Ukraine has a landed area of 603,700 sq km and is bordered by Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.. Its estimated population in July 2001 was 48,760,474. After Russia, the Ukrainian republic was far and away the most important economic component of the
former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic. Output in 1992-99 fell to less than 40% of the 1991 level. Inflation rose to hyperinflationary levels in late 1993. Outside institutions - particularly the IMF - have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms. GDP per capita in 2000 was estimated at $3,850. The country's ethnic groups comprise: Ukrainian (73%), Russian (22%), Jewish (1%), other (4%). Religious groups include: Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate; Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate; Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate); Protestant; and Jewish1. The official language is Ukrainian.
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Ukraine has a landed area of 603,700 sq km and is bordered by Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.. Its estimated population in July 2001 was 48,760,474. After Russia, the Ukrainian republic was far and away the most important economic component of the
former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic. Output in 1992-99 fell to less than 40% of the 1991 level. Inflation rose to hyperinflationary levels in late 1993. Outside institutions - particularly the IMF - have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms. GDP per capita in 2000 was estimated at $3,850.