UKRAINE UKRAINE REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 1 1991 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 28 1996 POPULATION 49811174 1999 EST AREA 233100 SQ MI CAPITAL KIEV FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES STEEL CHEMICALS MACHINERY VEHICLES FOOD PROCESSING FERTILIZERS AGRICULTURE GRAINS SUGAR BEETS VEGETABLES NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE LANDS COAL NATURAL GAS VARIOUS MINERAL DEPOSITS TIMBER CURRENCY HRYVNA GDP 108.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2200 1998 EST LANGUAGES UKRANIAN OFFICIAL RUSSIAN RELIGIONS UKRANIAN ORTHODOX UKRANIAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 60 YEARS MALE 72 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 10 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 16 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
