Ukraine Demographics Profile 2009

Population

45,700,395 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.8% (male 3,238,280/female 3,066,594)
15-64 years: 70.3% (male 15,399,488/female 16,742,612)
65 years and over: 15.9% (male 2,422,311/female 4,831,110) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 39.5 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 42.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.632% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

9.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

15.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 68% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.5 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 8.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 68.25 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 74.5 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.26 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.6% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

440,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

19,000 (2007 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 - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.1%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 7.2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Protestant 2.2%, Jewish 0.6%, other 3.2% (2006 est.)

Languages

Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2001 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2006)

Education expenditures

6.3% of GDP (2006)