Facts about Ukraine

Statistics

All statistical figures are quoted as according to:
The Economist: Pocket World in Figures, 2004 Edition

General

Area: 603,700 sq km
Arable as % of total land: 56
Capital: Kiev
Currency: Hryvnya (UAH); 1 USD = 5.5 UAH

People

Population: 49.1 m
Population per square km: 81
Average annual growth in population, 2000-05: - 0.78% (negative growth)
Population under 15: 17.8%
Population over 60: 20.6%
Number of men per 100 women: 87
Life expectancy (men): 64.7 yrs
Life expectancy (women): 74.7 yrs
Adult literacy: 99.6%
Fertility rate (children per woman): 1.2
Urban population (per 1,000 population): 68.0% 

Trade (Principal imports), $bn fob

Fuels, mineral products: 6.5
Machinery & transport equipment: 3.4
Chemicals: 2.0
Food & agricultural produce: 1.1
Total including others: 16.9

Health

Doctors per 1,000 population: 4.6
Hospital beds per 1,000 population: 9.2

 

Society

Number of households: 18.7m
Average number of household: 2.5
Cost of living (Dec.2002, New York = 100): 65 

Ukraine In World Rankings

The largest countries, '000 sq km: 

1. Russia: 17,075
2. Canada: 9,971
43. Ukraine: 604

Slowest growing populations (2000-05), average annual growth %:

1. Estonia: -1.10 (negative growth)
2. Latvia: -0.93 (negative growth)
5. Ukraine: -0.78 (negative growth)

Lowest fertility rates, average number of children per woman (2000-05):

1. Hong Kong: 1.00
2. Bulgaria: 1.10
9. Ukraine: 1.15

Highest median age, Years 2000:

1. Japan: 41.3
2. Italy: 40.2
24. Ukraine: 37.3

Highest population aged 60 and over, % 2000:

1. Italy: 26.4
2. Greece: 18.1
16. Ukraine: 20.6

Lowest economic growth (1991-2001),
average annual % change in real GDP:

1. Moldova: -8.5 (negative growth)
2. Georgia: -8.2 (negative growth)
4. Ukraine: -6.6 (negative growth)

Lowest growth in industrial output,
average annual real % growth (1991-2001):

1. Tajikistan: -10.7 (negative growth)
2. Moldova: -9.8 (negative growth)
6. Ukraine: -7.9 (negative growth)

Lowest growth (Agriculture), average annual real % growth (1991-2001):

1. Moldova: -10.3 (negative growth)
2. Hong Kong: -6.9 (negative growth)
8. Ukraine: -3.1 (negative growth)

Wheat, Top 10 producers, '000 tonnes:

1. China: 94,000
2. EU15: 90,500
7. Ukraine: 21,000

Coal, Top 10 producers, million tonnes oil equivalent:

1. United States: 590.7
2. China: 548.5
10. Ukraine: 43.6

Highest % women in labour force, 2001 or latest:

1. Belarus: 52.9
2. Cambodia: 51.6
8. Ukraine: 48.6

Highest rate of unemployment, % of labour force:

1. Macedonia: 55.5
2. Rйunion: 39.7
32. Ukraine: 11.8

Most rail passengers, Km per person per year:

1. Switzerland: 1,923
2. China: 1,896
6. Ukraine: 1,062

Highest death rates, number of deaths per 1,000 populations (2000-05):

1. Sierra Leone: 29.3
2. Zambia: 28.0
38. Ukraine: 14.2

Largest death by Intentional injury, deaths per 100,000 population:

1. Colombia: 65.1
2. El Salvador: 61.9
8. Ukraine: 36.9

Lowest population per doctor, latest population per doctor:

1. Argentina: 52
2. Italy: 169
5. Ukraine: 217

Prisoners per 100,000 population, latest available year:

      1.United States: 707
2. Russia: 638
9. Ukraine: 406

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