Demographics of Ukraine

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The data in this article are based on the most recent Ukrainian Census, which was carried out in 2001, and the annual CIA World Factbook.

[edit] Statistic (2006 data)

Population
46,710,816 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure

• 0-14 years: 14.1% (male 3,377,868/female 3,203,738)
• 15-64 years: 69.3% (male 15,559,998/female 16,831,486)
• 65 years and over: 16.6% (male 2,635,651/female 5,102,075) (2006 est.)

Median age

• total: 39.2 years
• male: 35.9 years
• female: 42.2 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate
-0.64% (2006)

Birth rate
9.8 births/1,000 population (2006) [1]

Death rate
16.2 deaths/1,000 population (2006)[2]

Net migration rate
-0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio

• at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.52 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate

• total: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births
• male: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births
• female: 8.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• total population: 70.0 years
• male: 64.7 years
• female: 75.6 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate
1.213 children born/woman (2005) [3]

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
1.4% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
360,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths
20,000 (2003 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%, Greeks 0.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census)

Religions
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy 50%, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) 26%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 7%, Protestant, Jewish, Catholics, none 9% (2006 est.)[4]

Languages
Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, Crimean Tatar, Bulgarian-, Romanian-, Polish-, Hungarian, Rusyn-speaking minorities

Literacy

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• total population: 99.7%
• male: 99.8%
• female: 99.6% (2003 est.)

People - note:
the sex trafficking of Ukrainian women is a serious problem that has only recently been addressed

[edit] Regional Differences in Demographics

Between the Soviet census of 1989 and the Ukrainian census of 2001, Ukraine's population declined from 51,271,996 to 48,077,020, a loss of 3,194,976 people or 6.23% of the 1989 population. However, this loss of population has been quite uneven. Three regions in western Ukraine - Volyn, Rivne, and Zakarpattia saw slight population increases of .2%, .8% and 1%, respectively. Collectively, between 1989 and 2001 the seven western regions annexed to the USSR in 1939 lost 119,893 people or 1.2% of their 1989 population. The total population of these regions in 2001 was 9,593,800.

Between 1989 and 2001, the population of Kiev region increased by 6.9% and that of Kiev City by 1.5%. Outside the capital, the central, southern and eastern regions experienced a severe decline in population. Between 1989 and 2001, the Dontesk region lost 470,681 people or 8.9% of its population, and neighboring Luhansk region lost 10.9% of its population. Cherkasy region, in central Ukraine south of Kiev, lost 10.8% of its 1989 population. During this time, the Odessa region lost 155,245 people, or 5.9% of its 1989 population. By 2001, Crimea's population declined by 396,795 people, representing 16.33% of the 1989 population. Collectively, the net population loss in those parts of Ukraine that had belonged to the USSR prior to 1939 was 3,075,083 people or 6% of the 1989 population. The total population of these regions in 2001 was 38,483,220.

Thus, from 1989 until 2001 the pattern of population change was one of modest growth in Kiev, slight decline in western Ukraine, significant decline in eastern, central and southern Ukraine and catastrophic decline in Crimea.

[edit] Migration

Ukraine is the major source of migrants in many of the European Union Member States. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Ukraine's sputtering economy and political instability contributed to rising emigration, especially to nearby Poland and Hungary, but also to other States such as Portugal, Turkey, Israel, Russia and Canada. Although estimates vary, approximately two to three million Ukrainian citizens are currently working abroad, most of them illegally, in construction, service, housekeeping, and agriculture industries.

Ukrainian embassies report that 300,000 Ukrainian citizens are working in Poland, 200,000 in Italy, approximately 200,000 in the Czech Republic, 150,000 in Portugal, 100,000 in Spain, 35,000 in Turkey, and 20,000 in the US. The largest number of Ukrainian workers abroad, about one million, are in the Russian Federation. Since 1992, 232,072 persons born in Ukraine have immigrated to the US.

From the point of view of the economic impact on natives, more appropriate than the absolute numbers is the volume of immigration as a proportion of the native population. Portugal and Czech Republic have the highest rate of Ukrainian emigrants as a proportion of the native population.

Many Ukrainian women, who had the highest unemployment rates, were enticed into prostitution in Western Europe, Turkey, and Israel. The estimates on the number of women and children for sexual exploitation vary from dozen thousands to 500,000 victims.

[edit] Ethnic Groups

The below table gives the total population of various ethnic groups in Ukraine, according to the 2000 census and the language ability. [5]

