Location:
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea,
between Poland and Russia
Area:
total area:
603,700 sq km
land area:
603,700 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries:
total 4,558 km ;
Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km,
Moldova 939 km, Poland 428 km,
Romania (southwest) 169 km,
Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km,
Slovakia 90 km
Coastline: 2,782 km
Population: 51,867,828 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
21% (female 5,217,850; male 5,407,450)
15-64 years:
65% (female 17,563,924; male 16,334,299)
65 years and over:
14% (female 4,976,893; male 2,367,412)
Population growth rate: 0.04% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 12.31 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 12.67 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: 0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
70.11 years
male:
65.59 years
female:
74.87 years
Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%,
Jewish 1%, other 4%
Religions:
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate,
Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate,
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox,
Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate),Protestant,
Jewish
Languages:
Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian,
Polish, Hungarian
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
98%
male:
100%
female:
97%
Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Ukraine
Type: republic
Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv)
Independence: 1 December 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution:
using 1978 pre-independence constitution;
new constitution currentlybeing drafted
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $189.2 billion
National product real growth rate: -19%
National product per capita: $3,650
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14%
Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
capacity:
54,380,000 kW
production:
182 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
3,200 kWh
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