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GeographyLocation: Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia
Area: Land boundaries: total 4,558 km, Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland428 km, Romania (southwest) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km Coastline: 2,782 km
PeoplePopulation: 51,867,828 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.04% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.31 births/1,000 population Death rate: 12.67 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: 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:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv) Independence: 1 December 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: using 1978 pre-independence constitution; new constitution currentlybeing drafted
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $189.2 billion National product real growth rate: -19% National product per capita: $3,650 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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| Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium. |