,077,600 654,07311Vinnytsia Oblast1,509,515 1,604,270 813,906 790,36412Poltava Oblast1,352,283 1,440,684 892,177 548,50713Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast1,351,822 1,382,721 603,858 778,86314Khmelnytskyi Oblast1,228,829 1,296,103 729,963 566,14015Zakarpattia Oblast1,244,476 1,259,497 466,985 792,51216Zhytomyr Oblast1,179,032 1,249,225 734,462 514,76317Cherkasy Oblast1,160,744 1,246,166 707,539 538,62718Rivne Oblast1,141,784 1,162,049 553,247 608,80219Mykolaiv Oblast1,091,821 1,159,634 791,227 368,40720Sumy Oblast1,035,772 1,115,051 764,436 350,61521Ternopil Oblast1,021,713 1,066,523 475,443 591,08022Kherson Oblast1,001,598 1,063,803 651,241 412,56223Chernihiv Oblast959,315 1,047,023 676,001 371,02224Volyn Oblast1,021,356 1,042,855 545,568 497,28725Kirovohrad Oblast903,712 974,724 612,237 362,48726Chernivtsi Oblast890,457 910,001 391,491 518,51027Sevastopol 509,992 509,992 N/A
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Subdivisions of Ukraine List of cities in Ukraine
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