Immigration into Ukraine post independence has been mainly ethnic Ukrainians already living in nearby countries (for example in 1993 they were 90% of all immigrants); other immigrants were mostly Crimean Tatars and people fleeing wars in Azerbaijan, Transnistria and Ichkeria (now part of Russia as the Chechen Republic).[1] In January 2017 there were 3,302 foreigners with refugee status in Ukraine. Most refugees came from Afghanistan, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Somalia.[2]
After the start of the war in Donbas in 2014 several hundred foreigners (mostly Russians and Belarusians) migrated to Ukraine to join its territorial defence battalions and army.[3]
| Rank | Country of Birth | Population (2001)[4] | % of Ukraine's population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,156,240 | 10.7 | |
| 1 | 3,613,240 | 7.5 | |
| 2 |  Belarus | 270,751 | 0.6 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan | 245,072 | 0.5 |
| 4 |  Uzbekistan | 242,390 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 165,126 | 0.3 | |
| 6 |  Poland | 145,106 | 0.3 |
| 7 |  Azerbaijan | 90,753 | 0.2 |
| 8 |  Georgia | 71,015 | 0.1 |
| 9 |  Germany | 64,015 | 0.1 |
| 10 |  Armenia | 52,168 | 0.1 |
| 11 |  Tajikistan | 32,386 | 0.1 |
| 12 |  Kyrgyzstan | 29,476 | 0.1 |
| 13 |  Turkmenistan | 24,926 | 0.1 |
| 14 |  Latvia | 19,095 | 0.0 |
| 15 |  Lithuania | 16,012 | 0.0 |
| 16 |  Hungary | 11,235 | 0.0 |
| 17 |  Estonia | 10,964 | 0.0 |
| 18 |  Czech Republic | 7,473 | 0.0 |
| 19 |  China | 5,015 | 0.0 |
| 20 |  Mongolia | 4,413 | 0.0 |
| 21 |  Romania | 3,876 | 0.0 |
| 22 | 3,399 | 0.0 | |
| 23 |  Slovakia | 2,148 | 0.0 |
| 24 |  Bulgaria | 2,062 | 0.0 |
| 25 |  Austria | 1,726 | 0.0 |
| 26 |  France | 1,433 | 0.0 |
| 27 | 1,352 | 0.0 | |
| 28 |  India | 1,232 | 0.0 |
| 29 |  Afghanistan | 1,111 | 0.0 |
| 30 |  United States | 1,040 | 0.0 |