Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Ukraine. Strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe after Russia. Mother's mean age at first birth is 26.2 years (2019 est.) (), whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
Location | Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Belarus, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east |
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Geographic coordinates | 49 00 N, 32 00 E |
Map references | AsiaEurope |
Tarrain | mostly fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, with mountains found only in the west (the Carpathians) or in the extreme south of the Crimean Peninsula |
Natural Resources | iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land |
Natural Hazards | occasional floods; occasional droughts |
Irrigated Land | 4,350 sq km (2020) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Dunay (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km; Dnipro (Dnieper) river mouth (shared with Russia [s] and Belarus) - 2,287 km; Dnister (Dniester) river source and mouth (shared with Moldova) - 1,411 km; Vistula (shared with Poland [s/m] and Belarus) - 1,213 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Major aquifers | |
Land Boundaries | 5,581 km |
Border Countries | Belarus 1,111 km; Hungary 128 km; Moldova 1,202 km; Poland 498 km; Romania 601 km; Russia 1,944 km, Slovakia 97 km |
Coastline | 2,782 km |
Climate | temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; warm summers across the greater part of the country, hot in the south |
Area | |
Total Area | |
Land Area | 579,330 sq km |
Water Area | 24,220 sq km |
comparative Area | almost four times the size of Georgia; slightly smaller than Texas |
Maritime Claims | |
Territorial sea | 12 nm |
Exclusive economic zone | 200 nm |
Continental shelf | 200 m or to the depth of exploitation |
Elevations | |
Highest point | Hora Hoverla 2,061 m |
Lowest point | Black Sea 0 m |
Mean elevation | 175 m |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 71.2% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 56.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.5% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 13.6% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 16.8% (2018 est.) |
Other | 12% (2018 est.) |
Densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; noteable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa
In Ukraine, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: 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 est.)
Population | |
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Pop growth rate | 2.38% (2024 est.) |
Birth rate | 6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Death rate | 18.6 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Health expenditure | 7.6% of GDP (2020) |
Physicians Density | |
Hospital bed Density | 7.5 beds/1,000 population (2014) |
Total fertility rate | 1.22 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
Gross reproduction rate | 0.59 (2024 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 65.4% (2012) |
Est married women (ages 15-49) | 61.6% (2023 est.) |
Literacy | age 15 and over can read and write |
Education expenditures | 5.4% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Net Migration rate | 36.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Nationality | Ukrainian | Ukrainian(s) |
Languages | |
Religions | Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est.) |
Age Structure | |
0-14 years | 12.3% (male 2,278,116/female 2,122,500) |
15-64 years | 67.8% (male 12,784,928/female 11,376,460) |
65 years and over | 19.9% (2024 est.) (male 2,447,105/female 4,652,717) |
Dependency Ratios | |
Total dependency ratio | 48.4 |
Youth dependency ratio | 22.6 |
Elderly dependency ratio | 25.8 |
Potential support ratio | 3.9 (2021 est.) |
Median Age | |
Total | 44.9 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 41.4 years |
Female | 49.2 years |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 70.1% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | -0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.017 million KYIV (capital), 1.421 million Kharkiv, 1.008 million Odesa, 942,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 888,000 Donetsk (2023). |
Sex Ratio | |
At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female |
0-14 years | 1.07 male(s)/female |
15-64 years | 1.12 male(s)/female |
65 years and over | 0.53 male(s)/female |
Total population | 0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
Infant Motality | |
Total | 8.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
Male | 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births |
Female | 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life Expectancy at birth | |
Total population | 70.5 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 65.4 years |
Female | 75.8 years |
Drinking Water Sources | |
Improved: urban | urban: 99.4% of population |
Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population |
Improved: total | total: 99.6% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: 0.6% of population |
Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population |
Unimproved: total | total: 0.4% of population (2020 est.) |
Sanitation facility acess | |
Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population |
Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population |
Improved: total | total: 100% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population |
Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population |
Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2020 est.) |
Alcohol consumption per capita | |
Total | 5.69 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Beer | 2.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Wine | 0.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Spirits | 2.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Other alcohols | 0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Tobacco use | |
Total | 25.8% (2020 est.) |
Male | 40% (2020 est.) |
Female | 11.5% (2020 est.) |
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