Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. Its capital is Kyiv. About 41 million people live there (2022). It covers 603,550 square kilometres.
- Capital
- Kyiv
- People (2022)
- 41 million
- Area
- 603,550 km²
- Currency
- hryvnia
Ukraine at a glance
- In its own language
- Україна
- Status
- Sovereign country
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Kyiv
- Population
- 41,167,335 (2022)
- Area
- 603,550 km² (233,032 mi²)
- People are called
- Ukrainian
- Official languages
- Ukrainian
- Currency
- hryvnia
- GDP (nominal)
- US$161 billion (2022)
- Life expectancy
- 69 years (2022)
- Human Development Index
- 0.773 (2021)
- Gini coefficient
- 25.6 (2020)
- Unemployment
- 8% (2014)
- Government
- semi-presidential system
- Head of state
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy (since 2019)
- Head of government
- Serhii Koretskyi (since 2026)
- Country codes
- UA, UKR
- Calling code
- +380
- Internet domain
- .ua
- Drives on the
- right
- Time zones
- UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, Eastern European Time, Europe/Kyiv
- Coordinates
- 49°, 32°
Ukraine and its neighbours
Ukraine borders Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Russia. Click a neighbour on the map to open its page.
- Ukraine
- Neighbours
Divisions of Ukraine
- Kyiv
- Cherkasy Oblast
- Chernihiv Oblast
- Chernivtsi Oblast
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Donetsk Oblast
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Kharkiv Oblast
- Kherson Oblast
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Kyiv Oblast
- Kirovohrad Oblast
- Luhansk Oblast
- Lviv Oblast
- Mykolaiv Oblast
- Odesa Oblast
- Poltava Oblast
- Rivne Oblast
- Sumy Oblast
- Ternopil Oblast
- Vinnytsia Oblast
- Volyn Oblast
- Zakarpattia Oblast
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Zhytomyr Oblast
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- Sevastopol
Member of
- United Nations
How far are you from Ukraine?
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Questions
What is the capital of Ukraine?
The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv.
What is the population of Ukraine?
Ukraine has about 41,167,335 people, as recorded in 2022.
How big is Ukraine?
Ukraine covers 603,550 square kilometres (233,032 square miles).
What currency does Ukraine use?
The hryvnia.
What language is spoken in Ukraine?
The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian.
Which countries border Ukraine?
Ukraine shares a border with Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Russia.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.