The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of Ukraine is its multinational composition. According to All-Ukrainian population census data, the representatives of more than 130 nationalities and ethnic groups live on the territory of the country.

    The data about the most numerous nationalities of Ukraine are mentioned below:

	Total (thousand persons)	as % to the result		2001 as % to 1989
		2001	1989
Ukrainians	37541.7	77.8	72.7	100.3
Russians	8334.1	17.3	22.1	73.4
Belarussians	275.8	0.6	0.9	62.7
Moldavians	258.6	0.5	0.6	79.7
Crimean Tatars	248.2	0.5	0.0	in 5.3 times more
Bulgarians	204.6	0.4	0.5	87.5
Hungarians	156.6	0.3	0.4	96.0
Romanians	151.0	0.3	0.3	112.0
Poles	144.1	0.3	0.4	65.8
Jews	103.6	0.2	0.9	21.3
Armenians	99.9	0.2	0.1	in 1.8 times more
Greeks	91.5	0.2	0.2	92.9
Tatars	73.3	0.2	0.2	84.4
Gipsies	47.6	0.1	0.1	99.3
Azerbaijanians	45.2	0.1	0.0	122.2
Georgians	34.2	0.1	0.0	145.3
Germans	33.3	0.1	0.1	88.0
Gagausians	31.9	0.1	0.1	99.9
Other	177.1	0.4	0.4	83.9

   The part of Ukrainians in the national structure of population of region is the largest. it accounts for 3.754.700 people. or 77.8% of the population. During the years that have passed since the census of the population ‘1989. the number of Ukrainians has increased by 0.3% and their part among other citizens of Ukraine has increased by 5.1 percentage points.

    Russians are the second numerous nation of Ukraine. Since 1989 their number has decreased by 26.6% and at the date of the census it accounted for 8.334.100 people. The part of Russians in total population has decreased by 4.8 percentage points and accounted for 17.3%.

Data about the most numerous nationalities by the regions of Ukraine are shown in the table:

