Ukraine Demographics Profile 2008

Population

45,994,287 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.9% (male 3,277,905/female 3,106,012)
15-64 years: 70% (male 15,443,818/female 16,767,931)
65 years and over: 16.1% (male 2,489,235/female 4,909,386) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 39.4 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 42.5 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.651% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

9.55 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

15.93 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.51 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 9.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 68.06 years
male: 62.24 years
female: 74.24 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.25 children born/woman (2008 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 - 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)