Demographics of Ukraine, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

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Statistic (2006 data)

Population
46,710,816 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure

• 0-14 years: 14.1% (male 3,377,868/female 3,203,738)
• 15-64 years: 69.3% (male 15,559,998/female 16,831,486)
• 65 years and over: 16.6% (male 2,635,651/female 5,102,075) (2006 est.)

Median age

• total: 39.2 years
• male: 35.9 years
• female: 42.2 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate
-0.6% (2006 est.)

Birth rate
8.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

9.0 births/1,000 population (2005) [1]

Death rate
14.39 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

16.6 deaths/1,000 population (2005)[2]

Net migration rate
-0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio

• at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.52 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate

• total: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births
• male: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births
• female: 8.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• total population: 70.0 years
• male: 64.7 years
• female: 75.6 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate
1.17 children born/woman (2006 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%, Greeks 0.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census) The Crimean Tatars (Qırımtatar (aka Qırım, Qırımlı and Qırım türkü), Pl. ... This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ...

Religions
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy 50%, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) 26%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 7%, Protestant, Jewish, Catholics, none 9% (2006 est.)[3] Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy (officially known as Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate, Ukrainian Українська Православна Церква Київсько&#1075... The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is an autonomous church of Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, under the ecclesiastic link to the Moscow Patriarchy. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... In 1921 a Sobor created the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in Kyiv and ordained Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) as head of the UAOC. The UAOC was at that point independent of all other churches. ... Protestantism is one of three main groups currently within Christianity. ... Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ...

Languages
Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, Crimean Tatar, Bulgarian-, Romanian-, Polish-, Hungarian, Rusyn-speaking minorities Crimean Tatar language (Qırımtatar tili, Qırımtatarca), also known as Crimean (Qırım tili, Qırımca) and Crimean Turkish (Qırım Türkçesi) is the language of the Crimean Tatars. ... Rusyn, though by most outsiders considered one language and even having only one SIL code rue, is in fact the name of two independent languages spoken by Rusyns: Carpatho-Rusyn (also called Ruthenian) Pannonian-Rusyn (also called Rusnak) Carpatho-Rusyn (Ruthenian) The Rusyn language of the Carpathian Mountains is an...

Literacy

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• total population: 99.7%
• male: 99.8%
• female: 99.6% (2003 est.)

People - note:
the sex trafficking of Ukrainian women is a serious problem that has only recently been addressed For other uses, see Human trafficking (disambiguation) A poster from the Canadian Department of Justice Trafficking in human beings is the commercial trade (smuggling) of human beings, who are subjected to involuntary acts such as begging, sexual exploitation (eg. ...

Migration

Ukraine is the major source of migrants in many of the European Union Member States. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Ukraine's sputtering economy and political instability contributed to rising emigration, especially to nearby Poland and Hungary, but also to other States such as Portugal, Turkey, Israel, Russia and Canada. Although estimates vary, approximately two to three million Ukrainian citizens are currently working abroad, most of them illegally, in construction, service, housekeeping, and agriculture industries. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the late 1980s and shortly after the year 2000. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Immigration. ...

Ukrainian embassies report that 300,000 Ukrainian citizens are working in Poland, 200,000 in Italy, approximately 200,000 in the Czech Republic, 150,000 in Portugal, 100,000 in Spain, 35,000 in Turkey, and 20,000 in the US. The largest number of Ukrainian workers abroad, about one million, are in the Russian Federation. Since 1992, 232,072 persons born in Ukraine have immigrated to the US.

From the point of view of the economic impact on natives, more appropriate than the absolute numbers is the volume of immigration as a proportion of the native population. Portugal and Czech Republic have the highest rate of Ukrainian emigrants as a proportion of the native population.

Many Ukrainian women, who had the highest unemployment rates, were enticed into prostitution in Western Europe, Turkey, and Israel. The estimates on the number of women and children for sexual exploitation vary from dozen thousands to 500,000 victims. A sex worker in Germany. ... A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ...

See also

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Data sources

• CIA World Factbook
• 2001 Ukrainian Census

External links

• Trafficking in and enslavement of women Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, 2-13 March 1998
• Migration News, 2001 University of California, Davis
• The demographic situation in Ukraine: present state. tendencies, and predictions Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Pollitical Studies named after Olexander Razumkov
• On the status of observance and protection of the rights of Ukrainian citizens abroad the Special Report of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
• News on Trafficking of Ukrainian Women, 2000-01 Trafficking in Women from Ukraine Research Project, University of Rhode Island
• Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy By Olena Malynovska, National Institute for International Security Problems, Kyiv, January 2006
• Emigration from Ukraine, Oct 23rd 2003 The Economist (subscription required)