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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 est.)

Languages:
Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian (regional language) 24%, other (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 9%
note: 2012 legislation enables a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language," allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language

Religions:
Orthodox (includes Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (UAOC), Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish
note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two-thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the UOC-KP and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population (2013 est.)

Population:
44,291,413 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
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Age structure:
0-14 years: 14% (male 3,191,247/female 3,013,575)
15-24 years: 11.5% (male 2,610,172/female 2,501,795)
25-54 years: 45% (male 9,639,882/female 10,274,240)
55-64 years: 13.6% (male 2,581,380/female 3,433,568)
65 years and over: 15.6% (male 2,310,652/female 4,734,902) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 42 %
youth dependency ratio: 20.8 %
elderly dependency ratio: 21.2 %
potential support ratio: 4.7 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 40.6 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 43.7 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
-0.64% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 226
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Birth rate:
9.41 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 203
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Death rate:
15.72 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
-0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
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Urbanization:
urban population: 68.9% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: -0.26% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
KYIV (capital) 2.829 million; Kharkiv 1.451 million; Dnipropetrovsk 994,000; Odesa 1.01 million; Donetsk 959,000; Zaporizhzhya 771,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.49 male(s)/female
total population: 0.85 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
25.8 (2010 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
32 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 8.1 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 154
male: 10.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 69.14 years
country comparison to the world: 156
male: 63.78 years
female: 74.86 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.3 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 215
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Contraceptive prevalence rate:
66.7% (2007)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
7.3% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 77
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Physicians density:
3.52 physicians/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
8.7 beds/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 98.1% of population
rural: 97.7% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1.9% of population
rural: 2.3% of population
total: 2% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 96.5% of population
rural: 89.4% of population
total: 94.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3.5% of population
rural: 10.6% of population
total: 5.7% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.9% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
230,500 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
18,100 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
21.3% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 89
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
0.9% (2002)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
6.2% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 35
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2011 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2012)

Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 356,213
percentage: 7 % (2005 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 17.3%
country comparison to the world: 72
male: 18.1%
female: 16.1% (2012)