| Country Information | President: Viktor Yushchenko (2005) Prime Minister: Viktor Yanykovych (2005) Area: 233,089 sq mi (603,700 sq km) Monetary unit: Hryvna
Population (2005 est.): 47,425,336 - growth rate: -0.6%; - birth rate: 10.5/1000; - infant mortality rate: 20.3/1000; - life expectancy: 66.8; - density per sq mi: 203
Capital (2003 est.): Kyiv (Kiev), 3,296,100 (metro. area), 2,588,400 (city proper)
Other large cities: - Kharkiv, 1,435,200; - Odessa, 1,022,300; - Donetske, 984,900; - Lvov, 700,100 | Language: - Ukrainian, - Russian, - Romanian, - Polish, - Hungarian | Ethnicity/race: - Ukrainian 77.8%, - Russian 17.3%, - Belorussian 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) | Religions: - Ukrainian Orthodox (Moscow Patriarchate, Kiev Patriarchate), - Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, - Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), - Protestant, - Jewish | Literacy rate: 100% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: - GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $299.1 billion; per capita $6,300. - Real growth rate: 12%. - Inflation: 12%. - Unemployment: 3.5% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers. - Arable land: 56%. - Agriculture: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk. - Labor force: 21.11 million; industry 32%, agriculture 24%, services 44% (1996). - Industries: coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar). - Natural resources: iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land. - Exports: $23.58 billion (2003 est.): ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products. - Imports: $23.58 billion (2003 est.): energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals. - Major trading partners: Russia, Italy, Turkey, Germany, China, Turkmenistan, Poland.
Communications: - Telephones: main lines in use: 9.45 million (April 1999); mobile cellular: 236,000 (1998). - Radio broadcast stations: AM 134, FM 289, shortwave 4 (1998). - Radios: 45.05 million (1997). - Television broadcast stations: at least 33 (plus 21 repeater stations that relay broadcasts from Russia) (1997).
- Televisions: 18.05 million (1997). - Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 260 (2001). - Internet users: 750,000 (2001).
Transportation: - Railways: total: 22,473 km (2002). - Highways: total: 169,491 km; paved: 163,898 km; unpaved: 5,593 km (2000). - Waterways: 4,499 km (1990). - Ports and harbors: Berdyans'k, Feodosiya, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson, Kiev (Kyyiv), Kiliya, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni, Sevastopol', Yalta, Yuzhnyy. - Airports: 790 (2002).
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