Age structure:
0-14 years:
16.3% (male 4,004,948; female 3,832,931)
15-64 years:
68.7% (male 15,779,735; female 17,225,103)
65 years and over:
15% (male 2,419,612; female 4,793,110)
(2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 38 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 40.9 years
(2002)
Population growth rate: -0.69% (2003 est.)
Birth rate: 9.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate: 16.39 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 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
(2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 20.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.2 deaths/1,000 live births
(2003 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.5 years
male: 61.1 years
female: 72.17 years
(2003 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.34 children born/woman (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 250,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 11,000 (2001 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ukrainian(s)
adjective:
Ukrainian
Ethnic groups: Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Romanian 0.8% (divided in Moldovan 0.5% and Romanian 0.3%), Belarusian 0.6%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001)
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:
99.7%
male:
99.8%
female:
99.6%
(2003 est.)