Official Name: Ukraine
Capital: Kiev
Total area: 603 628 km2
GDP per capita: $7,598
Native Language: Ukrainian
Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic
Population: 44,854,065
Major Religion: Orthodox Christianity
Monetary Unit: Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH)

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and north-east, Belarus to the north-west, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the south-west, and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and south-east respectively. With an area of 603,628 km², it is the largest country in all of Europe.

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The GDP (PPP) of Ukraine in 2010 ranks 38th in the world and is estimated at $305.2 billion. Its GDP per capita in 2010 was $6,700 (in PPP calculations) according to the CIA, ranking 107th in the world. Nominal GDP (in US dollars, calculated at market exchange rates) was US$136 billion, ranking 53rd in the world. By July 2008, the average nominal salary in Ukraine reached 1,930 hryvnia per month. Although wage income growth in 2008 remained lower than in neighboring Central European countries, it amounted to 36.8 percent. According to UNDP, in 2003, 4.9% of Ukraine's population lived below US$2 a day and 19.5% of the population lived below the national poverty line in the same year. According to the World Bank, in 2010 only 0.1% of the population lived on less than 2 US dollars a day.

Ukraine produces almost all types of transport vehicles and spacecraft. Antonov planes and KrAZ trucks are exported to many countries. The bulk of Ukrainian exports are marketed to the European Union and CIS. Since independence, Ukraine has maintained its own space agency, the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU). Ukraine became an active participant in scientific space exploration and remote sensing missions. Between 1991 and 2007, Ukraine launched six homemade satellites and 101 launch vehicles, and continues to develop spacecraft.