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Overview

capital

Kyiv

area

603.7 thousand sq km

population

46.465 mln

ethnic groups 
  • Ukrainian - 72.4%
  • Russian - 22%
  • Jewish - 1% 
  • Belarusian - 0.9%
  • Moldovan - 0.6%
  • Bulgarian - 0.5%
  • Polish - 0.4%
  • Hungerian - 0.3%
  • Romanian - 0.2%  

religions

  • orthodox – 49%
  • catholic - 24%
  • protestant - 24%

official language(s)

  • Ukrainian 
  • Russian (language of inter-ethnic communication)  


national currency


Hryvnia (UAH) = 100 kopiyok


government type

Ukraine is a unitary state, divided into:

  • 24 provinces 
  • 2 city districts (Kyiv, Sevastopol)
  • autonomous republic of Crimea 

 


government

Ukraine is a republic under a mixed semi-parliamentary semi-presidential system. The Head of State is the President, the Cabinet of Ministers is headed by the Prime Minister. Ukraine's legislative branch includes the unicameral Parliament (Verkhovna Rada).

participation in organizations of regional integration

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