Until 18 July 2020, Lymanske belonged to Reni Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Reni Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.[2][3]
In 2001, there were 3,202 inhabitants, of which 26 Ukrainian speakers (0.79%), 3,802 Romanian speakers (93.34%), 30 Bulgarian speakers (0.91%), 127 Russian speakers (3.85%) and 30 Gagauz speakers (0.91%).[4]