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Ukraine
 
Capital: Kiev
Area size: 579350 sq. km Slightly larger than France
Time zone: Standard Time GMT +2, Summer Time GMT +3
Currency: Hryvnia
Area code: (+) 380
Driving: Right
Climate description: Temperate continental. Mediterranean climate along the southern Crimean coast. Winters are moderate along the Black Sea and become more severe farther inland. Summers are warm across most of the country and hot in the south.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Ukrainian is the official language. Russian is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 46.7 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 46.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 46.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 47.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 47.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 48.0 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 48.4 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 48.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
43.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Ukrainian 73 percent, Russian 22 percent. There are also Belarusian, Moldovan, Polish and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Mainly Christian Orthodox. There are also Catholic, Protestant and Jewish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 68.2 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 68.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 67.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 67.6 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 67.4 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 67.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 67.2 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 67.1 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1919
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
90 (2006)
Source: U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Percentage of population under 15
2005 14.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 15.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 16 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 16.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 17.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 17.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


Average life expectancy
2005 67.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 66.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 66.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 69.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 69.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 68.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 62.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 60.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 60.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 64.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 64.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 62.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 73.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 72.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 72.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 74.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 74.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 73.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2006 20 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 13 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 14 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 15 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 16 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 17 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 17 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2006 24 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 17 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 18 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 20 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 20 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 20 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 21 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 99 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 99 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
2005 18 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 35 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 76 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 77 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 78 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 70 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 75 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 80 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2006 1 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005 1 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 1 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average <2.5 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 3 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
2004 96 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 98 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 98 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2004 96 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 99 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 99 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 99.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 99.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 99.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 99.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 99.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 99.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 99.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 99.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 99.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2006 268 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005 251 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 258 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 234 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 226 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 220 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 212 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers
2006 1067 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2005 645 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 292 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 137 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 77 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 46 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 17 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Internet users
2006 121 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2005 98 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 80 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 53 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 19 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 12 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 7 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
2007 118 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 99 (joint) Transparency International
2005 107 (joint) Transparency International
2004 122 (joint) Transparency International
2003 106 (joint) Transparency International
2002 Not ranked
2001 83 Transparency International
2000 87 (joint) Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2005 No data available percent
1990-2004 No data available percent
1990-2002 No data available percent
1990-2001 2.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2005 1520 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 1270 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 980 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 790 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 730 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 700 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
2005 82.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 64.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 50.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 42.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 38 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 31.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual GDP growth
2005 2.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 12.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 9.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 5.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 9.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 5.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation
2005 20.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 15.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 8.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 5.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 9.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 23.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.9 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
23.0 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians
2000-2004 295 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 295 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 299 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 299 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2005 1.4 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003 1.3 percent UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
2006 106 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2005 102 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2004 97 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2003 97 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2002 95 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2001 91 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2000 84 per 100,000 people WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2006 63723 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 84213 UNHCR
2004 89579 UNHCR
2003 94148 UNHCR
2002 85265 UNHCR
2001 26716 UNHCR
2000 19312 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2006 2275 UNHCR
2005 2346 UNHCR
2004 2459 UNHCR
2003 2877 UNHCR
2002 2966 UNHCR
2001 2983 UNHCR
2000 2951 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 20 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1999 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 2.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 2.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 2.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 2.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 2.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 3.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2005 6.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004 4.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002 5.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001 4.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000 4.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 3.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 3.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 3.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 2.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 2.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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