Population:
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48,055,439 (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.3% (male 4,004,948; female 3,832,931)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 15,779,735; female 17,225,103)
65 years and over: 15% (male 2,419,612; female 4,793,110) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 38 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 40.9 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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-0.69% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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9.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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16.39 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.5 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 20.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 22.2 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66.5 years
male: 61.1 years
female: 72.17 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.34 children born/woman (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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250,000 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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11,000 (2001 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Ukrainian(s)
adjective: Ukrainian
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Ethnic groups:
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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% (2001)
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Religions:
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Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish
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Languages:
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Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.6% (2003 est.)
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