Ukrainians |
Total population | |
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c. 37 – c. 45 million[1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | |
![]() | 3,269,992 (2015)[4] |
![]() | 1,359,655 (2016)[5] |
![]() | 1,200,000 (2017)[4] |
![]() | 1,028,492 (2016)[6] |
![]() | 600,000 (2015)[7] |
![]() | 338,022 (2015)[8] |
![]() | 325,235 (2014)[9][10] |
![]() | 305,000 (2007)[11][12] |
![]() | 272,000 (2016)[13] |
![]() | 234,354 (2017)[14] |
![]() | 225,734 (2015)[4] |
![]() | 131,709 (2018)[15] |
![]() | 124,602 (2015)[16] |
![]() | 90,530–100,000 (2016)[17][18] |
![]() | 51,703–200,000 (2011)[19][20] |
![]() | 50,699 (2018)[21] |
![]() | 45,051 (2015)[16] |
![]() | 40,000 (2016)[22] |
![]() | 38,791 (2014)[23][24] |
![]() | 32,000 (2016)[25] |
![]() | 30,000–90,000 (2016)[26] |
![]() | 23,414 (2015)[8] |
![]() | 23,183 (2017)[27] |
![]() | 22,263 (2015)[4] |
![]() | 21,509 (2009)[28] |
![]() | 20,000–35,000 (2016)[29][30] |
![]() | 12,691 (2016)[31] |
![]() | 12,248 (2015)[4] |
![]() | 12,144 (2018)[32] |
![]() | 12,000–40,000 (2014)[33][34] |
![]() | 12,000 (2016)[35] |
![]() | 11,145 (2017)[36] |
![]() | 10,996 (2016)[37] |
![]() | 10,001 (2015)[8] |
![]() | 10,000–15,000 (1990)[38][39] |
![]() | 8,000 (2017)[40] |
![]() | 6,681 (2017)[41] |
![]() | 5,000 (2016)[42] |
![]() | 5,000 (2016)[43] |
![]() | 5,000 (2016)[44] |
Languages | |
Religion | |
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Related ethnic groups | |
Other |
Ukrainians (
The
The modern name ukrayintsi (Ukrainians) derives from Ukrayina (Ukraine), a name first documented in 1187.[63] Several scientific theories attempt to explain the etymology of the term.
According to the traditional theory (especially predominant in Russia), it derives from the Proto-Slavic root *kraj-, which has two meanings, one meaning the homeland as in "nash rodnoi kraj" (our homeland), and the other "edge, border", and originally had the sense of "periphery", "borderland" or "frontier region" etc.[64][65][66]
According to some new alternative Ukrainian historians such as Hryhoriy Pivtorak, Vitaly Sklyarenko and other scholars, translate the term "u-kraine" as "in-land", "home-land" or "our-country".[64] The name in this context derives from the word "u-kraina" in the sense of "domestic region", "domestic land" or "country" (inside the country).[67][68][69]
In the last three centuries the population of Ukraine experienced periods of