Demographics of Ukraine
Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups
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[thumb\|150px\|National structure of the population of Ukraine (2001\).  
 

](/wiki/File:Ukraine_census_2001_Ethnic_groups.svg "Ukraine census 2001 Ethnic groups.svg")
In 2001, the ethnic composition was: [Ukrainians](/wiki/Ukrainians "Ukrainians") 77\.8%, [Russian](/wiki/Russians_in_Ukraine "Russians in Ukraine") 17\.3%, [Romanian](/wiki/Romanians_in_Ukraine "Romanians in Ukraine") 1\.1% (including [Moldovan](/wiki/Moldovans_in_Ukraine "Moldovans in Ukraine") 0\.8%), [Belarusian](/wiki/Belarusians_in_Ukraine "Belarusians in Ukraine") 0\.6%, [Crimean Tatar](/wiki/Crimean_Tatars "Crimean Tatars") 0\.5%, [Bulgarian](/wiki/Bulgarians_in_Ukraine "Bulgarians in Ukraine") 0\.4%, [Hungarian](/wiki/Hungarian_people "Hungarian people") 0\.3%, [Polish](/wiki/Polish_people "Polish people") 0\.3%, [Jewish](/wiki/Jew "Jew") 1\.0%, [Pontic Greeks](/wiki/Pontic_Greeks "Pontic Greeks") 0\.2% and other 1\.6% (including [Muslim Bulgarians](/wiki/Muslim_Bulgarians "Muslim Bulgarians"), otherwise known as [Torbesh](/wiki/Torbesh "Torbesh") and a microcosm of [Swedes](/wiki/Swedish_people "Swedish people") of [Gammalsvenskby](/wiki/Gammalsvenskby "Gammalsvenskby")). It is also estimated that there are about 49,817 ethnic [Koreans](/wiki/Koreans "Koreans") (0\.12%) in Ukraine that belong to the [Koryo\-saram](/wiki/Koryo-saram "Koryo-saram") group. Their number may be as high as 100,000 as many ethnic Koreans were assimilated into the majority population. [Rusyns](/wiki/Rusyns "Rusyns") are also not recognised by the Ukrainian government as a distinct ethnic group and are instead treated as a sub\-group of Ukrainians.

According to the 2021 law “On the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine” the [Crimean Tatars](/wiki/Crimean_Tatars "Crimean Tatars"), [Crimean Karaites](/wiki/Crimean_Karaites "Crimean Karaites") and [Krymchaks](/wiki/Krymchaks "Krymchaks") are the [indigenous peoples](/wiki/Indigenous_peoples "Indigenous peoples") of Ukraine.

[thumb\|Ethnic Ukrainians in Ukraine by raions (2001 census)](/wiki/File:Ethnicukrainian2001.PNG "Ethnicukrainian2001.PNG")
[thumb\|Largest ethnicity in Ukraine's cities and raions, according to 2001 census.](/wiki/File:UaFirstNationality2001-English.png "UaFirstNationality2001-English.png")

### Before World War II

| \+Population of the Ukrainian SSR according to ethnic group 1926–1939 |
| --- |
| Ethnicgroup | census 19261 | | census 19392 | |
| Number | % | Number | % |
| [Ukrainians](/wiki/Ukrainians "Ukrainians") | 23,218,860 | 80\.0 | 23,667,509 | 76\.5 |
| [Russians](/wiki/Russians "Russians") | 2,677,166 | 9\.2 | 4,175,299 | 13\.5 |
| [Jewish](/wiki/Jewish "Jewish") | 1,574,428 | 5\.4 | 1,532,776 | 5\.0 |
| [Germans](/wiki/Germans "Germans") | 393,924 | 1\.4 | 392,458 | 1\.3 |
| [Polish](/wiki/Polish_people "Polish people") | 476,435 | 1\.6 | 357,710 | 1\.2 |
| [Moldavians](/wiki/Moldovans "Moldovans") / [Romanians](/wiki/Romanians "Romanians") | 257,794 | 0\.9 | 230,698 | 0\.8 |
| [Belarusians](/wiki/Belarusians "Belarusians") | 75,842 | 0\.3 | 158,174 | 0\.5 |
| [Pontic Greeks](/wiki/Pontic_Greeks "Pontic Greeks") | 104,666 | 0\.4 | 107,047 | 0\.4 |
| [Bulgarians](/wiki/Bulgarians "Bulgarians") | 99,278 | 0\.3 | 83,838 | 0\.3 |
| [Tatars](/wiki/Tatars "Tatars") | 22,281 | 0\.1 | 55,456 | 0\.2 |
| [Roma](/wiki/Romani_people "Romani people") | 13,578 | 0\.0 | 10,443 | 0\.0 |
| Others | 103,935 | 0\.4 | 174,810 | 0\.6 |
| Total | 29,018,187 | | 30,946,218 | |
| 1 Source:. | | | | |

