List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by population


This is a list of all Ukrainian oblasts and territories, in order of descending population. Note that since the War in Donbass started in the spring of 2014 1.5 million people from Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast have either fled to Russia or to other parts of Ukraine. Since March 2014 Crimea has 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 Russian Federation, though this is not recognised by Ukraine or most of the international community.
Population as of November 1st 2015
RankingPrefecturePopulationUrban populationRural population
1Donetsk Oblast4,387,7023,973,317414,385
2Dnipropetrovsk Oblast3,258,7052,724,872533,833
3Kyiv 2,900,9202,900,920-N/A-
4Kharkiv Oblast2,720,3422,193,027527,315
5Lviv Oblast2,535,4761,545,628989,848
6Odessa Oblast2,387,2821,592,602794,680
7Luhansk Oblast2,263,6761,963,808299,868
8Crimea 1,963,7701,231,648732,122
9Zaporizhia Oblast1,755,6631,355,126400,537
10Kyiv Oblast1,731,6731,077,600654,073
11Vinnytsia Oblast1,604,270813,906790,364
12Poltava Oblast1,440,684892,177548,507
13Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast1,382,721603,858778,863
14Khmelnytskyi Oblast1,296,103729,963566,140
15Zakarpattia Oblast1,259,497466,985792,512
16Zhytomyr Oblast1,249,225734,462514,763
17Cherkasy Oblast1,246,166707,539538,627
18Rivne Oblast1,162,049553,247608,802
19Mykolaiv Oblast1,159,634791,227368,407
20Sumy Oblast1,115,051764,436350,615
21Ternopil Oblast1,066,523475,443591,080
22Kherson Oblast1,063,803651,241412,562
23Chernihiv Oblast1,047,023676,001371,022
24Volyn Oblast1,042,855545,568497,287
25Kirovohrad Oblast974,724612,237362,487
26Chernivtsi Oblast910,001391,491518,510
27Sevastopol 381,685358,02923,656