Ukraine

Adventist Members: 59,701

Adventist Churches: 801

Number of Ordained Ministers: 133

Net Membership Growth Over Past 10 Years: 262%

(Statistics current Dec. 31, 2000)

Ukraine

Official name: Ukrayina (Ukraine).

Head of state: President.

Head of government: Prime Minister.

Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv).

Official language: Ukrainian.

Official religion: none.

Monetary unit: Hryvnia.

Population (2001 est.): 48,760,474.

Urban-rural (1996): urban 67.9%; rural 32.1%.

Ethnic composition (1998): Ukrainian 64.7%; Russian 32.8%; Jewish 0.7%; Moldovan 0.6%; Tatar 0.4%; Belarusian 0.3%; other 0.5%.

Religious affiliation (1995): Ukrainian Orthodox (Russian patriarchy) 19.5%; Ukrainian Orthodox (Kiev patriarchy) 9.7%; Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate) 7.0%; Protestant 3.6%; other Orthodox 1.6%; Roman Catholic 1.2%; Jewish 0.9%; other (mostly nonreligious) 56.5%.

Major cities (1996): Kiev 2,630,200; Kharkiv 1,555,100; Dnipropetrovsk 1,147,200; Donetsk 1,088,200; Odessa 1,046,400.

Life expectancy at birth (2001 est.): male 60.62 years; female 71.96 years; total pop. 66.15 years.

Population below poverty line: 50% (1999 est.).

Sources:

Encyclopedia Britannica

www.countryreports.org