Ukraine 
Facts
Population:
48,760,474 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
17.3% (male 4,310,158; female 4,127,677)
15-64 years:
68.57% (male 15,965,079; female 17,468,035)
65 years and over:
14.13% (male 2,275,004; female 4,614,521) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.78% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
9.31 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
16.43 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.49 male(s)/female
total population:
0.86 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
21.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
66.15 years
male:
60.62 years
female:
71.96 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.96% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
240,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
4,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ukrainian(s)
adjective:
Ukrainian
Ethnic groups:
Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%, Jewish 1%, other 4%
Religions:
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish
Languages:
Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98%
male:
100%
female:
97% (1989 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $189.4 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $3,850 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
12%
industry:
26%
services:
62% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line:
50% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
3.9%
highest 10%:
26.4% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
25.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
22.8 million (yearend 1997)
Labor force - by occupation:
industry 32%, agriculture 24%, services 44% (1996)
Unemployment rate:
4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999)
Budget:
revenues:
$8.3 billion
expenditures:
$8.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:
coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)
Industrial production growth rate:
12.9% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
157.823 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
47.67%
hydro:
9.65%
nuclear:
42.67%
other:
0.01% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
146.675 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
2.3 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
2.2 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk
Exports:
$14.6 billion (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, machinery and transport equipment, food products
Exports - partners:
Russia 24%, Europe 30%, US 5% (2000 est.)
Imports:
$15 billion (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
energy, machinery and parts, transportation equipment, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Russia 42%, Europe 29%, US 3% (2000 est.)
Debt - external:
$10.3 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$637.7 million (1995); IMF Extended Funds Facility $2.2 billion (1998)
Currency:
hryvnia (UAH)
Currency code:
UAH
Exchange rates:
hryvnia per US dollar - 5.4331 (January 2001), 5.4402 (2000), 4.1304 (1999), 2.4495 (1998), 1.8617 (1997), 1.8295 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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(Conservative, state-subsidized), Kiev
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It is a hot August day in Alushta, a popular beach resort on the scenic Crimean coast set against a magnificent backdrop of green and rugged mountains climbing to 5000 feet.
Twenty years have passed since the nuclear power plant explosion on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, regarded as the worst accident in the history of nuclear power.
While Ukraine moves toward forming a representative government following parliamentary elections, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever in the wake of a controversial presidential poll.
Pursuing membership in the European Union, cracking down on crime and corruption, and improving living conditions were the key points in the political platform of Western-leaning presidential candidate Victor Yushchenko, the face of the “Orange Revolution,” which focused international attention on Ukraine last December.
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