Ukrainian Census (2001)

The first Ukrainian Census after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was carried out by State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on December 5, 2001, twelve years after the last All-Union census in 1989.

The total actual population recorded was 48,457,000 persons, of which urban population was 32,574,000 (67.2%), rural: 15,883,000 (32.8%), male: 46.3%, female: 53.7%. The total permanent population recorded was 48,241,000 persons.

The census recorded over 130 nationalities, of which recorded were:
 * Ukrainians: 37,541,700
 * Russians: 8,334,100
 * Belarusians: 275,800
 * Moldovans: 258,600
 * Crimean Tatars: 248,200
 * Bulgarians: 204,600
 * Hungarians: 156,600
 * Romanians: 151,000
 * Poles: 144,100
 * Jews: 103,600
 * Armenians: 99,900

There were 454 cities and towns, 9 of them with population over 500,000.