About Ukraine

Location

Eastern Europe

Borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania, Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south

Area

603,700 sq km

Geography - note

strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe

Population

45,994,288 (July 2008 est.)

Languages

Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)

Government type

republic

Capital

name: Kyiv (Kiev)
time zone: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Administrative divisions

24 provinces, 1 autonomous republic

Legal system

based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

GDP (purchasing power parity)

$320.1 billion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate

7.3% (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 9.1%
industry: 32.3%
services: 58.7% (2007 est.)

Industries

coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)

Currency (code)

hryvnia (UAH)

Internet country code

.ua

Internet users

5.545 million (2006)

Calling code

+380