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People of Ukraine

Population:46,299,862 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 14% (male 3,334,428/female 3,163,378)
15-64 years: 69.6% (male 15,465,544/female 16,769,495)
65 years and over: 16.3% (male 2,564,512/female 5,002,505) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 39.2 years
male: 36 years
female: 42.3 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:-0.675% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:9.45 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:16.07 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.922 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.513 male(s)/female
total population: 0.857 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 9.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 67.88 years
male: 62.16 years
female: 73.96 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:1.24 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:1.4% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:360,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:20,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality:noun: Ukrainian(s)
adjective: Ukrainian
Ethnic groups:Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 census)
Religions:Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 19%, Orthodox (no particular jurisdiction) 16%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 9%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 1.7%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004 est.)
Languages:Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2001 census)

Ukraine Quickstats

  • Population: 46,299,862 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 603,700 sq km
  • Density: 78 /km² (115th)
  • GDP (total): $355.8 billion (28th)
  • GDP (per capita): $8,059 (86th)
  • Literacy: 99.4%

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  • Currency: Hryvnia (UAH)
  • Dial code: +380

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