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Chernihiv Oblast

Administrative Unit in Ukraine

Chernihiv Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. Within the Oblast are 1,511 settlements of various sizes ranging from large cities to very small villages. Population: 1,055,673  . Source: Wikipedia

Area of Chernihiv Oblast 31,904.4 km²
Population 1.1 million
Male Population 478,760 (45.4%)
Female Population 575,500 (54.6%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015 -30.7%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 -16.9%
Median Age 43 years
Male Median Age 38.4 years
Female Median Age 46.8 years
Timezone Eastern European Summer Time

Map of Chernihiv Oblast

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 1,522,225 1,431,789 1,268,903 1,054,259
Population Density 47.7 / km² 44.9 / km² 39.8 / km² 33.0 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 16.9% from year 2000 to 2015
LocationChange since 1975Change since 1990Change since 2000
Chernihiv Oblast -30.7% -26.4% -16.9%
Ukraine -8.1% -12.8% -8.1%
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population By Age and Gender

Chernihiv Oblast Population Tree
AgeMaleFemaleTotal
Under 5 25,712 24,430 50,143
5-9 22,653 21,634 44,288
10-14 21,762 20,658 42,421
15-19 26,132 24,385 50,517
20-24 35,553 33,786 69,339
25-29 46,310 41,037 87,348
30-34 37,467 35,913 73,381
35-39 34,764 36,740 71,505
40-44 33,725 35,826 69,551
45-49 34,000 37,789 71,789
50-54 37,073 44,028 81,101
55-59 33,718 42,713 76,432
60-64 29,239 41,150 70,389
65-69 15,394 25,378 40,773
70-74 19,037 38,758 57,795
75-79 13,023 28,580 41,604
80-84 8,427 23,718 32,145
85 Plus 4,771 18,977 23,748
Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Population Density

Population Density: 33.0 / km²
LocationPopulationAreaPopulation Density
Chernihiv Oblast 1.1 million 31,904.4 km² 33.0 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 400 to 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
400 22,516 n/a n/a
500 24,099 0.7% 158
600 25,796 0.7% 169
700 27,642 0.7% 184
800 29,619 0.7% 197
900 31,735 0.7% 211
1000 33,850 0.6% 211
1100 50,775 4.1% 1,692
1200 76,162 4.1% 2,538
1300 76,165 0% 0
1400 76,165 0% 0
1500 101,549 2.9% 2,538
1600 126,937 2.3% 2,538
1700 169,218 2.9% 4,228
1800 308,115 6.2% 13,889
1900 922,321 11.6% 61,420
1910 1,136,856 23.3% 214,535
1920 1,157,171 1.8% 20,315
1930 1,093,311 -5.5% -63,860
1940 1,163,356 6.4% 70,045
1950 1,376,315 18.3% 212,959
1960 1,562,187 13.5% 185,872
1970 1,556,991 -0.3% -5,196
1990 1,431,789 -4.1% -62,601
2000 1,268,903 -11.4% -162,886
2020 1,018,843 -10.4% -125,030
2030 965,642 -5.2% -53,201
2040 927,634 -3.9% -38,008
2050 899,196 -3.1% -28,438
2060 875,583 -2.6% -23,613
2070 847,995 -3.2% -27,588
2080 814,967 -3.9% -33,028
2090 778,231 -4.5% -36,736
2100 738,387 -5.1% -39,844
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Other Oblasts in Ukraine

Name Area Population Population Density
Cherkasy Oblast 20,946.2 km² 1.2 million 153.1 / mi²
Chernivtsi Oblast 8,089.1 km² 878,516 281.3 / mi²
Crimea 26,050.4 km² 1.9 million 190.5 / mi²
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 31,895.8 km² 3.3 million 265.1 / mi²
Donetsk Oblast 26,498.5 km² 4.3 million 417.9 / mi²
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 13,940.3 km² 1.4 million 258.2 / mi²
Kharkiv Oblast 31,437.1 km² 2.7 million 221.8 / mi²
Kherson Oblast 26,838.8 km² 1.1 million 102.9 / mi²
Khmelnytskyi Oblast 20,639.5 km² 1.3 million 161.0 / mi²
Kirovohrad Oblast 24,581.3 km² 960,727 101.2 / mi²
Kyiv Oblast 28,110.9 km² 1.8 million 163.6 / mi²
Kyiv, Ukraine 840.5 km² 2.7 million 8,444 / mi²
Luhansk Oblast 26,656.5 km² 2.2 million 212.9 / mi²
Lviv Oblast 21,838 km² 2.5 million 296.8 / mi²
Mykolaiv Oblast 24,291.4 km² 1.2 million 124.3 / mi²
Odeska oblast, Ukraine 33,339.1 km² 2.3 million 181.3 / mi²
Poltava Oblast 28,718.9 km² 1.4 million 128.6 / mi²
Rivne Oblast 20,054.2 km² 1.2 million 149.8 / mi²
Sevastopol, Ukraine 900.2 km² 371,922 1,070 / mi²
Sumy Oblast 23,833.6 km² 1.1 million 120.9 / mi²
Ternopil Oblast 13,823.4 km² 1.1 million 201.1 / mi²
Vinnytsia Oblast 26,499.1 km² 1.6 million 156.3 / mi²
Volyn Oblast 20,155.4 km² 1.0 million 131.7 / mi²
Zakarpattia Oblast 12,771.3 km² 1.3 million 254.1 / mi²
Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine 27,681.1 km² 1.8 million 164.4 / mi²
Zhytomyr Oblast 29,845.8 km² 1.2 million 107.8 / mi²
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