Donetsk Oblast
| Area | 26,5 thous. sq. km |
| Number of resident population as of 01.01.2021 | 4100,3 thous. persons |
| Share of urban population | 90,9 % |
| Regional centre | Donetsk |
| Administrative system | |
| 8 | districts |
| 66 | territorial communities |
| 52 | cities |
| 131 | urban-rural settlement |
| 1 115 | rural settlement |
| Districts of the region | Number of resident population as of 01.01.2021, thous. persons |
| Bakhmutskyi | 224,5 |
| Volnovaskyi | 141,8 |
| Horlivskyi | 665,0 |
| Donetskyi | 1490,3 |
| Kalmiuskyi | 121,2 |
| Kramatorskyi | 553,6 |
| Mariupolskyi | 510,4 |
| Pokrovskyi | 393,5 |