Kyiv: population and official figures

Kyiv is a city with special status of Ukraine, number 3 of 27 by population. Kyiv had an estimated present population of 2,952,301 on 1 January 2022, 7.2% of Ukraine's total and 3rd largest 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 Kyiv: The average monthly nominal wage of employees in Kyiv was 20,558 hryvnias in 2021, 46.7% above the national average of 14,014 hryvnias and the highest of 25 regions.
• Health in Kyiv: Life expectancy at birth in Kyiv was 71.1 years in 2021, 6th highest of 23 regions (Ukraine 69.8).
• Education in Kyiv: 65% of children of the relevant age in Kyiv attended kindergartens and other pre-school institutions in 2021, 9th lowest of 23 regions (Ukraine 65%).
• Poverty and living standards in Kyiv: Police in Kyiv recorded 38,287 criminal offences in 2021, about 130 per 10,000 people, the highest of 25 regions.
• Government budget and revenue in Kyiv: The budget of the city of Kyiv received 105.2 billion hryvnias of revenue in 2025, 3.4% more than the 101.7 billion hryvnias of 2024 and 14.0% of the revenue of all regional and Kyiv budgets.
• Government and politics in Kyiv: Andrii Tkachov is acting head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, according to the Cabinet of Ministers' list of regional heads read on 23 October 2026.

More figures

• Between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2022 the population of Kyiv rose by 1.6%, from 2,906,569 to 2,952,301 (Ukraine as a whole: -3.7%). Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy
• Of the resident population of Kyiv on 1 January 2022, 17.5% were aged 0 to 15 and 21.9% were 60 or older (national figures 16.0% and 24.8%). Source: State Statistics Service of Ukraine · saved copy

Other city with special statuss of Ukraine

• Donetsk Oblast 4,059,372
• Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 3,096,485
• 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
• Chernihiv Oblast 959,315
• 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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