Ukraine People:
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)
Median age:
total: 38.22 years
male: 34.91 years
female: 41.21 years (2005)
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 (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 20.34 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 19.07 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 21.55 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 66.85 years (2005 est.)
male: 61.6 years
female: 72.38 years
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 (2001 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)
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)
Languages:
Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7% (2003)
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2003)
People — note:
The sex trafficking of Ukrainian women is a serious problem that has only recently been addressed |
