Ukraine - Geography

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.)

Geographical data of Ukraine
Location Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Belarus, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east
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.)
Population Distribution

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

People and Society

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
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.)
Demographic profile
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Ukraine is found in Eastern Europe