LA28 Olympics · resolves 30 Jul 2028
How many gold medals does Ukraine win at LA28?
2 gold medals80% range 0 gold medals to 6 gold medals
Ukraine
2026 population
28.7M
Rank #53 globally
Area
604k km² (233k sq mi)
Metros tracked
57
105% of population in metros
Composite score
37.7
Rank #55 globally
population: State migration svc (1 Sep 2025) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 57 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography57 metros
Ukraine metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
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57 polygons
Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 57 tracked metros
57 metros
#183Kyiv★ Capital▲ Largest
Kyiv · Kyiv Oblast · 3.6M · Regional Hub
15.6
#653Kharkiv
Kharkiv · 1.7M · Emerging Metro
3.4
#878Lviv
Lviv · 1.1M · Emerging Metro
2.1
#1110Dnipro
Dnipropetrovsk · 1.1M · Emerging Metro
1.4
#1385Donetsk
Donetsk · 1.5M · Emerging Metro
1.0
#1412Odessa
Odesa · 1.4M · Emerging Metro
1.0
#1571Kryvyi Rih
Dnipropetrovsk · 744K · Local Metro
0.7
#1593Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi · 649K · Local Metro
0.7
#1603Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr · 606K · Local Metro
0.7
#1611Poltava
Poltava · 582K · Local Metro
0.7
#1618Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk · 556K · Local Metro
0.7
#1662Chernihiv
Chernihiv · 445K · Local Metro
0.6
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
25 entries listed under Ukraine across 2 types. Select any to see its metros and footprint.
25 total
Oblasts (24)
Cities (1)
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- Ukrainian
- Currency
- Hryvnia (₴)
- Government
- Semi-presidential system
- Legislature
- Verkhovna Rada
- Constitution
- 1996, 7 amendment events since
- Time zones
- Eastern European Time, UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +380
- Internet TLD
- .ua
- ISO 3166
- UA
- Established
- 1991
- Highest point
- Hoverla (2,061 m (6,762 ft))
- National anthem
- Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
Facts via Wikidata.
🗣️ Languages of Ukraine
Ukrainian first; 2 languages share the country; 2 official.
| Language | Share | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 65% | Official | CLDR, country |
| Russian | 46% | De facto | CLDR, country |
| Polish | 2.4% | None | CLDR, country |
| Eastern Yiddish | 1.3% | None | CLDR, country |
| Rusyn | 1.2% | None | CLDR, country |
| Belarusian | 0.8% | None | CLDR, country |
Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.
- Effective languages
- 1.6
- Official-language gap
- 35%
- Ukrainian is spoken by 65%
📰 In the news6 stories
The Wall Street Journal · 30 Oct 2026
Ukraine, Starlink and Elon MuskMusk's reported Starlink shutoff showed how much Ukraine's war effort depends on him.
NBC News · 26 Oct 2026
Elon Musk says SpaceX closed Ukraine Starlink loopholeMusk admitted SpaceX throttled Starlink service in Ukraine after first denying it.
Reuters · 24 Oct 2026
Melania Trump secures Oleshky ceasefire between Russia and UkraineMelania Trump brokered a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in Oleshky.
The Atlantic · 23 Oct 2026
The war in Ukraine's gas pipelinesUkrainian and Russian soldiers are fighting inside disused gas pipelines where drones cannot operate, as the front stalls.
Vox · 21 Oct 2026
Trump, Russia, Ukraine, diesel, refineries and StarlinkVox traces how Trump's Russia policy, from Russian diesel imports to pressure on Zelenskyy, tracks US gas prices before the midterms.
Vox · 21 Oct 2026
What a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal under Trump could look likeFurther reading from the day's section on Ukraine, the Gulf, and a World Bracing for Impact.
💹 Economy and developmentUpper middle income
Human Dev. Index
#86 / 1910.779
UNDP · 2023
GDP
#56 / 193$214.2B
World Bank · 2025
GDP per capita
#112 / 193$5.9k
World Bank · 2025
GDP/capita (PPP)
#99 / 190$18.9k
World Bank · 2025
GNI/capita (Atlas)
#113 / 192$5.5k
World Bank · 2025
Life expectancy
#90 / 19474.7 yrs
World Bank · 2024
Median age
42.0 yrs
UN WPP · 2023
Urban population
#77 / 19470%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. growth
2.9%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. density
#120 / 19365/km² (169/mi²)
World Bank · 2023
Foreign-born
#48 / 19313.4%
World Bank · 2024
Rule of law
#108 / 1750.39
V-Dem · 2025
Gini index
★ #6 / 16625.6
World Bank · 2020
Internet users
#89 / 19382%
World Bank · 2024
Inflation
#166 / 18512.7%
World Bank · 2025
CO₂ per capita
#120 / 1923.8 t
Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Renewable electricity
#132 / 18616%
Ember · 2022
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
🔮 What happens next
Our forecasts, frozen before the result and scored after it.
