THE 15th ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE'S INDEPENDENCE

UKRAINE - THEN AND NOW



Sources: 1992 CIA World Factbook, 1994 CIA World Factbook, 2006 CIA World Factbook

  1991 2006
Population: 51.9 million 46.7 million
Labor force: 25.2 million 23 million
Median age: N/A 39.2 years
Fertility rate: 2.0 children per woman 1.17 children per woman
Infant mortality: 22 deaths per 1,000 9.9 deaths per 1,000
Birth rate: 14 births per 1,000 8.82 births per 1,000
Death rate: 12 deaths per 1,000 14.39 deaths per 1,000
Life expectancy: 70 years 70 years
GDP: $205.4 billion $340.4 billion
Inflation rate: 83 percent 13.5 percent


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