Ukraine: cities by population
Ukraine has a population of 39,535,849 (UN estimate, 2026), with Kyiv as its capital. The 50 largest of its 4,972 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
-20%
since 2000 (49,556,660)
-19%
projected by 2050 (31,990,132)
68
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Ukraine
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyiv | Kyiv City | 2,952,301 |
| 2 | Kharkiv | Kharkiv | 1,421,125 |
| 3 | Odesa | Odesa | 1,010,537 |
| 4 | Dnipro | Dnipropetrovsk | 968,502 |
| 5 | Donetsk | Donetsk | 901,645 |
| 6 | Lviv | Lviv | 717,273 |
| 7 | Zaporizhzhya | Zaporizhzhia | 710,052 |
| 8 | Kryvyy Rih | Dnipropetrovsk | 603,904 |
| 9 | Sevastopol | Sevastopol City | 547,820 |
| 10 | Mykolayiv | Mykolaiv | 470,011 |
| 11 | Vinnytsya | Vinnytsia | 430,091 |
| 12 | Luhansk | Luhansk | 397,677 |
| 13 | Makiyivka | Donetsk | 338,968 |
| 14 | Simferopol | Crimea | 336,460 |
| 15 | Chernihiv | Chernihiv Oblast | 282,747 |
| 16 | Poltava | Poltava | 279,593 |
| 17 | Khmelnytskyi | Khmelnytskyi | 274,452 |
| 18 | Cherkasy | Cherkasy | 269,836 |
| 19 | Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | 264,298 |
| 20 | Zhytomyr | Zhytomyr Oblast | 261,624 |
| 21 | Sumy | Sumy | 256,474 |
| 22 | Rivne | Rivne Oblast | 243,873 |
| 23 | Horlivka | Donetsk | 239,828 |
| 24 | Ivano-Frankivsk | Ivano-Frankivsk | 238,196 |
| 25 | Mariupol | Donetsk | 230,000 |
| 26 | Kamyanske | Dnipropetrovsk | 226,845 |
| 27 | Ternopil | Ternopil | 225,238 |
| 28 | Kremenchuk | Poltava | 224,997 |
| 29 | Kropyvnytskyi | Kirovohrad | 219,676 |
| 30 | Lutsk | Volyn | 215,986 |
| 31 | Bila Tserkva | Kyiv Oblast | 207,273 |
| 32 | Kerch | Crimea | 148,932 |
| 33 | Melitopol | Zaporizhzhia | 148,851 |
| 34 | Bohuniya | Zhytomyr Oblast | 147,324 |
| 35 | Kramatorsk | Donetsk | 147,145 |
| 36 | Cheremushky | Odesa | 120,000 |
| 37 | Uzhhorod | Zakarpattia | 115,449 |
| 38 | Brovary | Kyiv Oblast | 109,806 |
| 39 | Yevpatoriya | Crimea | 107,040 |
| 40 | Berdyansk | Zaporizhzhia | 106,311 |
| 41 | Alchevsk | Luhansk | 106,062 |
| 42 | Nikopol | Dnipropetrovsk | 105,160 |
| 43 | Slovyansk | Donetsk | 105,141 |
| 44 | Pavlohrad | Dnipropetrovsk | 101,430 |
| 45 | Siverskodonetsk | Luhansk | 99,067 |
| 46 | Kamyanets-Podilskyi | Khmelnytskyi | 97,908 |
| 47 | Lysychansk | Luhansk | 93,340 |
| 48 | Mukachevo | Zakarpattia | 85,569 |
| 49 | Konotop | Sumy | 84,787 |
| 50 | Uman | Cherkasy | 81,525 |
Twenty years earlier: Ukraine in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 46,655,272.
Common questions
What is the population of Ukraine?
Ukraine has a population of 39,535,849, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 31,990,132 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Ukraine?
Kyiv.