The population of Lipovyets region is representatives of the Central-Ukrainian anthropological oblast. Scythians, ulichs, black klobuks, lipans, Cossacks-ukhodniks, resettlers from Sivershchyna and Volyn were his ethnic and historical predecessors.

From the ethnographic point of view the territory of the region is located on the border of Podolye and Kiyevschina in the historical Ukrainian land Bratslavshchina. Volyn dialect predominates here. Some time later villages, where Armenians, Poles, Jews lived, appeared. In 1930 105 thousand of population lived in Lipovyets region, but because of the dubious experiments being made by the Soviet government this number reduced as much as twice. Nowadays 44,3 thousand people live there, 96% of them are Ukrainians.

5900 persons of the population of the region are involved in the sphere of agriculture, 1282 - in the sphere of industry. The rest of them deal with trade, building, communication, transport, etc.

The level of registered unemployment was 5,4% at the end of the year 2000.

The natality was - 0,5 thousand people in 1999 and it has tendency towards increasing.

16521 inhabitants of the region are youth up to 30 years old, 15012 are pensioners.

The amount of population from the point of view of age:

·Up to 20 years - 26%

·   From 20 to 30 years -13%

·   From 35 to 50 years - 25%

·   Pensioners - 36%