Kharkiv Oblast
Ukraine
Overview Population Over Time Population By Age and Gender Population Density Projected Population Human Development Index (HDI) Weather Cities in Kharkiv Oblast
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Kharkiv Oblast

Oblast of Ukraine

Kharkiv Oblast is an oblast in eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the south-east, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the south-west, Poltava Oblast to the west and Sumy Oblast to the north-west. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Kharkiv Oblast 31,437.1 km²
Population 2.7 million
Male Population 1,242,118 (46.1%)
Female Population 1,450,147 (53.9%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015 -7.2%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 -8.1%
Median Age 40.8 years
Male Median Age 37 years
Female Median Age 44.1 years
Timezone Eastern European Summer Time

Map of Kharkiv Oblast

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 2,901,511 3,079,454 2,928,746 2,692,268
Population Density 92.3 / km² 98.0 / km² 93.2 / km² 85.6 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 8.1% from year 2000 to 2015
LocationChange since 1975Change since 1990Change since 2000
Kharkiv Oblast -7.2% -12.6% -8.1%
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

Kharkiv Oblast Population Tree
AgeMaleFemaleTotal
Under 5 67,552 63,387 130,939
5-9 58,064 54,551 112,615
10-14 49,540 47,182 96,723
15-19 70,831 65,646 136,477
20-24 103,811 94,531 198,343
25-29 119,731 112,451 232,182
30-34 112,534 105,650 218,185
35-39 99,808 101,084 200,892
40-44 91,394 97,471 188,866
45-49 85,797 98,416 184,214
50-54 94,132 117,189 211,322
55-59 80,472 109,933 190,406
60-64 74,463 108,552 183,015
65-69 36,233 59,496 95,729
70-74 45,252 86,212 131,464
75-79 28,955 59,688 88,643
80-84 15,225 39,611 54,837
85 Plus 8,324 29,098 37,423
Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Population Density

Population Density: 85.6 / km²
LocationPopulationAreaPopulation Density
Kharkiv Oblast 2.7 million 31,437.1 km² 85.6 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1100 to 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
1100 80,504 n/a n/a
1200 120,756 4.1% 4,025
1300 120,784 0% 2
1400 120,784 0% 0
1500 161,007 2.9% 4,022
1600 201,259 2.3% 4,025
1700 268,072 2.9% 6,681
1800 487,196 6.2% 21,912
1900 1,470,314 11.7% 98,311
1910 1,815,097 23.4% 344,783
1920 1,847,248 1.8% 32,151
1930 1,746,661 -5.4% -100,587
1940 1,861,254 6.6% 114,593
1950 2,200,539 18.2% 339,285
1960 2,512,745 14.2% 312,206
1970 2,783,011 10.8% 270,266
1990 3,079,454 5.2% 148,221
2000 2,928,746 -4.9% -150,708
2020 2,639,010 -5.1% -144,868
2030 2,563,579 -2.9% -75,431
2040 2,515,548 -1.9% -48,031
2050 2,483,564 -1.3% -31,984
2060 2,458,237 -1% -25,327
2070 2,416,579 -1.7% -41,658
2080 2,353,173 -2.6% -63,406
2090 2,273,055 -3.4% -80,118
2100 2,178,930 -4.1% -94,125
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

Top Cities in Kharkiv Oblast

Other Oblasts in Ukraine

Name Area Population Population Density
Cherkasy Oblast 20,946.2 km² 1.2 million 153.1 / mi²
Chernihiv Oblast 31,904.4 km² 1.1 million 85.6 / 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
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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