The urban population as of December 1 stood at 31,886.688 thousand persons, which is 0.01%, or 3.534 thousand persons, fewer compared with November 1; the rural population was 15,072.052 thousand persons, which is 0.2%, or 25.238 thousand persons, fewer compared with the previous month.
In January-November 2005, the population decreased by 0.7%, or 322.06 thousand persons, compared with the beginning of the year.
As reported, in October 2005 the population of Ukraine decreased by 0.06%, or 27.039 thousand persons, compared with September, and as of November 1 it stood at 46,988.212 thousand persons.
According to the All-Ukrainian Population Census conducted in December 2001, the population stood at 48,415.5 thousand persons, of whom 32,538.0 thousand persons were the urban population and 15,877.5 thousand persons were the rural population.