Country Sheet : Ukraine

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Last Update on July 8th 2024

UKRAINE

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Geography

Area : 603 550 km²

Borders : 5,618 km land borders (Belarus 1,111 km, Hungary 128 km, Moldova 1,202 km, Poland 535 km, Romania 601 km, Russia 1,944 km, Slovakia 97 km)

Coastline : 2 782 km

Capital : Kyiv

Official language : Ukrainian

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Population

Population : 36,744,636 (2023)

Crude natural change rate : -5‰ (2022 est.)

Crude net migration rate: -0.3‰ (2023 est.)

Life expectancy: men 68.8 years, women 78.39 years (2022 est.)

Religions: 85,6% Christians, 1.7% Muslims, <1% Jews, <1% Buddhists, <1% Folk religions, <1% Hindus, <1% Other religions, 12.5% Unaffiliated (2020)

Ethnic groups: 77.8% Ukrainians, 17.3% Russians, 0.6% Belarusian, 0.5% Moldovan, 0.5% Crimean Tatar, 0.4% Bulgarian, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.3% Romanian, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Jewish, 1.8% other Religion: 85,6% Christians, 1.7% Muslims, <1% Jews, <1% Buddhists, <1% Folk religions, <1% Hindus, <1% Other religions, 12.5% Unaffiliated (2020)

Source : Eurostat, State Statistics Service of Ukraine, Global religious futures

Economy

Currency: Hryvnia (UAH) (exchange rate in December 2023 : €1 = 39.53 UAH)

GDP: $ 163,445 billion (2023)

GDP per capita (PPS): $ 2,032 (December 2022)

GDP growth : 5.3% (2023)

Inflation: 4.8% (June 2024)

Public debt: 78.4% of GDP (December 2022)

Unemployment: 14.5% (2024)

Public deficit: -3.4% of GDP (December 2021)

Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: $ 629 million (June 2023

Source : Eurostat, IMF World Economic Outlook, Trading economics, Ukrainian Statistics Service

Political system

Republic, parliamentary democracy (Constitution passed by referendum on 28th June 1996).

Head of State : Volodymyr Zelensky, elected on 21stApril 2019 by direct universal suffrage and took office on 20th May 2019.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal appointed on 4th March 2020.

Monocameral parliamentary system The Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) is composed of 450 seats; the representatives are elected for 5 years by direct universal suffrage.

Political representation

Composition of the Parliament (in April 2024)

235 seats Servant of the People
27 seats European Solidarity
24 seats All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna"
22 seats group "Platform for life and peace"
20 seats group "Holos" (Voice)
19 seats group "DOVIRA"
18 seats group "Repair for Ukraine"
17 seats group "Party for future"
190 seats non-affiliated

The Parliament has 450 seats. However, 403 seats are currently filled due to the suspension of the opposition party because of its alleged ties with Russia.

On January 1st 2016, the free trade agreement between Ukraine and the EU came into force. On February 24th, Ukraine was attacked by the Russian Federation. The war has been ongoing since then. On June 23rd, 2022, Ukraine was grated EU candidate status, and on December 16th, 2023, the heads of state or government of the EU voted to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. Since the start of the war, EU member states have provided more than 82 billion € worth of aid to Ukraine.