Donetsk, Ukraine Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Donetsk, Ukraine metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Donetsk in 2024 is 882,000, a 0.68% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Donetsk in 2023 was 888,000, a 0.56% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Donetsk in 2022 was 893,000, a 0.67% decline from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Donetsk in 2021 was 899,000, a 0.77% decline from 2020.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Ukraine
City Name Population
Kiev 3,020,000
Kharkiv 1,419,000
Odesa 1,008,000
Dnipro 937,000
Donetsk 882,000
Zaporizhzhya 721,000
Lviv 720,000
Kryvyi Rih 600,000
Mykolaiv 478,000
Mariupol 429,000
Sevastopol 402,000
Luhansk 389,000
Vinnitsa 376,000
Simferopol 340,000
Makiivka 330,000
Donetsk - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 882,000 -0.68%
2023 888,000 -0.56%
2022 893,000 -0.67%
2021 899,000 -0.77%
2020 906,000 -0.66%
2019 912,000 -0.76%
2018 919,000 -0.54%
2017 924,000 -0.65%
2016 930,000 -0.64%
2015 936,000 -0.64%
2014 942,000 -0.63%
2013 948,000 -0.63%
2012 954,000 -0.62%
2011 960,000 -0.62%
2010 966,000 -0.62%
2009 972,000 -0.61%
2008 978,000 -0.61%
2007 984,000 -0.61%
2006 990,000 -0.70%
2005 997,000 -0.60%
2004 1,003,000 -0.50%
2003 1,008,000 -0.49%
2002 1,013,000 -0.59%
2001 1,019,000 -0.68%
2000 1,026,000 -0.68%
1999 1,033,000 -0.67%
1998 1,040,000 -0.67%
1997 1,047,000 -0.66%
1996 1,054,000 -0.66%
1995 1,061,000 -0.66%
1994 1,068,000 -0.65%
1993 1,075,000 -0.65%
1992 1,082,000 -0.73%
1991 1,090,000 -0.64%
1990 1,097,000 -0.63%
1989 1,104,000 0.09%
1988 1,103,000 0.82%
1987 1,094,000 0.83%
1986 1,085,000 0.84%
1985 1,076,000 0.75%
1984 1,068,000 0.85%
1983 1,059,000 0.86%
1982 1,050,000 0.77%
1981 1,042,000 0.87%
1980 1,033,000 0.78%
1979 1,025,000 1.28%
1978 1,012,000 1.71%
1977 995,000 1.63%
1976 979,000 1.66%
1975 963,000 1.69%
1974 947,000 1.72%
1973 931,000 1.64%
1972 916,000 1.66%
1971 901,000 1.69%
1970 886,000 1.96%
1969 869,000 2.12%
1968 851,000 2.04%
1967 834,000 2.08%
1966 817,000 2.13%
1965 800,000 2.17%
1964 783,000 2.09%
1963 767,000 2.13%
1962 751,000 2.04%
1961 736,000 2.08%
1960 721,000 2.12%
1959 706,000 2.17%
1958 691,000 2.07%
1957 677,000 2.11%
1956 663,000 2.16%
1955 649,000 2.04%
1954 636,000 2.09%
1953 623,000 2.13%
1952 610,000 2.01%
1951 598,000 2.22%
1950 585,000 0.00%