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Daten & Fakten

Ukraine

Capital

Ukraine

name: Kyiv (Kiev as the transliteration from Russian)

geographic coordinates: 50 26 N, 30 31 E

time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

etymology: the name is associated with that of Kyi, who along with his brothers Shchek and Khoryv, and their sister Lybid, are the legendary founders of the medieval city of Kyiv; Kyi being the eldest brother, the city was named after him

note: pronounced KAY-yiv

Citizenship

Ukraine

citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Ukraine

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Legal system

Ukraine

civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts

Suffrage

Ukraine

18 years of age; universal

Area

Ukraine

total: 603,550 sq km

land: 579,330 sq km

water: 24,220 sq km

note: approximately 43,133 sq km, or about 7.1% of Ukraine's area, is Russian occupied; the seized area includes all of Crimea and about one-third of both Luhans'k and Donets'k oblasts

Land use

Ukraine

agricultural land: 71.2% (2018 est.)

arable land: 56.1% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 1.5% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 13.6% (2018 est.)

forest: 16.8% (2018 est.)

other: 12% (2018 est.)

Location

Ukraine

Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east

Age structure

Ukraine

0-14 years: 15.9% (male 3,549,814/female 3,334,617)

15-64 years: 65.95% (male 13,856,470/female 14,705,547)

65 years and over: 18.15% (2023 est.) (male 2,680,500/female 5,179,529)

Birth rate

Ukraine

5.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

Ukraine

19.8 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Languages

Ukraine

Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language

major-language sample(s):
Свiтова Книга Фактiв – найкраще джерело базової інформації. (Ukrainian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

Life expectancy at birth

Ukraine

total population: 69.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 64.5 years

female: 75.4 years

Major urban areas - population

Ukraine

3.017 million KYIV (capital), 1.421 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 942,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 888,000 Donetsk (2023)

Median age

Ukraine

total: 45.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.3 years

female: 50 years

Mother's mean age at first birth

Ukraine

26.2 years (2019 est.)

Net migration rate

Ukraine

37.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

Ukraine

densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; noteable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa

Population growth rate

Ukraine

2.33% (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

Ukraine

1.22 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Urbanization

Ukraine

urban population: 70.1% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: -0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Education expenditures

Ukraine

5.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Ukraine

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2014)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

Ukraine

-5.5% (of GDP) (2021 est.)

Industrial production growth rate

Ukraine

2.57% (2021 est.)

Labor force

Ukraine

20.463 million (2021 est.)

Population below poverty line

Ukraine

1.1% (2019 est.)

Unemployment rate

Ukraine

8.88% (2021 est.)

9.13% (2020 est.)

8.19% (2019 est.)

note: officially registered workers; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers

Public debt

Ukraine

58.72% of GDP (2020 est.)

48.33% of GDP (2019 est.)

56.91% of GDP (2018 est.)

note: the total public debt of $64.5 billion consists of: domestic public debt ($23.8 billion); external public debt ($26.1 billion); and sovereign guarantees ($14.6 billion)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Ukraine

9.36% (2021 est.)

2.73% (2020 est.)

7.89% (2019 est.)

note: Excluding the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and part of the anti-terrorist operation zone

Exports

Ukraine

$81.504 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$60.707 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$63.556 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Exports - partners

Ukraine

China 12%, Poland 7%, Turkey 6%, Russia 5%, Italy 5% (2021)

Imports

Ukraine

$84.175 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$63.085 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$76.067 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Imports - partners

Ukraine

China 14%, Russia 11%, Poland 9%, Germany 9%, Belarus 6% (2021)

Airports

Ukraine

215 (2021)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Ukraine

total: 7,769,401 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2020 est.)

Internet users

Ukraine

total: 34,596,356 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 79% (2021 est.)

Railways

Ukraine

total: 21,733 km (2014)

standard gauge: 49 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (49 km electrified)

broad gauge: 21,684 km (2014) 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified)

Roadways

Ukraine

total: 169,694 km (2012)

paved: 166,095 km (2012) (includes 17 km of expressways)

unpaved: 3,599 km (2012)

Telephones - fixed lines

Ukraine

total subscriptions: 2.3 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

Ukraine

total subscriptions: 56 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 140 (2021 est.)

Waterways

Ukraine

1,672 km (2012) (most on Dnieper River)

Disputes - international

Ukraine

Ukraine-Belarus: in 1997, Ukraine and Belarus signed a boundary delimitation treaty; the instruments of ratification were exchanged in 2013; a joint commission should be established to enable the actual demarcation to begin

Ukraine-Hungary: hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees are crossing the border to Hungary to escape the Russian invasion in their country

Ukraine-Moldova: hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees are crossing the border to Moldova to escape the Russian invasion in their country; Ukraine and Moldova signed an agreement officially delimiting their border in 1999, but the border has not been demarcated due to Moldova's difficulties with the break-away region of Transnistria; Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor transit of people and commodities through Moldova's Transnistria Region, which remains under the auspices of an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe-mandated peacekeeping mission comprised of Moldovan, Transnistrian, Russian, and Ukrainian troops

Ukraine-Poland: hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees are crossing the border to Poland to escape the Russian invasion in their country

Ukraine-Romania: hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees are crossing the border to Romania to escape the Russian invasion in their country, the ICJ in 2009 ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea

Ukraine-Russia: the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov is suspended due to the occupation of Crimea by Russia

Ukraine-Slovakia: tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees are crossing the border to Slovakia to escape the Russian invasion of their country

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