Location:

Europe

Status:

UN Country

Capital City:

Kiev (Kyiv)

Main Cities:

Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa

Population:

52,309,000

Area:

604,000 km2

Currency:

1 hryvnya = 100 kopiyky

Languages:

Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Tatar

Religions:

Ukrainian Orthodox, Greek Catholic (Uniate)

Area:

total: 603,700 sq km
land: 603,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 4,663 km
border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km

Population:

46,299,862 (July 2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

7.1% (2006 est.)