Ukraine
 | Ukraine |  Population Government Economy Geography Communication Transportation | |
 Population | Top of page | |
| Inhabitants | Life expectancy | |
| 46,299,862 (July 2007 est.) | total population: 67.88 years
male: 62.16 years female: 73.96 years (2007 est.) | |
| Ethnic groups | Religions | |
| 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) | 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 | Literacy | |
| Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.6% (2003 est.) | |
 Government | Top of page | |
| Government type | Capital | |
| republic | Kyiv (Kiev) | |
| Independance | National day | |
| 24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union) | Independence Day, 24 August (1991); note - 22 January 1918, the day Ukraine first declared its independence (from Soviet Russia) and the day the short-lived Western and Central Ukrainian republics united (1919), is now celebrated as Unity Day | |
| Constitution | Legal system | |
| adopted 28 June 1996 | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts | |
 Economy | Top of page | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) | Growth rate | |
| $81.53 billion (2006 est.) | 7% (2006 est.) | |
| GDP per inhabitant | Unemployment rate | |
| $7,600 (2006) | 2.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is 6.7% (2006) | |
| Population below poverty line | Inflation rate | |
| 29% (2003 est.) | 11.6% (2006) | |
| Exports | Imports | |
| $38.88 billion (2006 est.) | $44.11 billion (2006 est.) | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | Currency | |
| $22.26 billion (2006) | hryvnia (UAH) | |
| Military expenditures | ||
| 1.4% (2005 est.) | ||
 Geography | Top of page | |
| Location | Area | |
| Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east | 603,700 sq km | |
| Climate | Natural resources | |
| temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south | iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land | |
 Communication | Top of page | |
| Cellulars | Internet code | |
| 17.214 million (2005) | .ua | |
| Internet hosts | Internet users | |
| 229,110 (2006) | 5.278 million (2005) | |
 Transportation | Top of page | |
| Airports | Railways (in km) | |
| 499 (2006) | 22,473 km | |
| Roadways (in km) | Pipelines (in km) | |
| 169,477 km | gas 19,951 km; oil 4,514 km; refined products 4,211 km (2006) | |
