Population
47,732,079 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 15.9% (male 3,883,485; female 3,715,668)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 15,692,388; female 17,096,611)
65 years and over: 15.4% (male 2,472,023; female 4,871,904) (2004 est.)

Median age
total: 38.1 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 41.1 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate
-0.66% (2004 est.)

Birth rate
10.21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate
16.41 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate
-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate
total: 20.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 66.68 years
male: 61.35 years
female: 72.27 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate
1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
2% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
250,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths
11,000 (2001 est.)

Nationality
noun: Ukrainian(s)
adjective: Ukrainian

Ethnic groups
Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Romanian(Moldovans) 0.8%, Belarusian 0.6%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001)

Religions
Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.5%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate 20%, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate) 13%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish

Languages
Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian

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

Source: CIA World Factbook