Ukraine Facts & Figures

Ukraine Statistics

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an unprovoked, large-scale military invasion of Ukraine, its neighbor to the southwest, marking an escalation to a conflict that began in 2014 with the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Donbass region.

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: $12,400 (2020 estimate); $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: 3.24% (2019 estimate); 3.41% (2018 estimate); 2.48% (2017 estimate); -15% (2009)

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, namely natural gas, 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

Inflation: 7.9% (2019 estimate); 11% (2018 estimate); 14.4% (2017 estimate)

International country code: +38

Internet country code: .ua

Internet users: 29.47 million (2021 estimate); 10.35 million (2008)

Main export partners:
Russia 9%, China 8%, Germany 6%, Poland 6%, Italy 5%, Turkey 5% (2019); Russia 21.4%, Turkey 5.36%, China 3.61% (2009 estimate)

Main imports partners:
China 13%, Russia 12%, Germany 10%, Poland 9%, Belarus 7% (2019); Russia 29.13%, Germany 8.48%, China 6.02%, Poland 4.78%, Kazakhstan 4.48% (2009 estimate)

Military: conscription abolished in 2012, but reintroduced in 2014; 20-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2021); compulsory military service 18 months for army and air force; 24 months for navy (2011)

Mobile phones: 53,977,690 (2020); 55.69m (2008 estimate)

National team uniform: blue and yellow

Population density: 77.75 per square km

Population: 43,745,640 (July 2021 estimate); 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: Servant of the People Party; the pro-Russian Party of the Regions was in power until the 2014 revolution

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: 8.89% (2019 estimate); 9.42% (2018 estimate); 8.8% (2010 estimate)

Urban population: 68% (2008 estimate)

Video system: SECAM

Wettest months: July & August (in Kyiv)