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Luhansk Oblast

Administrative Division (Oblast) in Eastern Ukraine

Luhansk Oblast is the easternmost oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the name Voroshilovgrad Oblast in honor of Kliment Voroshilov. Its population is 2,239,500 .. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Luhansk Oblast 26,656.5 km²
Population 2.2 million
Male Population 1,001,709 (45.7%)
Female Population 1,189,232 (54.3%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015 -22.9%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 -14.4%
Median Age 42.4 years
Male Median Age 38.3 years
Female Median Age 45.9 years
Timezone Eastern European Summer Time

Map of Luhansk Oblast

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 2,842,130 2,817,243 2,558,644 2,190,946
Population Density 106.6 / km² 105.7 / km² 96.0 / km² 82.2 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 14.4% from year 2000 to 2015
LocationChange since 1975Change since 1990Change since 2000
Luhansk Oblast -22.9% -22.2% -14.4%
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

Luhansk Oblast Population Tree
AgeMaleFemaleTotal
Under 5 53,525 50,061 103,586
5-9 45,607 43,170 88,778
10-14 40,311 37,976 78,287
15-19 49,890 47,042 96,932
20-24 75,011 70,378 145,389
25-29 99,057 94,233 193,290
30-34 86,707 85,250 171,957
35-39 77,487 77,505 154,992
40-44 70,386 75,336 145,723
45-49 69,245 80,377 149,622
50-54 85,946 103,581 189,528
55-59 72,713 94,524 167,238
60-64 61,254 87,710 148,965
65-69 27,959 47,861 75,820
70-74 38,644 79,764 118,408
75-79 26,311 55,661 81,973
80-84 14,603 36,094 50,697
85 Plus 7,053 22,711 29,765
Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Population Density

Population Density: 82.2 / km²
LocationPopulationAreaPopulation Density
Luhansk Oblast 2.2 million 26,656.5 km² 82.2 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
1990 2,817,243 n/a n/a
2000 2,558,644 -9.2% -258,599
2020 2,136,015 -8.6% -211,314
2030 2,055,803 -3.8% -80,212
2040 2,001,681 -2.6% -54,122
2050 1,963,380 -1.9% -38,301
2060 1,932,274 -1.6% -31,106
2070 1,889,535 -2.2% -42,739
2080 1,831,553 -3.1% -57,982
2090 1,762,054 -3.8% -69,499
2100 1,683,160 -4.5% -78,894
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
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
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
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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