Group	Pop	Native	Ukranian	Russian	Other
Ukrainian	37541693	31970728	x	5544729	532
Russians	8334141	7993832	328152	x	402
Belarusians	275763	54573	48202	172251	x
Moldavians	258619	181124	27775	45607	22
Crimean Tatars	248193	228373	184	15208	43
Bulgarians	204574	131237	10277	62067	9
Hungarians	156566	149431	5367	1513	14
Romanians	150989	138522	9367	2297	4
Poles	144130	18660	102268	22495	390
Jews	103591	3213	13924	85964	16
Armenians	99894	50363	5798	43105	11
Greeks	91548	5829	4359	80992	9
Tatars	73304	25770	3310	43060	6
Gypsies	47587	21266	10039	6378	6
Azerbaijanians	45176	23958	3224	16968	36
Georgians	34199	12539	2818	18589	15
Germans	33302	4056	7360	21549	20
Gagauzs	31923	22822	1102	7232	2
Koreans	12711	2223	700	9662	0
Uzbeks	12353	3604	1818	5996	0
Chuvashs	10593	2268	564	7636	1
Mordvinians	9331	1473	646	7168	0
Turks	8844	7923	133	567	0
Lithuanians	7207	1932	1029	4182	4
Arabians	6575	4071	897	1235	0
Slovaks	6397	2633	2665	335	0
Czechs	5917	1190	2503	2144	2
Kazahs	5526	1041	822	3470	11
Latvians	5079	957	872	3188	1
Ossets	4834	1150	401	3110	4
Udmurts	4712	729	380	3515	0
Lezghians	4349	1507	330	2341	4
Tadjiks	4255	1521	488	1983	0
Bashkirs	4253	843	336	2920	0
Maris	4130	1059	264	2758	7
Vietnameses	3850	3641	29	164	0
Turkmens	3709	719	1079	1392	0
Albanians	3308	1740	301	1181	0
Assyrians	3143	883	408	1730	0
Chechens	2877	1581	212	977	0
Estonians	2868	416	321	2107	4
Chineses	2213	1817	73	307	0
Kurds	2088	1173	236	396	0
Darghins	1610	409	199	955	0
Komis	1545	330	127	1046	0
Karelians	1522	96	145	1244	1
Avars	1496	582	121	761	0
IndoPaki	1483	1092	26	192	0
Abkhazians	1458	317	268	797	0
Karaites	1196	72	160	931	0
Komi-permians	1165	160	79	898	1
Kirghizs	1128	208	221	617	19
Laks	1019	199	271	514	13
Afghans	1008	551	60	213	0
Tabasarans	977	482	114	356	0
Spaniards	965	146	412	379	1
Orocks	959	12	179	710	50
Izhors	812	2	1	62	0
Finns	768	73	89	558	0
Kumyks	718	244	111	350	0
Americans	709	556	34	88	0
Serbians	623	219	104	218	0
Udins	592	342	9	188	1
Nivkhs	584	4	76	352	0
Kabardinians	473	89	57	319	0
Ingushes	455	164	33	240	0
Italians	420	91	110	199	0
Persians	419	251	16	110	0
Crimchaki	406	68	41	263	6
Buriats	391	41	35	312	0
Nogays	385	227	12	130	1
Adygeis	338	67	19	242	0
Turks-meskhetians	336	272	2	35	0
Kalmyks	325	17	130	170	0
Yakuts	304	56	47	198	0
Orochis	288	5	52	174	2
Vepses	281	11	186	63	0
Cubans	262	139	30	87	0
Frenchs	258	105	52	93	0
Livs	235	46	23	43	0
Chuvans	226	36	16	160	0
Nants	217	6	32	175	2
Balkars	206	40	36	115	0
Circassians	199	25	20	136	0
Uigurs	197	23	18	127	0
Karachais	190	35	22	113	0
Swedes	188	32	122	28	0
Mountain-Jews	166	23	12	121	0
Khakases	162	17	21	120	0
Eskimos	153	6	9	86	1
Datch	139	32	36	64	0
Ruthulians	137	36	12	80	0
Lapps	136	3	20	95	0
Dungans	133	4	74	49	0
Talishes	133	28	19	78	0
Abazins	128	24	4	86	0
Croatians	126	23	27	38	0
Kara-Kalpaks	117	40	12	50	0
Austrians	112	16	28	54	0
English	112	50	16	37	0
Aguls	108	20	28	53	0
Georgian-Jews	108	1	70	29	0
Evens	104	19	6	7	0
Khalhas	104	56	2	40	0
Khanties	100	6	29	55	0
Cakhuries	83	16	16	31	0
Altaians	81	6	9	62	0
Ulchis	76	5	8	43	1
Koryaks	69	5	5	55	0
Tats	64	9	0	46	0
Selkups	62	1	6	49	0
Negidals	52	31	0	11	0
Canadians	51	21	9	15	1
Evenks	48	4	3	35	0
Nganasans	44	3	0	26	0
Japanese	44	21	4	18	0
Mansis	43	5	9	26	0
Tuvinian	43	4	2	24	0
Nanais	42	4	3	33	0
Udygeis	42	8	6	19	0
Kets	37	2	7	22	0
Shors	33	3	1	28	0
Baluchi	31	16	6	7	0
Chukchi	30	3	2	24	0
Dolgans	26	4	2	10	0
Ents	26	18	0	6	0
Itelmens	18	1	4	6	0
Tofalars	18	0	5	11	0
Jews-Centralasian	13	0	0	12	0
Chileans	13	2	5	4	0
Yucagiris	12	2	0	6	0
Aleutians	6	0	1	4	0
other	3228	1027	144	790	0
NA	188639	0	1108	1844	1

[edit] See also

[edit] Data sources

• CIA World Factbook
• 2001 Ukrainian Census

[edit] External links

• Trafficking in and enslavement of women Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, 2-13 March 1998
• Migration News, 2001 University of California, Davis
• The demographic situation in Ukraine: present state. tendencies, and predictions Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Pollitical Studies named after Olexander Razumkov
• On the status of observance and protection of the rights of Ukrainian citizens abroad the Special Report of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
• News on Trafficking of Ukrainian Women, 2000-01 Trafficking in Women from Ukraine Research Project, University of Rhode Island
• Caught Between East and West, Ukraine Struggles with Its Migration Policy By Olena Malynovska, National Institute for International Security Problems, Kyiv, January 2006
• Emigration from Ukraine, Oct 23rd 2003 The Economist (subscription required)