🌆 Largest Cities in Ukraine
Cities of Ukraine with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).
Kyiv14%
Kharkiv6.9%
Odesa4.9%
Dnipro4.7%
Donetsk4.4%
Lviv3.5%
Zaporizhzhya3.4%
Kryvyy Rih2.9%
Sevastopol2.7%
Mykolayiv2.3%
Vinnytsya2.1%
Saltivka
Luhansk
Desna
Dniprovskyi
Pravyi Bereh
Darnytsya
Makiyivka
Simferopol
Saltivskyi
Chernihiv
Poltava
Khmelnytskyi
Cherkasy
Chernivtsi
Zhytomyr
Sumy
Rivne
Vyhurivshchyna-Troyeshchyna
Horlivka
Obolon
Ivano-Frankivsk
Mariupol
Kamyanske
Ternopil
Kremenchuk
Shevchenkivskyi
Shevchenkivskyi (Kyiv City)
Kropyvnytskyi
10 others8.7%
1
KyivKyiv City
2,952,301
2
KharkivKharkiv
1,421,125
3
OdesaOdesa
1,010,537
4
DniproDnipropetrovsk
968,502
5
DonetskDonetsk
901,645
6
LvivLviv
717,273
7
ZaporizhzhyaZaporizhzhia
710,052
8
Kryvyy RihDnipropetrovsk
603,904
9
SevastopolSevastopol City
547,820
10
MykolayivMykolaiv
470,011
11
VinnytsyaVinnytsia
430,091
12
SaltivkaKharkiv
409,300
13
LuhanskLuhansk
397,677
14
DesnaKyiv City
368,500
15
DniprovskyiKyiv City
357,900
16
Pravyi BerehDonetsk
352,088
17
DarnytsyaKyiv City
343,384
18
MakiyivkaDonetsk
338,968
19
SimferopolCrimea
336,460
20
SaltivskyiKharkiv
302,600
21
ChernihivChernihiv Oblast
282,747
22
PoltavaPoltava
279,593
23
KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi
274,452
24
CherkasyCherkasy
269,836
25
ChernivtsiChernivtsi
264,298
26
ZhytomyrZhytomyr Oblast
261,624
27
SumySumy
256,474
28
RivneRivne Oblast
243,873
29
Vyhurivshchyna-TroyeshchynaKyiv City
240,000
30
HorlivkaDonetsk
239,828
31
ObolonKyiv City
239,500
32
Ivano-FrankivskIvano-Frankivsk
238,196
33
MariupolDonetsk
230,000
34
KamyanskeDnipropetrovsk
226,845
35
TernopilTernopil
225,238
36
KremenchukPoltava
224,997
37
ShevchenkivskyiKharkiv
220,660
38
Shevchenkivskyi (Kyiv City)Kyiv City
220,077
39
KropyvnytskyiKirovohrad
219,676
40
LutskVolyn
215,986
41
Bila TserkvaKyiv Oblast
207,273
42
VerhunskyiLuhansk
185,593
43
KyivskyiKharkiv
182,900
44
BorshchahivkaKyiv City
179,900
45
DesnyanskyiChernihiv Oblast
179,600
46
NovozavodskyiChernihiv Oblast
179,600
47
TsentralnyiDonetsk
179,582
48
RutchenkivskyiDonetsk
168,029
49
FortechnyiKirovohrad
167,451
50
NyzhnodniprovskDnipropetrovsk
160,123
Highlights
Within Ukraine, Kyiv ranks first in 2026 with 2,952,301, followed by Kharkiv (1,421,125) and Odesa (1,010,537).
Kyiv is 2.1 times higher than Kharkiv, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 2,952,301 (Kyiv) to 160,123 (Nyzhnodniprovsk), with a median of 262,961.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.