	Population thousand people	Actual population. %		2001 as% of 1989
		2001	1989
Autonomous Republic of Crimea	2024.0	100.0	100.0	99.4
Russians	1180.4	58.3	65.6	88.4
Ukrainians	492.2	24.3	26.7	90.5
Crimean Tatars	243.4	12.0	1.9	in 6.3 times more
Belarussians	29.2	1.4	2.1	68.9
Tatars	11.0	0.5	0.5	116.2
Armenians	8.7	0.4	0.1	in 3.6 times more
Jews	4.5	0.2	0.7	30.2
Poles	3.8	0.2	0.3	70.9
Moldavians	3.7	0.2	0.3	68.8
Azerbaijanians	3.7	0.2	0.1	173.0
Vinnytsia region	1763.9	100.0	100.0	91.8
Ukrainians	1674.1	94.9	91.5	95.2
Russians	67.5	3.8	5.9	60.0
Poles	3.7	0.2	0.4	45.1
Belarussians	3.1	0.2	0.3	61.1
Jews	3.0	0.2	1.4	11.7
Moldavians	2.9	0.2	0.2	87.2
Volyn' region	1057.2	100.0	100.0	99.9
Ukrainians	1025	96.9	94.6	102.4
Russians	25.1	2.4	4.4	53.6
Belarussians	3.2	0.3	0.5	62.1
Dnipropetrovs'k region	3561.2	100.0	100.0	92.0
Ukrainians	2825.8	79.3	71.6	102.0
Russians	627.5	17.6	24.2	67.1
Belarussians	29.5	0.8	1.3	59.6
Jews	13.7	0.4	1.3	27.5
Armenians	10.6	0.3	0.1	in 2 times more
Azerbaijanians	5.6	0.2	0.2	93.9
Donets'k region	4825.6	100.0	100.0	90.8
Ukrainians	2744.1	56.9	50.7	101.9
Russians	1844.4	38.2	43.6	79.6
Greeks	77.5	1.6	1.6	92.6
Belarussians	44.5	0.9	1.4	57.9
Tatars	19.1	0.4	0.5	75.2
Armenians	15.7	0.3	0.2	155.1
Jews	8.8	0.2	0.5	31.4
Azerbaijanians	8.0	0.2	0.1	187.1
Zhytomyr region	1389.3	100.0	100.0	90.4
Ukrainians	1255	90.3	84.9	96.1
Russians	68.9	5.0	7.9	56.7
Poles	49.0	3.5	4.5	70.7
Belarussians	4.9	0.4	0.5	58.9
Jews	2.6	0.2	1.4	12.3
Zakarpattia region	1254.6	100.0	100.0	100.7
Ukrainians	1010.1	80.5	78.4	103.4
Hungarians	151.5	12.1	12.5	97.3
Romanians	32.1	2.6	2.4	109.0
Russians	31.0	2.5	4.0	62.7
Gipsies	14.0	1.1	1.0	115.4
Slovaks	5.6	0.5	0.6	77.7
Germans	3.5	0.3	0.3	103.0
Zaporizhzhia region	1926.8	100.0	100.0	92.9
Ukrainians	1364.1	70.8	63.1	104.3
Russians	476.8	24.7	32.0	71.8
Bulgarians	27.7	1.4	1.7	80.2
Belarussians	12.6	0.7	0.9	68.9
Jews	4.3	0.2	0.7	30.3
Armenians	6.4	0.3	0.1	255
Tatars	5.1	0.3	0.3	98.3
Georgians	3.8	0.2	0.0	in 4.2 times more
Ivano-Frankivs'k region	1406.1	100.0	100.0	99.5
Ukrainians	1371.2	97.5	95.0	102.1
Russians	24.9	1.8	4.0	43.7
Kyiv region	1821.1	100.0	100.0	94.1
Ukrainians	1684.8	92.5	89.4	97.4
Russians	109.3	6.0	8.7	65.1
Belarussians	8.6	0.5	0.6	71.8
Poles	2.8	0.2	0.3	55.7
Kirovograd region	1125.7	100.0	100.0	91.7
Ukrainians	1014.6	90.1	85.3	96.9
Russians	83.9	7.5	11.7	58.3
Moldavians	8.2	0.7	0.9	77.4
Belarussians	5.5	0.5	0.8	57.5
Armenians	2.9	0.3	0.1	in 4.4 times more
Bulgarians	2.2	0.2	0.3	70.0
Luhans'k region	2540.2	100.0	100.0	88.9
Ukrainians	1472.4	58.0	51.9	99.3
Russians	991.8	39.0	44.8	77.5
Belarussians	20.5	0.8	1.2	61.4
Tatars	8.5	0.3	0.4	71.6
Armenians	6.5	0.3	0.1	170.5
L'viv region	2606.0	100.0	100.0	95.5
Ukrainians	2471	94.8	90.4	100.3
Russians	92.6	3.6	7.2	47.4
Poles	18.9	0.7	1.0	70.5
Belarussians	5.4	0.2	0.4	50.4
Mykolaiv region	1262.9	100.0	100.0	95.1
Ukrainians	1034.5	81.9	75.6	103.1
Russians	177.5	14.1	19.4	68.8
