Luhanska oblast · Population

Question: What is the population of Luhanska oblast? Answer: Luhanska oblast (Луганськ), Ukraine (capital: Luhans'k) - last known population is ≈ 2 220 200 (year 2015). This was 4.953% of total Ukraine population. In this year, Luhanska oblast population density was 83.2 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2001-2015 (-0.97%/year), Luhanska oblast population in 2026 would be: 1 993 552*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1979-1989] +0.27 %/year
[1989-2001] -0.97 %/year
[2001-2015] -0.97 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 48.574041, 39.307815

Luhanska oblast on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1979c, 1989c, 2001c, 2015e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
• Census databank Tables
• Official statistical publications Demographic yearbook, Statistical Collected Book
• Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 г. in Russian
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).