Population: |
47,425,336 (July 2005 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 15.6% (male 3,783,725/female 3,619,754)
15-64 years: 68.8% (male 15,619,989/female 16,992,628)
65 years and over: 15.6% (male 2,497,851/female 4,911,389) (2005 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 38.22 years
male: 34.91 years
female: 41.21 years (2005 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
-0.63% (2005 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
10.49 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Death rate: |
16.42 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 20.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 66.85 years
male: 61.6 years
female: 72.38 years (2005 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.4 children born/woman (2005 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 - Kiev 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%; small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.) |
| People - note: |
the sex trafficking of Ukrainian women is a serious problem that has only recently been addressed |