Moldavians	13.1	1.0	1.3	79.0
Belarussians	8.3	0.7	1.1	57.8
Bulgarians	5.6	0.4	0.5	79.5
Armenians	4.2	0.3	0.1	in 2.4 times more
Jews	3.2	0.3	0.9	27.4
Odesa region	2455.7	100.0	100.0	93.6
Ukrainians	1542.3	62.8	54.6	107.6
Russians	508.5	20.7	27.4	70.7
Bulgarians	150.6	6.1	6.3	90.9
Moldavians	123.7	5.0	5.5	85.6
Gagausians	27.6	1.1	1.0	100.9
Jews	13.3	0.5	2.6	19.4
Belarussians	12.7	0.5	0.8	60.1
Armenians	7.4	0.3	0.2	142.9
Gipsies	4.0	0.2	0.1	104.3
Poltava region	1621.2	100.0	100.0	92.7
Ukrainians	1481.1	91.4	87.9	96.4
Russians	117.1	7.2	10.2	65.4
Belarussians	6.3	0.4	0.5	66.1
Armenians	2.6	0.2	0.1	in 2 times more
Moldavians	2.5	0.2	0.2	93.6
Rivne region	1171.4	100.0	100.0	100.6
Ukrainians	1123.4	95.9	93.3	103.5
Russians	30.1	2.6	4.6	56.2
Belarussians	11.8	1.0	1.4	73.5
Poles	2.0	0.2	0.3	67.0
Sumy region	1296.8	100.0	100.0	90.8
Ukrainians	1152	88.8	85.5	94.4
Russians	121.7	9.4	13.3	64.0
Belarussians	4.3	0.3	0.4	67.3
Ternopil' region	1138.5	100.0	100.0	97.8
Ukrainians	1113.5	97.8	96.8	98.9
Russians	14.2	1.2	2.3	53.3
Poles	3.8	0.3	0.6	57.5
Kharkiv region	2895.8	100.0	100.0	91.2
Ukrainians	2048.7	70.7	62.8	102.8
Russians	742.0	25.6	33.2	70.4
Belarussians	14.7	0.5	0.7	64.4
Jews	11.5	0.4	1.5	23.7
Armenians	11.1	0.4	0.3	136.9
Azerbaijanians	5.6	0.2	0.2	86.9
Georgians	4.4	0.2	0.1	138.8
Kherson region	1172.7	100.0	100.0	94.8
Ukrainians	961.6	82.0	75.7	102.6
Russians	165.2	14.1	20.2	66.2
Belarussians	8.1	0.7	1.0	64.8
Tatars	5.3	0.5	0.2	in 2.5 times more
Moldavians	4.1	0.4	0.5	74.4
Armenians	4.5	0.4	0.1	in 3.8 times more
Crimean Tatars	2.0	0.2	0.5	36.2
Khmel'nyts'kyi	1426.6	100.0	100.0	93.8
Ukrainians	1339.3	93.9	90.4	97.4
Russians	50.7	3.6	5.8	57.6
Poles	23.0	1.6	2.4	62.7
Belarussians	2.7	0.2	0.3	59.2
Cherkasy	1398.3	100.0	100.0	91.6
Ukrainians	1301.2	93.1	90.5	94.2
Russians	75.6	5.4	8.0	61.8
Belarussians	3.9	0.3	0.4	62.7
Chernivtsi	919.0	100.0	100.0	97.7
Ukrainians	689.1	75.0	70.8	103.4
Romanians	114.6	12.5	10.7	114.2
Moldavians	67.2	7.3	9.0	79.5
Russians	37.9	4.1	6.7	60.1
Poles	3.3	0.4	0.5	71.6
Belarussians	1.4	0.2	0.3	51.8
Jews	1.4	0.2	1.8	8.8
Chernihiv	1236.1	100.0	100.0	87.5
Ukrainians	1155.4	93.5	91.5	89.4
Russians	62.2	5.0	6.8	64.4
Belarussians	7.1	0.6	0.8	66.9
The city of Kyiv	2567.0	100.0	100.0	99.8
Ukrainians	2110.8	82.2	72.5	113.3
Russians	337.3	13.1	20.9	62.9
Jews	17.9	0.7	3.9	17.9
Belarussians	16.5	0.6	1.0	65.5
Poles	6.9	0.3	0.4	66.3
Armenians	4.9	0.2	0.2	108.9
The city of Sevastopol' (town's council)	377.2	100.0	100.0	95.4
Russians	270.0	71.6	74.4	91.8
Ukrainians	84.4	22.4	20.7	103.3
Belarussians	5.8	1.6	1.9	78.0
Tatars	2.5	0.7	0.3	in 2.4 times more
Crimean Tatars	1.8	0.5	0.1	in 5.9 times more
Armenians	1.3	0.3	0.1	in 3.2 times more
Jews	1.0	0.3	0.7	36.2
Moldavians	0.8	0.2	0.3	70.0
Azerbaijanians	0.6	0.2	0.1	in 2.5 times more

  ^*) The table includes data about nationalities whose part in actual population of the region was not less than 0.2%.