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.) 

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