The raion covers an area of 1,441 square kilometres (556 sq mi).

[1] On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Zhytomyr Raion was significantly expanded.

[2][3] Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 sq mi).

The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 72,213 (2020 est.).

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