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Ukraine Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Ukraine with its 25 first-level divisions, the capital Kyiv and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Ukraine

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 25 units

Ukraine is divided into 25 first-level administrative divisions:

CherkasyChernihivChernivtsiDnipropetrovs'kDonets'kIvano-Frankivs'kKharkivKhersonKhmel'nyts'kyyKievKiev CityKirovohradL'vivLuhans'kMykolayivOdessaPoltavaRivneSumyTernopil'TranscarpathiaVinnytsyaVolynZaporizhzhyaZhytomyr

Largest cities in Ukraine

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1KyivCapital2,709,000
2Kharkiv1,461,000
3Dnipro1,050,000
4Odessa991,000
5Donetsk988,000
6Lviv803,880
7Zaporizhzhya788,000
8Kryvyy Rih652,380
9Mykolayiv510,840
10Mariupol481,626

Kyiv is the largest urban area in Ukraine with about 2,709,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Ukraine: ≈ 2,028 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Seym
  • Dnipro
  • Dniester
  • Danube
  • Pripyat
  • Donets
  • Desna
  • Bratul Chillia
  • Prut
  • Southern Bug
  • Bug
  • Mukhavyets

🏞️ Lakes

  • Lake
  • Kiev Reservoir
  • Kakhovka Reservoir
  • Kremenchuk Reservoir
  • Syvash

Ethnic groups in Ukraine

CIA World Factbook · 2001
Ukrainian
77.8%Russian
17.3%Belarusian
0.6%Moldovan
0.5%Crimean Tatar
0.5%Bulgarian
0.4%Hungarian
0.3%Romanian
0.3%Polish
0.3%Jewish
0.2%other
1.8%

Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.)

Regionally, Ukrainian is the most common ethnic group across most of the 25 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2001 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Ukraine

CIA World Factbook · 2013

Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est.)

Regionally, Orthodox is the most common religious group across most of the 25 divisions, while Ukrainian Greek Catholic predominates in 3 divisions (L'viv, Ternopil', Ivano-Frankivs'k).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2013 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Ukraine

CIA World Factbook · 2001
Ukrainian
67.5%Russian
29.6%other
2.9%

Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes Crimean Tatar, Moldovan/Romanian, and Hungarian) 2.9% (2001 est.)

Regionally, Ukrainian is the most common language group across most of the 25 divisions, while Russian predominates in 2 divisions (Donets'k, Luhans'k).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2001 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.