Lugansk: population and official figures
What is the population of Luhansk?
Luhansk had an estimated present population of 397,677 on 1 January 2022, 18.9% of the population of Luhansk Oblast and 3rd smallest of 13 cities with pages on this site.
Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- The 2022 population figure for Luhansk is an estimate by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine; the city is under Russian occupation and no later official Ukrainian estimate is published. Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
Notes from the UN table: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is not presented due to incorrect calculations/estimates.
Who runs Lugansk?
In Ukraine, cities and towns are run by oblasts: Oblast council directly elected; executive power held by an oblast state administration whose head is appointed by the President (under martial law: oblast military administration). The council approves budgets and programmes; the appointed administration runs state functions.
How local power works in Ukraine
Cities of a similar size in Ukraine
- Kyiv 2,910,994
- Kharkiv 1,401,558
- Odessa 992,874
- Dnipro 958,377
- Donets'k 892,980
- Lviv 710,606
- Zaporozhye 706,116
- Krivoy Rog 602,390
- Nikolaev 465,516
- Mariupol 422,286
- Vinnitsa 367,901
- Makijivka 337,277
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Sources
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine: Statistical collection "Number of Present Population of Ukraine as of 1 January 2022" (regions, districts, communities and cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 33295ced9292…)
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