population of Ukraine declined from 51,271,996 to 48,077,021 with loss of 3,194,976 of 1989. It is making date of country with lowest rate of birth in Europe. This trend has been uneven as well as varied regionally. There are three regions in the western part of Ukraine, Rivne, Zakarpattia and Volyn saw slight population increase of just 0.8%, 1% and 0.2% respectively.
Between year 1989 and 2001, population of Kiev increased by 6.8% and of Kive City by 1.5%, to outside of capital, southern and central as well as eastern regions experienced severe decline in the population. While between 1989 and 2001, Dontesh region lost people of 8.9% of population, neighboring region Luhansk lost 10.9% of population. From 1989 until year 2001 patterns of population changes was one of the modest growth in parts of Kiev, it is slight declines in the western Ukraine, while there are significant declines in the central, southern and eastern Ukraine and catastrophic decline in the Crimea.
Ukraine is major source of migration in many states of European Union Members, During 1990s and 2000s, sputtering of Ukraine economy and political instability has contributed to the rising emigration, it is especially and nearby Hungary and Poland. Some other states such as Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Russia, Canada and Israel, citizens of country working currently abroad, mostly they are living illegally, service housekeeping and in agriculture industries. Embassies of Ukrainian have reported that about 300,000 of citizens were working in different counties such as Poland, in Portugal, Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey and United States, many peoples born in Ukraine have migrated or emigrated to above countries for different purposes.