People

Alla Ponomareva

Population: 50 125 108 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 19% (male 4 852 461; female 4 656 688)

15-64 years: 67% (male 16 096 737; female 17 481 600)

65 years and over: 14% (male 2 284 960; female 4 752 662) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.64% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 9.53 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 16.31 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.43 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

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: 0.48 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 21.8 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 65.84 years

male: 60.08 years

female: 71.89 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Ukrainian(s)

adjective: Ukrainian

Ethnic groups: Ukrainian 73% Russian 22% Jewish 1% other 4%

Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox—Moscow Patriarchate Ukrainian Orthodox—Kiev Patriarchate Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate) Protestant Jewish

Languages: Ukrainian Russian Romanian Polish Hungarian

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98%

male: 100%

female: 97% (1989 est.)