The next Ukrainian Census (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнський перепис населення) will be conducted by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. The last census (and so far the only census held in independent Ukraine) was conducted in 2001; tentatively, the next census was supposed to be conducted ten years later, according to standards set by the United Nations. However, the census was delayed regularly since. The 2001 census recorded the population of Ukraine as 48,457,100 people. By May, 2021, that population had dropped down to 41,442,615(excluding Crimea and Sevastopol).