!!!Ukraine: People & Society ||Population|44,209,733 (July 2016 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 est.) ||Languages|Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldavian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.) \\ ''__note__'': 2012 legislation enables a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language," allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language \\ ||Religions|Orthodox (includes Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (UAOC), Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish \\ ''__note__'': Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two-thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the UOC-KP and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population (2013 est.) \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 15.51% (male 3,528,821/female 3,326,405) \\ ''15-24 years'': 10.3% (male 2,334,454/female 2,218,718) \\ ''25-54 years'': 44.47% (male 9,639,404/female 10,020,385) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.68% (male 2,587,898/female 3,458,016) \\ ''65 years and over'': 16.05% (male 2,375,904/female 4,719,728) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 43.3% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 21.4% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 21.9% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 4.6% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 40.4 years \\ ''male'': 37.2 years \\ ''female'': 43.5 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|-0.39% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|10.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|14.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; noteable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 69.7% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': -0.33% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|KYIV (capital) 2.942 million; Kharkiv 1.441 million; Odesa 1.01 million; Dnipropetrovsk 957,000; Donetsk 934,000; Zaporizhzhya 753,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.96 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.75 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.5 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.86 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|25 (2013 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|24 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 8 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 7 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 71.8 years \\ ''male'': 67.1 years \\ ''female'': 76.9 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.54 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|65.4% (2012) ||Health expenditures|7.1% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|3.54 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|9 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 95.5% of population \\ rural: 97.8% of population \\ total: 96.2% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 4.5% of population \\ rural: 2.2% of population \\ total: 3.8% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 97.4% of population \\ rural: 92.6% of population \\ total: 95.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 2.6% of population \\ rural: 7.4% of population \\ total: 4.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.86% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|219,000 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|7,900 (2015 est.) ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|21.7% (2014) ||Education expenditures|6% of GDP (2014) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 99.8% \\ ''male'': 99.8% \\ ''female'': 99.7% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 15 years \\ ''male'': 15 years \\ ''female'': 16 years (2014) \\ ||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 356,213 \\ ''percentage'': 7% (2005 est.) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 23.1% \\ ''male'': 23.7% \\ ''female'': 22.4% (2014 est.) \\