Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of Ukraine
Nationality
adjective: Ukrainian
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Area
total: 603,700 sq km
land: 603,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Population: 47,425,336 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Ukrainian 77.8%
Russian 17.3%
Other 4.9% (including Bulgarian, Belarusian, Moldovan, Crimean Tatar, Hungarian, Romanian, Polish and Jewish)
Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv),population 2,620,000
Largest Cities
Kharkiv – 1,540,000
Dnipropetrovs – 1,140,000
Donetsk – 1,080,00
Official Language
Ukrainian 67%
Russian 24%
other and undesignated (including Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian)
Religion
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
Political system: Presidential/parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $299.1 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $6,300 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 12% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 18%
industry: 45.1%
services: 36.9% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 12% (2004 est.)