Belarus vs. Ukraine
Demographics
| Belarus | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 9,441,842 (July 2021 est.) | 43,745,640 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 16.09% (male 784,231/female 740,373) 15-24 years: 9.59% (male 467,393/female 441,795) 25-54 years: 43.94% (male 2,058,648/female 2,105,910) 55-64 years: 14.45% (male 605,330/female 763,972) 65 years and over: 15.93% (male 493,055/female 1,017,211) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 16.16% (male 3,658,127/female 3,438,887) 15-24 years: 9.28% (male 2,087,185/female 1,987,758) 25-54 years: 43.66% (male 9,456,905/female 9,718,758) 55-64 years: 13.87% (male 2,630,329/female 3,463,851) 65 years and over: 17.03% (male 2,523,600/female 4,957,539) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 40.9 years male: 38 years female: 43.9 years (2020 est.) | total: 41.2 years male: 38.2 years female: 44.3 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.29% (2021 est.) | -0.49% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.32 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 9.23 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 12.96 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 13.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.48 male(s)/female total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | 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: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.76 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 7.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.01 years male: 68.6 years female: 79.74 years (2021 est.) | total population: 73.18 years male: 68.51 years female: 78.15 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.51 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.56 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.5% (2020 est.) | 1% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Belarusian(s) adjective: Belarusian | noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian |
| Ethnic groups | Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.9% (2009 est.) | 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.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 28,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children | 260,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.) | Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est.) 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 OCU 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 |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <200 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children | 3,100 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.) major-language sample(s): ????? ?????? ? ???? - ??????????? ???????? ??????? ??????????. (Russian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling 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 - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language major-language sample(s): ??i???? ????? ????i? - ???????? ??????? ??????? ??????????. (Ukrainian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2018) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2018) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4.8% of GDP (2017) | 5.4% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 79.9% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 69.8% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: -0.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 98.3% of population total: 99.8% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 1.7% of population total: 0.2% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 99.5% of population rural: 100% of population total: 99.4% of population unimproved: urban: 0.5% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0.6% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.8% of population rural: 97.9% of population total: 99.4% of population unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population rural: 2.1% of population total: 0.6% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 99.4% of population rural: 96.3% of population total: 98.4% of population unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population rural: 3.7% of population total: 1.6% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 2.039 million MINSK (capital) (2021) | 3.001 million KYIV (capital), 1.426 million Kharkiv, 1.009 million Odesa, 952,000 Dnipropetrovsk, 899,000 Donetsk (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.6% (2018) | 7.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 5.19 physicians/1,000 population (2015) | 2.99 physicians/1,000 population (2014) |
| Hospital bed density | 10.8 beds/1,000 population (2014) | 7.5 beds/1,000 population (2014) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 24.5% (2016) | 24.1% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 26.8 years (2019 est.) | 26.2 years (2019 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 71.2% (2017) note: percent of women aged 18-49 | 65.4% (2012) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 48.9 youth dependency ratio: 25.7 elderly dependency ratio: 23.2 potential support ratio: 4.3 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 49.1 youth dependency ratio: 23.8 elderly dependency ratio: 25.3 potential support ratio: 4 (2020 est.) note: data include Crimea |
Source: CIA Factbook
