Ukraine
Facts and Figures
Official name: Ukraine
Capital: Kiev
Area: 603,700 square kilometres
233,100 square miles
Administrative divisions (population)
Cherkasy: 1,478,700 (1998 Estimate)
Chernivhiv: 1,318,500 (1998 Estimate)
Chernivitsi: 938,500 (1998 Estimate)
Dnipropetrovsk:
3,775,400 (1998 Estimate)
Donetsk: 5,064,400 (1998 Estimate)
Ivano-Frankivsk: 1,463,600 (1998 Estimate)
Kharkiv: 3,024,400 (1998 Estimate)
Khersonska: 1,246,800 (1998 Estimate)
Khmelnytsky: 1,485,700 (1998 Estimate)
Kirovohrad: 1,197,800 (1998 Estimate)
Kiev: 4,493,300 (1998 Estimate)
Lviv: 2,739,600 (1998 Estimate)
Luhansk: 2,706,400 (1998 Estimate)
Mykolayiv: 1,322,500 (1998 Estimate)
Odessa: 2,547,800 (1998 Estimate)
Poltava: 1,708,300 (1998 Estimate)
Krym Republic:
2,632,400 (1995 Estimate)
Rivne: 1,192,200 (1998 Estimate)
Sumy: 1,369,800 (1998 Estimate)
Ternopil: 1,168,400 (1998 Estimate)
Vinnytsya:
1,847,100 (1998 Estimate)
Volyn:
1,067,900 (1998 Estimate)
Zakarpatska:
1,288,200 (1998 Estimate)
Zaporizhzhya:
2,042,500 (1998 Estimate)
Zhytomyr:
1,457,100 (1998 Estimate)
Largest cities (population)
Kiev: 2,600,000 (1998 Estimate)
Kharkiv:
1,521,000 (1998 Estimate)
Dnipropetrovsk:
1,122,000 (1998 Estimate)
Donetsk:
1,065,000 (1998 Estimate)
Odessa:
1,027,000 (1998 Estimate)
Zaporizhzhya:
863,000 (1998 Estimate)
Lvov: 794,000 (1998 Estimate)
Krivoy Rog: 715,000 (1998 Estimate)
Mykolayiv:
513,000 (1996 Estimate)
Mariupol: 500,000 (1998 Estimate)
Luhansk:
475,000 (1998 Estimate)
Makeyevka:
395,000 (1998 Estimate)
Vinnytsya:
389,000 (1998 Estimate)
Kherson: 359,000 (1998 Estimate)
Sevastopol:
356,000 (1998 Estimate)
Simferopol:
341,000 (1998 Estimate)
Gorlovka:
309,000 (1998 Estimate)
Poltava:
317,000 (1998 Estimate)
Chernihiv:
311,000 (1998 Estimate)
Cherkasy:
311,000 (1998 Estimate)
People
Population:
49,506,779 (2000 Estimate)
Population growth:
Population growth rate -0.60 per cent (2000 Estimate)
Population density:
82 persons per square kilometre Estimate / 212 persons per square mile Estimate
Urbanization
Per cent urban:
72 per cent (1998 Estimate)
Per cent rural:
28 per cent (1998 Estimate)
Life expectancy
Total 66 years (2000 Estimate)
Female
71.8 years (2000 Estimate)
Male 60.4 years (2000 Estimate)
Infant mortality rate:
22 deaths per 1,000 live births (2000 Estimate)
Literacy rate: Total 98.4 per cent (1995)
Female:
97.4 per cent (1995)
Male:
99.5 per cent (1995)
Ethnic divisions
Ukrainian:
73 per cent
Russian:
22 per cent
Other or none:
5 per cent
Languages: Ukrainian (official), Russian, Romanian, Polish
Religions
Ukrainian Orthodox—Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox—Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish
Government
Type of government:
Republic
Independence: 24 August 1991 (from Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR])
Constitution:
28 June 1996
Voting rights:
Universal at age 18
Membership of international organizations
CE, CIS, IAEA, IBRD, ICC, ICPO/Interpol, IFRCS, IMF, INTELSAT (non-signatory user), ISO, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), UNESCO, WHO, WToO
Economy
Gross domestic product (GDP) (US$):
43,615 million (1998)
GDP per capita (US$): 870 (1998)
GDP by economic sector
GDP, agriculture:
14.4 per cent (1998)
GDP, industry:
34.4 per cent (1998)
GDP, services:
51.2 per cent (1998)
National budget (US$)
Total revenue: Not available
Total expenditure:
Not available
Monetary unit*: 1 hryvnia, consisting of 100 kopiykas
Exports
Machinery, transport equipment, iron and steel, coal, electric power, chemicals, grain, meat, consumer goods
Imports
Machinery and parts, transport equipment, petroleum and gas, chemicals, textiles, food, wood and paper products, light industrial goods, plastics, rubber
Major trading partners for exports
Russia, China, Belarus, Turkey, Germany
Major trading partners for imports
Russia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Germany, China
Industries
Coal, electric power, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, machinery, mechanical engineering, transport equipment, chemicals, minerals, rubber goods, construction materials, cement, food processing, tobacco
Agriculture
Principal crops: wheat, barley, maize, rye, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beet, sunflower seeds, fruits; livestock products: cattle, pigs, poultry, milk, meat, eggs, wool
Natural resources
Iron ore, coal, manganese, magnesite, natural gas, petroleum, salt, sulphur, potash, chalk, peat, gypsum, timber
Sources:
Basic Facts and People sections
Area data are from the individual country statistical bureaus. Population, population growth rate, infant mortality, and life expectancy data are from the United States Census Bureau, International Programs Center; International database, 2000; (www.census.gov). Population density data are from the individual country statistical bureaus, and the United States Census Bureau, International Programs Center; International database, 2000; (www.census.gov). Largest cities population data and administrative divisions data are from the individual country statistical bureaus. Literacy rate data are from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) database, 2000; (www.unesco.org). Urban and rural population data are from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), FAOSTAT database, 2000; (www.fao.org). Ethnic divisions and religion data are largely from the latest Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook, as well as various country censuses and reports. Language data are largely from the Ethnologue, Languages of the World, SIL International; (www.sil.org).
Government section
Government, independence, constitution, and voting rights data are largely from various government Web sites, the latest Europa World Yearbook, and the latest Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook.
Economy section
Gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, GDP by economic sector, and national budget data are from the World Bank database, 2000; (www.worldbank.org). Monetary unit, exports and imports, natural resources, agriculture, and industries information is from the latest Europa World Yearbook, and various International Monetary Fund (IMF) publications.
All the above information has been taken from indirect sources.
Note: Due to rounding, totals may not add up to 100 per cent. 
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