People

Population: 46,929,500 (January 2006)

Nationality:

noun: Ukrainian(s),

adjective: Ukrainian.

Ethnic groups: Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%, Jewish 1%, other 4%.

Religion: predominantly Christian: Ukrainian Orthodox (Kiev Patriarchate), Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Protestant, Ukrainian Orthodox (Moscow Patriarchate). Other religions like Islam, Judaism etc. are also professed by some part of the population.

State language: Ukrainian.

Other languages:
Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian.