Chernihiv Oblast: population and official figures

Chernihiv Oblast is a oblast of Ukraine, number 23 of 27 by population. Chernihiv Oblast had an estimated present population of 959,315 on 1 January 2022, 2.3% of Ukraine's total and 3rd smallest of 25 regions; the State Statistics Service has published no regional yearbook after this one because publication of statistics was restricted under martial law.

In depth

Economy, jobs and prices in Chernihiv Oblast: The average monthly nominal wage of employees in Chernihiv Oblast was 11,363 hryvnias in 2021, 18.9% below the national average of 14,014 hryvnias and 3rd lowest of 25 regions.
Health in Chernihiv Oblast: Life expectancy at birth in Chernihiv Oblast was 68.9 years in 2021, 8th lowest of 23 regions (Ukraine 69.8).
Education in Chernihiv Oblast: 73% of children of the relevant age in Chernihiv Oblast attended kindergartens and other pre-school institutions in 2021, 7th highest of 23 regions (Ukraine 65%).
Poverty and living standards in Chernihiv Oblast: Police in Chernihiv Oblast recorded 8,754 criminal offences in 2021, about 91 per 10,000 people, 8th highest of 25 regions.
Government budget and revenue in Chernihiv Oblast: The consolidated budget of Chernihiv Oblast (the oblast budget plus its district and community budgets) received 18.3 billion hryvnias of revenue in 2025, 11.4% more than the 16.4 billion hryvnias of 2024 and 2.4% of the revenue of all regional and Kyiv budgets.
Government and politics in Chernihiv Oblast: Viacheslav Chaus is head of the Chernihiv Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 343/2021 of 4 August 2021.

How many districts are in Chernihiv Oblast?

Chernihiv Oblast covers 31,903 square kilometres and on 1 January 2022 was divided into 5 districts (raions) and 57 territorial communities (hromadas), with 16 cities and 1,464 villages.

Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy

More figures

Between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2022 the population of Chernihiv Oblast fell by 8.2%, from 1,044,975 to 959,315 (Ukraine as a whole: -3.7%). Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
Of the resident population of Chernihiv Oblast on 1 January 2022, 14.2% were aged 0 to 15 and 27.9% were 60 or older (national figures 16.0% and 24.8%). Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy

Other oblasts of Ukraine

Donetsk Oblast 4,059,372
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 3,096,485
Kyiv 2,952,301
Kharkiv Oblast 2,598,961
Lviv Oblast 2,478,133
Odesa Oblast 2,351,392
Luhansk Oblast 2,102,921
Kyiv Oblast 1,795,079
Zaporizhzhia Oblast 1,638,462
Vinnytsia Oblast 1,509,515
Poltava Oblast 1,352,283
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 1,351,822
Zakarpattia Oblast 1,244,476
Khmelnytskyi Oblast 1,228,829
Zhytomyr Oblast 1,179,032
Cherkasy Oblast 1,160,744
Rivne Oblast 1,141,784
Mykolaiv Oblast 1,091,821
Sumy Oblast 1,035,772
Ternopil Oblast 1,021,713
Volyn Oblast 1,021,356
Kherson Oblast 1,001,598
Kirovohrad Oblast 903,712
Chernivtsi Oblast 890,457
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Sevastopol

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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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)

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