Ukraine
Information
| Capital | Kiev |
| Currency | Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) |
| Government | Semi-Presidential Republic |
| Area/ Size | 603,550 sq km |
| Population | 44,033,874 (July 2017 est.) |
| Language | Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.) |
| Religion | Orthodox (includes Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (UAOC), Ukrainian Orthodox – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), Ukrainian Orthodox – Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish |
| Climate | Temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; warm summers across the greater part of the country, hot in the south |
| Industry | Industries: coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing
Industrial production growth rate: 3.6% (2017 est.) Exports – commodities: ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, foodstuffs Exports – partners: Russia 9.2%, Poland 6.5%, Turkey 5.6%, India 5.5%, Italy 5.2%, China 4.6%, Germany 4.3% (2017) |
| Transport | Airports: 187 (2013)
Pipelines: gas 36,720 km; oil 4,514 km; refined products 4,363 km (2013) Railways: total: 21,733 km Roadways: total: 169,694 km; paved: 166,095 km Waterways: 1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2012) |
| Economy | GDP (PPP): $368.217 billion (2017 est.)
GDP – composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 14% industry: 27.8% services: 58.2% |
| Other Facts | Electricity – from fossil fuels: 62.1% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Electricity – from nuclear fuels: 23% of total installed capacity (2015 est.) Internet users: total: 23,202,067; percent of population: 52.5% |