Censuses in Ukraine () is a sporadic event that since 2001 has been conducted by the

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under the jurisdiction of the

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History

The first steps

The first official census in the territory of Ukraine took place in 1818 when

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was part of the

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. However a modern census did not take place until 1857. Since then the next censuses took place in the dual-power state of the

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in 1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910. Those last five censuses also included the territory of the today

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which was part of the

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. The further censuses discontinued as the country fell apart. The rest of Ukraine which was part of Russian Empire conducted its first census as part of the 1897 Russian Census. The next national census in Russia did not take place until after

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and the formation of the

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. A city-census of Kyiv took place in March 1919, after the Bolsheviks occupied the city. In 1920, a census was conducted only in those areas of Ukraine that were not involved in the

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Interwar censuses

The next census conducted in most of the territory of

(Eastern Galicia) was the

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, while the 1921 Czechoslovakia Census took place on the territory of the

. In 1930 another census took place in both regions as part of their respective national censuses that were conducted in the same year. Also the area of today

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saw its first national census in 1930 for the first time since the last one that was conducted in the

in 1910, while the area of

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of today

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along with the rest of

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had the Russian demographic statistic data back from 1897. Already during the

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one more census took place in 1941 in Hungary which previously sacked and occupied the territory of

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(today Zakarpattia Oblast). As it was mentioned before, the first national Russian Census since 1897 took place only in 1926 as part of the First All-Union Census in the USSR. The next census in the Soviet Union took place in 1937, but it was recognized as unofficial and was never disclosed. The census was also recognized as a conspiracy against the Soviet regime. Just before the

in 1939, the Soviet Union conducted another census that was accepted as the official one.

Post-War censuses

After

, Ukraine was united in its current borders (including

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) and within the Soviet Union. The first Soviet census after the war took place in 1959, followed by three more in 1970, 1979 and 1989. The next planned census never took place as the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.

Post-Soviet

The first (and so far only) national census of Ukraine took place in 2001.Всеукраїнський перепис населення заплановано на кінець 2020-го ('An all-Ukrainian population census is planned for the end of 2020')

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(9 October 2019) It was originally planned that the next one would follow in 2011, but it has been repeatedly postponed.Ukrainian population census will be held in 2020 – Cabinet decree

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(22 December 2015)Ministry will involve Apple in the post-war census

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