Population during each governor's tenure
25 governors, ranked by how population changed from their first day in office, next to Ukraine over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Governor | Country | In office | Total | vs UA | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Leonid Chernovetskyi | Kyiv | 20 Apr 2006 – 16 Nov 2010 | +3.5% 2006 → 2010 | +5.5 pts UA −2.1% | +0.9%/yr | |
| 2 | UDAR Vitali Klitschko | Kyiv | 25 Jun 2014 – now | +3.0% 2014 → 2022 | +12.3 pts UA −9.4% | +0.4%/yr | |
| 3 | N Oleksandr Omelchenko | Kyiv | 22 May 1996 – 20 Apr 2006 | +2.4% 1996 → 2006 | +10.5 pts UA −8.1% | +0.2%/yr | |
| 4 | N Oleksandr Popov | Kyiv | 16 Nov 2010 – 14 Dec 2013 | +2.2% 2010 → 2013 | +3.1 pts UA −0.9% | +0.7%/yr | |
| 5 | N Volodymyr Blazhenchuk | Volyn Oblast | 1 Jan 1991 – 19 Apr 1994 from 1991 | +1.3% 1991 → 1994 | +1.2 pts UA +0.2% | +0.4%/yr | |
| 6 | N Oleksandr Ledyda | Zakarpattia Oblast | 18 Mar 2010 – 2 Mar 2014 | +1.0% 2010 → 2014 | +2.1 pts UA −1.2% | +0.2%/yr | |
| 7 | N Roman Vasylyshyn | Rivne Oblast | 24 Mar 1992 – 19 Feb 1997 | +0.8% 1992 → 1997 | +3.4 pts UA −2.5% | +0.2%/yr | |
| 8 | N Vasyl Bertash | Rivne Oblast | 18 Mar 2010 – 2 Mar 2014 | +0.6% 2010 → 2014 | +1.8 pts UA −1.2% | +0.2%/yr | |
| 9 | N Mykhailo Papiiev | Chernivtsi Oblast | 18 Mar 2010 – 21 Mar 2014 | +0.5% 2010 → 2014 | +1.6 pts UA −1.2% | +0.1%/yr | |
| 10 | N Borys Klimchuk | Volyn Oblast | 26 Mar 2010 – 5 Feb 2014 | +0.5% 2010 → 2014 | +1.6 pts UA −1.2% | +0.1%/yr |
Showing 10 of 122 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Ukraine is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. million residents, 1 January · Ukrstat, resident population on 1 January, estimated; the last estimate is for 2022 and no census has been held since 2001 · oblast data · as of Sep 2026.