Censuses in Ukraine explained

See also: Demographics of Ukraine. Censuses in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Переписи населення України|Perepysy naselennja Ukraїny) is a sporadic event that since 2001 has been conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ukraine.

History

The first steps

See also: Russian Empire census. The first official census in the territory of Ukraine took place in 1818 when Western Ukraine was part of the Austrian Empire. However a modern census did not take place until 1857. Since then the next censuses took place in the dual-power state of the Austria-Hungary in 1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910. Those last five censuses also included the territory of the today Zakarpattia Oblast which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The further censuses discontinued as the country fell apart. The rest of Ukraine which was part of Russian Empire conducted its first census as part of the 1897 Russian Census. The next national census in Russia did not take place until after World War I and the formation of the Soviet Union. A city-census of Kyiv took place in March 1919, after the Bolsheviks occupied the city. In 1920, a census was conducted only in those areas of Ukraine that were not involved in the Russian Civil War.

Interwar censuses

See also: Soviet census. The next census conducted in most of the territory of Western Ukraine (Eastern Galicia) was the Polish census of 1921, while the 1921 Czechoslovakia Census took place on the territory of the Zakarpattia Oblast. In 1930 another census took place in both regions as part of their respective national censuses that were conducted in the same year. Also the area of today Chernivtsi Oblast saw its first national census in 1930 for the first time since the last one that was conducted in the Austria-Hungary in 1910, while the area of Budjak of today Odessa Oblast along with the rest of Bessarabia had the Russian demographic statistic data back from 1897. Already during the World War II one more census took place in 1941 in Hungary which previously sacked and occupied the territory of Carpatho-Ukraine (today Zakarpattia Oblast). As it was mentioned before, the first national Russian Census since 1897 took place only in 1926 as part of the First All-Union Census in the USSR. The next census in the Soviet Union took place in 1937, but it was recognized as unofficial and was never disclosed. The census was also recognized as a conspiracy against the Soviet regime. Just before the World War II in 1939, the Soviet Union conducted another census that was accepted as the official one.

Post-War censuses

After World War II, Ukraine was united in its current borders (including Crimea) and within the Soviet Union. The first Soviet census after the war took place in 1959, followed by three more in 1970, 1979 and 1989. The next planned census never took place as the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.

Post-Soviet

See main article: 2001 Ukrainian census and Next Ukrainian census. The first (and so far only) national census of Ukraine took place in 2001.[1] It was originally planned that the next one would follow in 2011, but it has been repeatedly postponed.[2] [3]

Summary

YearTerritory
(km2)
Total
population
Density
per km2
ChangeUrban
population
ShareMalesShareFemalesShareLargest citySecond
largest city
Ethnic
minorities
Notes
518 71323 430 407 45.17 0.0%3 085 341 13.2%11 780 525 50.3%11 649 882 49.7% Odessa
Kiev
72.6%
451 58429 018 187 64.25 23.8%5 373 553 18.5%14 094 592 48.6%14 923 595 51.4%Kiev
Odessa
77.0%
28 387 609 62.93 2.2%9 561 767 33.7%13 117 514 46.2%15 270 095 53.8%Kiev
| Kharkov
| —| |align="left"| [4] |-align="right"| | 30 946 218| 68.53| 10.5%| 11 190 370| 36.2%| 14 753 566| 47.7%| 16 192 652| 52.3%| Kiev
| Kharkov
| —| |align="left"| |-align="right"| | rowspan="6"|603 700| 41 869 046| 69.35| 35.3%| 19 419 783| 46.4%| 18 575 382| 44.4%| 23 293 664| 55.6%| Kiev
| Kharkov
| —| |align="left"| |-align="right"| | 47 126 517| 78.06| 12.5%| 25 688 560| 54.5%| 21 305 320| 45.2%| 25 821 197| 54.8%| Kiev
| Kharkov
| —| |align="left"||-align="right"| | 49 754 642| 82.42| 5.6%| 30 511 530| 61.3%| 22 743 513| 45.7%| 27 011 129| 54.3%| Kiev
| Kharkov
| —| |align="left"| |-align="right"| | 51 706 742| 85.65| 3.9%| 34 587 662| 66.9%| 23 907 764| 46.2%| 27 798 978| 53.8%| Kiev
| Kharkov
| 64.3%| |align="left"| |-align="right"| | 48 457 100| 80.27| 6.3%| 32 574 500| 67.2%| 22 441 400| 46.3%| 26 015 700| 53.7%| Kyiv
| Kharkiv
| 67.5%| |align="left"| |-align="right"| | 43 415 201| 71.91| 10.4%| 29 867 569| 68.8%| 20 052 573| 46.2%| 23 362 627| 53.8%| Kyiv
| Kharkiv
| —| —|align="left"| |}

Western Ukraine under Poland, 1921–1931

YearTerritory
(km2)
Total
population
Density
per km2
ChangeUrban
population
ShareMalesShareFemalesShareLargest citySecond
largest city
Ethnic
minorities
Notes
91 9206 923 632 75.32 0.0%1 235 937 17.8%3 318 670 47.9%3 604 962 52.1% Lwów
Stanisławów
56.3%
7 981 443 86.83 15.3%3 861 055 48.4%4 120 388 51.6% Lwów
Stanisławów
40.4%

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Notes and References

  1. Всеукраїнський перепис населення заплановано на кінець 2020-го ('An all-Ukrainian population census is planned for the end of 2020'), Ukrayinska Pravda (9 October 2019)
  2. http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/313066.html Ukrainian population census will be held in 2020 – Cabinet decree
  3. Ministry will involve Apple in the post-war census, Ukrinform (2 April 2023)
  4. Web site: Всесоюзная перепись населения 1937 года: Общие итоги. docs.historyrussia.org.