Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Sulfur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,
Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic
Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic
Compounds
Geography - note:
strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia;
second-largest country in Europe
People Ukraine
Population:
46,710,816 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.1% (male 3,377,868/female 3,203,738)
15-64 years: 69.3% (male 15,559,998/female 16,831,486)
65 years and over: 16.6% (male 2,635,651/female 5,102,075) (2006
est.)
Median age: total: 39.2 years male: 35.9 years female: 42.2 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.6% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
8.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
14.39 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)