Population growth in Ukraine

The population of Ukraine changed by 2.92% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Ukraine, 2025 2.92% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +2.58percentage points 2024: 0.34%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 13th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Ukraine over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period UkraineWorld
2025 2.92% 0.91%
2024 0.34% 0.96%
2023 -8.42% 0.93%
2022 -7.62% 0.87%
2021 -0.86% 0.83%
2020 -0.62% 0.98%
2019 -0.56% 1.05%
2018 -0.50% 1.08%
2017 -0.40% 1.13%
2016 -0.37% 1.16%
2015 -0.41% 1.18%
2014 -0.34% 1.21%
2013 -0.18% 1.23%
2012 -0.21% 1.26%
2011 -0.32% 1.22%
2010 -0.36% 1.22%
2009 -0.42% 1.25%
2008 -0.52% 1.27%
2007 -0.46% 1.26%
2006 -0.65% 1.27%
2005 -0.82% 1.27%
2004 -0.70% 1.29%
2003 -0.75% 1.29%
2002 -0.88% 1.31%
2001 -0.91% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.58 percentage points from 0.34% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.41%, the figure has changed by +3.32 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Ukraine has the 13th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Ukraine
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects