City: Ukraine
Capital
and largest city: Kiev
50°27′N 30°30′E / 50.450°N 30.500°E / 50.450; 30.500
Official languages: Ukrainian
Recognised regional languages: Romanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Yiddish
Ethnic groups (2001): 77.8% Ukrainians
17.3% Russians
4.9% others/unspecified
Demonym: Ukrainian
Government: Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President: Petro Poroshenko
• Prime Minister: Volodymyr Groysman
• Chairman of Parliament: Andriy Parubiy
Legislature: Verkhovna Rada
Formation• Kievan Rus': 882
• Kingdom of
Galicia–Volhynia: 1199
• Zaporizhian Host: 17 August 1649
• Independence from Russian Republic; Ukrainian People's Republic: 7 November 1917
• West Ukrainian People's Republic: 1 November 1918
• Ukrainian SSR: 10 March 1919
• Carpatho-Ukraine: 8 October 1938
• Soviet annexation
of Western Ukraine: 15 November 1939
• Declaration of
Ukrainian Independence: 30 June 1941
• Independence from
the Soviet Union: 24 August 1991
• Current constitution: 28 June 1996
Area• Total: 603,628 km (233,062 sq mi) (45th)
• Water (%): 7
Population• 2017 estimate: 42,418,235
(32nd)
• 2001 census: 48,457,102
• Density: 73.8/km (191.1/sq mi) (115th)
GDP (PPP): 2017 estimate
• Total: $366 billion (50th)
• Per capita: $8,656 (114th)
GDP (nominal): 2017 estimate
• Total: $104 billion (62nd)
• Per capita: $2,459 (132nd)
Gini (2015): 25.5
low · 18th
HDI (2015): 0.743
high · 84th
Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH)
Time zone: EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST): EEST (UTC+3)
Drives on the: right
Calling code: +380
ISO 3166 code: UA
Internet TLD: .ua
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