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Ukraine Facts & Figures
Ukraine Statistics
Find facts and figures on Ukraine including Ukraine economic statistics: GDP, imports and exports as well as population, area, employment and geographical data.
Adulthood: 18
Annual per capita income: $US6,300 (2009 estimate)
Area: 603,550 square km
Biggest City: Kyiv (Kiev)
Capital: Kyiv (Kiev)
Cars: 8m (2010 estimate)
Currency: Hrivna (UAH)
Driving: On the right
Drugs: All illicit drugs still criminalized; fines/and or imprisonment for possession of even small amounts.
Economic growth in 2009: -15%
Economic output: Ukraine has a struggling second-world economy particularly vulnerable to global financial crises and shocks. The country's main export is steel. Ukraine relies heavily on imported energy supplies from Russia.
Electricity: 220 AC, 50 cycles; plugs with two round pins
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%
Football Association: Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) (Ukrainian: Федерація Футболу України)
Football League: Ukrainian Premier League 16 clubs; Ukrainian First League 18 clubs (second tier)
Government: republic
Highest Mountain: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
International country code: +38
Internet country code: .ua
Internet users: 10.35 million (2008)
Main export partners:
Russia 21.4%, Turkey 5.36%, China 3.61% (2009 estimate)
Main imports partners:
Russia 29.13%, Germany 8.48%, China 6.02%, Poland 4.78%, Kazakhstan 4.48% (2009 estimate)
Military: compulsory military service 18 months for army and air force; 24 months for navy
Mobile phones: 55.69m (2008 estimate)
National team uniform: blue and yellow
Population density: 77.75 per square km
Population: 45,700,395 (July 2010 estimate)
Principal cities & populations:
Kyiv 2,611,327
Kharkiv 1,470,902
Dnipropetrovsk 1,065,008
Odessa 1,029,049
Donetsk 1,016,194
Zaporizhia 815,256
Lviv 732,818
Pro soccer teams: 34 teams in 2 divisions
Ruling party: Party of the Regions
Stock market: PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange
Time: Eastern European Time: GMT +2 hours (Daylight saving time (DST) last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October.
Tourism: (visitors 2009): 4.48 million
Unemployment: 8.8% (2010 estimate)
Urban population: 68% (2008 estimate)
Video system: SECAM
Wettest months: July & August (in Kyiv)
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