### After World War II

| \+Population of Ukraine according to ethnic group 1959–2001 |
| --- |
| Ethnicgroup | census 19591 | | census 19702 | | census 19793 | | census 19894 | | census 20015 | |
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| [Ukrainians](/wiki/Ukrainians "Ukrainians") | 32,158,493 | 76\.8 | 35,283,857 | 74\.9 | 36,488,951 | 73\.6 | 37,419,053 | 72\.7 | 37,541,693 | 77\.5 |
| [Russians](/wiki/Russians "Russians") | 7,090,813 | 16\.9 | 9,126,331 | 19\.4 | 10,471,602 | 21\.1 | 11,355,582 | 22\.1 | 8,334,141 | 17\.2 |
| [Romanians](/wiki/Romanians "Romanians") / [Moldovans](/wiki/Moldovans "Moldovans") | 391,753 | 1\.1 | 378,043 | 1\.1 | 415,371 | 1\.1 | 459,350 | 1\.2 | 409,608 | 1\.1 |
| [Belarusians](/wiki/Belarusians "Belarusians") | 290,890 | 0\.7 | 385,847 | 0\.8 | 406,098 | 0\.8 | 440,045 | 0\.9 | 275,763 | 0\.6 |
| [Crimean Tatars](/wiki/Crimean_Tatars "Crimean Tatars") | 193 | 0\.0 | 3,554 | 0\.0 | 6,636 | 0\.0 | 46,807 | 0\.1 | 248,193 | 0\.5 |
| [Bulgarians](/wiki/Bulgarians "Bulgarians") | 219,419 | 0\.5 | 234,390 | 0\.5 | 238,217 | 0\.5 | 233,800 | 0\.5 | 204,574 | 0\.4 |
| [Hungarians](/wiki/Hungarians "Hungarians") | 149,229 | 0\.4 | 157,731 | 0\.3 | 164,373 | 0\.3 | 163,111 | 0\.3 | 156,566 | 0\.3 |
| [Poles](/wiki/Polish_people "Polish people") | 363,297 | 0\.9 | 295,107 | 0\.6 | 258,309 | 0\.5 | 219,179 | 0\.4 | 144,130 | 0\.3 |
| [Jewish](/wiki/Jewish "Jewish") | 840,311 | 2\.0 | 777,126 | 1\.7 | 634,154 | 1\.3 | 486,628 | 1\.0 | 103,591 | 0\.2 |
| [Armenians](/wiki/Armenians "Armenians") | 28,024 | 0\.1 | 33,439 | 0\.1 | 38,646 | 0\.1 | 54,200 | 0\.1 | 99,894 | 0\.2 |
| [Greeks](/wiki/Greeks "Greeks") | 104,359 | 0\.3 | 106,909 | 0\.2 | 104,091 | 0\.2 | 98,594 | 0\.2 | 91,548 | 0\.2 |
| [Tatars](/wiki/Tatars "Tatars") | 61,334 | 0\.2 | 72,658 | 0\.2 | 83,906 | 0\.2 | 86,875 | 0\.2 | 73,304 | 0\.2 |
| [Roma](/wiki/Romani_people "Romani people") | 22,515 | 0\.1 | 30,091 | 0\.1 | 34,411 | 0\.1 | 47,917 | 0\.1 | 47,587 | 0\.1 |
| [Azerbaijanis](/wiki/Azerbaijani_people "Azerbaijani people") | 6,680 | 0\.0 | 10,769 | 0\.0 | 17,235 | 0\.0 | 36,961 | 0\.1 | 45,176 | 0\.1 |
| [Georgians](/wiki/Georgians "Georgians") | 11,574 | 0\.0 | 14,650 | 0\.0 | 16,301 | 0\.0 | 23,540 | 0\.1 | 34,199 | 0\.1 |
| [Germans](/wiki/Germans "Germans") | 23,243 | 0\.1 | 29,871 | 0\.1 | 34,139 | 0\.1 | 37,849 | 0\.1 | 33,302 | 0\.1 |
| [Gagauz](/wiki/Gagauz_people "Gagauz people") | 23,530 | 0\.1 | 26,464 | 0\.1 | 29,398 | 0\.1 | 31,967 | 0\.1 | 31,923 | 0\.1 |
| [Karaites](/wiki/Karaite_%28Jewish_sect%29 "Karaite (Jewish sect)") | 3,301 | 0\.0 | 2,596 | 0\.0 | 1,845 | 0\.0 | 1,404 | 0\.0 | 1,196 | 0\.0 |
| Others | 129,338 | 0\.3 | 157,084 | 0\.3 | 165,650 | 0\.3 | 209,172 | 0\.4 | 363,821 | 1\.1 |
| Total | 41,869,046 | | 47,126,517 | | 49,609,333 | | 51,452,034 | | 48,240,902 | |
| 1 Source:. 2 Source:. 3 Source:. 4 Source:. 5 Source: [http://2001\.ukrcensus.gov.ua/](http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/). | | | | | | | | | | |


Is there any correlation between the increase in other ethnic groups and the decrease in Ukrainians?