Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east
Population: 42,541,633 (2016 est.)
Land Area: 603,500 km²
Capital: Kyiv (Kiev)
Main cities: Kharkiv, Odessa, Donetske, Lvov
Languages: Ukrainian (official)
GDP: $87 billion (2016 est.)
Monetary unit: Hryvna
Exports: $38.13 billion (2015)
Exports - commodities: ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products
Exports - partners: Russia 12.7%, Turkey 7.3%, China 6.3%, Egypt 5.5%, Italy 5.2% (2015)
Imports: $37.50 billion (2015)
Imports - commodities: energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Imports - partners: Russia 20%, Germany 10.4%, China 10.1%, Belarus 6.5%, Poland 6.2% (2015)
Land use:
arable land: 53.8%
permanent crops: 1.5%
other: 44.7% (2005)
Natural resources: iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land