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location:
eastern europe. bordering the black sea. between poland. romania. and moldova in the west and russia in the east
geographic coordinates:
49 00 n. 32 00 e
map references:
asia. europe
area:
total: 603.700 sq km land: 603.700 sq km water: 0 sq km
area - comparative:
slightly smaller than texas
land boundaries:
total: 4.663 km border countries: belarus 891 km. hungary 103 km. moldova 939 km. poland 526 km. romania (south) 169 km. romania (west) 362 km. russia 1.576 km. slovakia 97 km
coastline:
2.782 km
maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation
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; summers are warm across the greater part of the country. hot in the south
terrain:
most of ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus. mountains being found only in the west (the carpathians). and in the crimean peninsula in the extreme south
elevation extremes:
lowest point: black sea 0 m highest point: hora hoverla 2.061 m
natural resources:
iron ore. coal. manganese. natural gas. oil. salt. sulfur. graphite. titanium. magnesium. kaolin. nickel. mercury. timber. arable land
land use:
arable land: 56.21% permanent crops: 1.61% other: 42.18% (2001)
irrigated land:
24.540 sq km (1998 est.)
natural hazards:
na
environment - current issues:
inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at chornobyl' nuclear power plant
environment - international agreements:
party to: air pollution. air pollution-nitrogen oxides. air pollution-sulfur 85. antarctic-environmental protocol. antarctic-marine living resources. antarctic treaty. biodiversity. climate change. climate change-kyoto protocol. endangered species. environmental modification. hazardous wastes. law of the sea. marine dumping. ozone layer protection. ship pollution. wetlands signed. but not ratified: air pollution-persistent organic pollutants. air pollution-sulfur 94. air pollution-volatile organic compounds
geography - note:
strategic position at the crossroads between europe and asia; second-largest country in europe
population:
47.425.336 (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 15.6% (male 3.783.725/female 3.619.754) 15-64 years: 68.8% (male 15.619.989/female 16.992.628) 65 years and over: 15.6% (male 2.497.851/female 4.911.389) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 38.22 years male: 34.91 years female: 41.21 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
-0.63% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
10.49 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
16.42 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
net migration rate:
-0.38 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 20.34 deaths/1.000 live births male: 21.55 deaths/1.000 live births female: 19.07 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 69.68 years male: 64.39 years female: 75.31 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
1.4 children born/woman (2005 est.)
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate:
1.4% (2003 est.)
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids:
360.000 (2001 est.)
hiv/aids - deaths:
20.000 (2003 est.)
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 census)
religions:
ukrainian orthodox - kiev patriarchate 19%. orthodox (no particular jurisdiction) 16%. ukrainian orthodox - moscow patriarchate 9%. ukrainian greek catholic 6%. ukrainian autocephalous orthodox 1.7%. protestant. jewish. none 38% (2004 est.)
languages:
ukrainian (official) 67%. russian 24%; small romanian-. polish-. and hungarian-speaking minorities
literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.6% (2003 est.)
people - note:
the sex trafficking of ukrainian women is a serious problem that has only recently been addressed
country name:
conventional long form: none conventional short form: ukraine local long form: none local short form: ukrayina former: ukrainian national republic. ukrainian state. ukrainian soviet socialist republic
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