Ukraine People - 2004

Population:
47,732,079 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.9% (male 3,883,485; female 3,715,668)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 15,692,388; female 17,096,611)
65 years and over: 15.4% (male 2,472,023; female 4,871,904) (2004 est.)

Median age:
total: 38.1 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 41.1 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate:
-0.66% (2004 est.)

Birth rate:
10.21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate:
16.41 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 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 (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 20.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 21.87 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.68 years
male: 61.35 years
female: 72.27 years (2004 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
2% (2003 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%, 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)

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
female: 99.6% (2003 est.)
male: 99.8%
total population: 99.7%