Page last updated on February 5, 2013
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)
Languages:
Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 9%
Religions:
Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.1%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 7.2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Protestant 2.2%, Jewish 0.6%, other 3.2% (2006 est.)
Population:
44,854,065 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.8% (male 3,179,234/female 3,005,603)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
12.7% (male 2,918,073/female 2,800,485)
25-54 years:
44.9% (male 9,727,188/female 10,411,730)
55-64 years:
13.1% (male 2,518,399/female 3,349,746)
65 years and over:
15.5% (male 2,275,828/female 4,667,779) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 40.1 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
36.9 years
female:
43.3 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.625% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 222
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Birth rate:
9.59 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 199
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
15.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 69% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
-0.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
KYIV (capital) 2.779 million; Kharkiv 1.455 million; Dnipropetrovsk 1.013 million; Odesa 1.009 million; Donetsk 971,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.49 male(s)/female
total population:
0.85 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
32 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 122
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 8.38 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 154
male:
10.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
6.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.74 years
country comparison to the world: 154
male:
63.07 years
female:
74.77 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.29 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 214
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
7% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
3.125 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
8.73 beds/1,000 population (2006)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 90% of population
total: 95% of population
unimproved:
