Regions of Ukraine: population and official figures
Ukraine is divided into 27 regions. The largest by population is Donetsk Oblast with 4,059,372 people (9.9% of the total); the smallest is Sevastopol with 0.
Who governs Ukraine's regions?
Oblasts (24), Autonomous Republic of Crimea, cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol: 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.
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All 27 regions, largest first
| # | Region | Population | Year | Growth (1 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donetsk Oblast | 4,059,372 | 2022 | – |
| 2 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 3,096,485 | 2022 | – |
| 3 | Kyiv | 2,952,301 | 2022 | – |
| 4 | Kharkiv Oblast | 2,598,961 | 2022 | – |
| 5 | Lviv Oblast | 2,478,133 | 2022 | – |
| 6 | Odesa Oblast | 2,351,392 | 2022 | – |
| 7 | Luhansk Oblast | 2,102,921 | 2022 | – |
| 8 | Kyiv Oblast | 1,795,079 | 2022 | – |
| 9 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 1,638,462 | 2022 | – |
| 10 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 1,509,515 | 2022 | – |
| 11 | Poltava Oblast | 1,352,283 | 2022 | – |
| 12 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 1,351,822 | 2022 | – |
| 13 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 1,244,476 | 2022 | – |
| 14 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 1,228,829 | 2022 | – |
| 15 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 1,179,032 | 2022 | – |
| 16 | Cherkasy Oblast | 1,160,744 | 2022 | – |
| 17 | Rivne Oblast | 1,141,784 | 2022 | – |
| 18 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 1,091,821 | 2022 | – |
| 19 | Sumy Oblast | 1,035,772 | 2022 | – |
| 20 | Ternopil Oblast | 1,021,713 | 2022 | – |
| 21 | Volyn Oblast | 1,021,356 | 2022 | – |
| 22 | Kherson Oblast | 1,001,598 | 2022 | – |
| 23 | Chernihiv Oblast | 959,315 | 2022 | – |
| 24 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 903,712 | 2022 | – |
| 25 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 890,457 | 2022 | – |
| 26 | Autonomous Republic of Crimea | – | – | |
| 27 | Sevastopol | – | – |
Cities: the largest cities of Ukraine.
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Sources
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine: Statistical yearbook "Regions of Ukraine 2021", Part I: population, labour, education, incomes, health, housing and crime by region, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e79c6e922ef0…)
- State Statistics Service of Ukraine: Statistical yearbook "Regions of Ukraine 2021", Part II: gross regional product, investment, foreign trade, prices and businesses by region, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 6540cc3b9b3a…)
- 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…)
- Ministry of Finance of Ukraine: Open Budget public API (localBudgetData): revenue of the consolidated budgets of each oblast, Kyiv and the largest city communities in 2024 and 2025, and their 2025 spending plans by function (saved API responses, one CSV per budget and query), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8a856cffe239…)
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal): Heads of the oblast and Kyiv city state administrations, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9595360920e7…)
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine: Local elections of 25 October 2020: elected deputies of local councils by region and type of council (summary), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9880a12a9e2c…)
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