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Population: 45,700,395 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 13.8% (male 3,238,280/female 3,066,594) 15-64 years: 70.3% (male 15,399,488/female 16,742,612) 65 years and over: 15.9% (male 2,422,311/female 4,831,110) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 39.5 years male: 36.3 years female: 42.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.632% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 15.93 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.5 male(s)/female total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 8.98 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.25 years male: 62.37 years female: 74.5 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.26 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.6% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 440,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 19,000 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian

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

Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.1%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 7.2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Protestant 2.2%, Jewish 0.6%, other 3.2% (2006 est.)

Languages: Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census)