LA28 Olympics · resolves 30 Jul 2028
How many medals in all does Ukraine win at LA28?
14 medals80% range 7 medals to 25 medals
Alliances & Organisations1 full membership
Security
Political & Economic
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History7 leaders · click to expand
Volodymyr Zelenskyy✦ Current
President · Servant of the People · 2019–present
2019–Present
Petro Poroshenko
President · Petro Poroshenko Bloc · 4y 11m 8d
2014–2019
Oleksandr Turchynov
President · Batkivshchyna · 3m 14d
2014–2014
Viktor Yanukovych
President · Party of Regions · 3y 12m 18d
2010–2014
Viktor Yushchenko
President · Our Ukraine · 5y 1m 29d
2005–2010
Leonid Kuchma
President · Independent/For Ukraine · 10y 6m 1d
1994–2005
Leonid Kravchuk
President · Independent · 2y 7m 27d
1991–1994
Elections
Every election since independence →
Seven presidential races and eight Rada contests, all real, three incumbents defeated, suspended under martial law.
Constitution
Written 1996 →
7 amendment events since, the last in 2019. Compare it with every other country.
Spectrum →
Executive 5.0 (label)
Legislature 5.2 mean, 0.4 spread · semi presidential
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Minor#50 · 0.3%
Latent vs recognised
Under-recognised: more mass than standing
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)
The power line is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Wars and conflicts6 interstate wars · click to expand
Second Ivorian Civil War2010–2011
Combat deaths: —
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russo-Ukrainian War● | 2014–present | Russia,DPR,LPR,North Korea | 400,000–650,000 |
| Second Ivorian Civil War | 2010–2011 | Military of Ivory Coast (Gbagbo),Liberian mercenaries (pro-Gbagbo),COJEP,FPI | — |
| Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) | 2005–2010 | Sudan (until 2010) | 2,500+ |
| Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine | 1939 | Kingdom of Hungary | — |
| Polish–Soviet War● | 1919–1921 | Russian SFSR,Ukrainian SSR | 100,000+ |
| Polish–Ukrainian War | 1918–1919 | Poland Poland | 2,500+ |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.” Figures marked “COW battle deaths” are Correlates of War battle-death counts, which run lower than total deaths.
👥 Population over time
Population 2023
37.7m
#40 in the world
Since 1800
3.36×
from 11.2m
Past its peak
−27.9%
peaked at 52.4m in 1993
Share of world
0.47%
1.1% in 1800
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Ukraine is past its peak, which is less unusual than it sounds: the two lines here can point in opposite directions, and for most of Europe and East Asia they now both point down.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Ukraine: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Peak
1993
52.4m; already passed
2050
32.0m
95% band 28.7m to 35.0m
2100
15.2m
95% band 9.1m to 22.8m
2100 against 2025
0.39×
median falling from 2027
Deaths outnumber births
since 1991
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
1950
854k born · 454k died · +96k net migration
TFR 2.45 · life expectancy 61.2 · median age 26.4
1960
892k born · 353k died · +52k net migration
TFR 2.29 · life expectancy 69.4 · median age 28.3
1970
710k born · 418k died · -48k net migration
TFR 2.08 · life expectancy 70.8 · median age 31.3
1980
747k born · 550k died · +47k net migration
TFR 1.95 · life expectancy 69.8 · median age 32.5
1990
682k born · 633k died · +76k net migration
TFR 1.84 · life expectancy 70.4 · median age 33.2
2000
388k born · 752k died · -68k net migration
TFR 1.11 · life expectancy 67.8 · median age 36.3
2010
507k born · 687k died · +16k net migration
TFR 1.44 · life expectancy 70.2 · median age 38.6
2020
338k born · 645k died · -4k net migration
TFR 1.21 · life expectancy 73.3 · median age 40.8
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires7 · $17.3B combined · click to expand
#509Rinat Akhmetov
Metals & Mining · Steel, coal
$7.8B
#1513Victor Pinchuk
Metals & Mining · Steel pipes, diversified
$2.8B
#1913Vlad Yatsenko
Finance & Investments · fintech
$2.2B
#3006Petro Poroshenko
Food & Beverage · confectionery
$1.2B
#3150Vadim Novinsky
Metals & Mining · Steel
$1.2B
#3331Kostyantin Zhevago
Metals & Mining · Mining
$1.0B
#3337Andrii Verevskyi
Food & Beverage · agriculture
$1.0B
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Ukraine on the international stage. Select a card for the full record.