Population, GDP, natural resources, leaders and history of Ukraine: the Magna Factbook country file, with its Magna grade (MCB, ranked #107 of 195).
Ukraine — in Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Belarus, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east. Political status: semi-presidential republic. The country's capital is Kyiv (Kiev is the transliteration from Russian); it covers 603,550 sq km. Independence: 24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: ca. 982 (VOLODYMYR I consolidates Kyivan Rus); 1199 (Principality (later Kingdom) of Ruthenia formed); 1648 (establishment of the Cossack Hetmanate); 22 January 1918 (from Soviet Russia). Terrain: mostly fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, with mountains found only in the west (the Carpathians) or in the extreme south of the Crimean Peni…
| Capital | Kyiv (Kiev is the transliteration from Russian) |
|---|---|
| Population | 35,661,826 (2024 est.) |
| GDP (PPP) | $577.583 billion (2024 est.) |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | $16,300 (2024 est.) |
| Real GDP growth | 2.9% (2024 est.) |
| Inflation | 6.5% |
| Unemployment | 9.9% |
| Public debt | 58.7% of GDP (2020 est.) |
| Exports | $56.114 billion (2024 est.) |
| Imports | $92.025 billion (2024 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 70.5 years (2024 est.) |
| Median age | 44.6 |
| Urbanization | 70.1% of total population (2023) |
| Government | semi-presidential republic |
| Independence | 24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: ca. 982 (VOLODYMYR I consolidates Kyivan Rus); 1199 (Principality (later Kingdom) of Ruthenia formed); 1648 (establishment of the Cossack Hetmanate); 22 January 1918 (from Soviet Russia) |
| Languages | Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes Crimean Tatar, Moldovan/Romanian, and Hungarian) 2.9% (2001 est.) |
MCB · 47/100 — The Magna grade is our 0–100 composite of structural national power — five dimensions, 100+ indicators. It is the Bureau's own assessment, not a mirror of World Bank or CIA figures.
Momentum +4 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).
Late September brought movement: Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump in New York raised the prospect of an energy-target ceasefire, with US envoys shuttling between Moscow and Kyiv.
The 'Coalition of the Willing' debate continued against Putin's red lines. Diplomacy, not battlefield turns, drove this quarter's positive momentum.
Iron ore, Coal, Manganese, Natural gas, Oil, Salt, Sulfur, Graphite, Titanium, Magnesium, Nickel, Mercury, Timber.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy — President. President Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (since 20 May 2019)
Ukraine maintains 82 embassies and 32 consulates abroad, hosts 76 foreign diplomatic missions, holds permanent missions to UN New York, UN Geneva, UNESCO Paris, OSCE Vienna, CoE Strasbourg. The breadth of a diplomatic network is a direct measure of diplomatic power — it shows how far a country’s influence, alliances and interests reach.
| Embassies abroad | 82 |
|---|---|
| Consulates abroad | 32 |
| Foreign missions hosted | 76 |
| Multilateral missions | UN New York, UN Geneva, UNESCO Paris, OSCE Vienna, CoE Strasbourg |
Source: Abroad: Consular Affairs Center, of-country ranking, Mar 2026 (82/32), Zenodo https://zenodo.org/records/18917562/ . Hosted: Consular Affairs Center, in-country ranking, Jan 2026 (Kyiv 76). Multilateral rosters as for AUT.
Transport networks are economic power made physical — ports, runways, railways and pipelines decide what a country can move, sell and defend.
| Sea access | Coastal — 2782 km of coastline. |
|---|---|
| Airports (total) | 152 + 44 heliports (registration prefix UR) |
| Major seaports | Berdyansk, Dnipro-Buzkyy, Feodosiya, Illichivsk, Kerch, Kherson, Mariupol, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Sevastopol, Yuzhnyy |
| Railways | 21733 km |
| Pipelines | 36,720 km gas, 4,514 km oil, 4,363 km refined products (2013) |
Boryspil International Airport (KBP) — Boryspil; Lviv International Airport (LWO) — Lviv; Odesa International Airport (ODS) — Odesa; Simferopol International Airport (SIP) — Simferopol.
| River ports | Kherson, Kyiv (Dnieper River), Mykolaiv (Pivdennyy Buh River) |
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Sources: OurAirports public-domain extract (2026-10-02); per-entry Wikipedia links included; CIA World Factbook via cia_factbook snapshot (2026-09-28); theodora.com CIA mirror (CIA World Factbook Transportation section), scraped 2026-10-02
| Political system | semi-presidential republic |
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| Next election | No election currently scheduled. |
MCB · 47 Ranked #107 of 195 countries in the Magna Country Rankings. Full ranking breakdown for Ukraine.
Historical timeline of Ukraine
