People
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) |
This page was last updated on 18 October, 2007 |
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