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Ukraine

UA / UKR   49.0°, 32.0°

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is Ukraine's capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. The official language of the country is Ukrainian. Ukraine covers an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi) with an estimated total population of 32.3 million in 2026.

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People are called
Ukrainian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+380
Capital
Kyiv
Population
41,167,335
Area
603,550 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Semi-presidential republic
Currency
hryvnia
Languages
Ukrainian 67.5%, Russian 29.6%
Sells
corn, seed oils, wheat, iron ore
Sells to
Poland 12%, Romania 9%, Turkey 7%
Land borders
7: Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+380
Founded
1991
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Ukrainian

These are English demonyms for people from Ukraine. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Ukraine yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Ukrainianofficial
67.5%
29.6%

Largest cities

Kyiv  capital 2,952,301
Kharkiv 1,421,125
Odesa 1,010,537
Dnipro 968,502
Donetsk 901,645

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; warm summers across the greater part of the country, hot in the south

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Cossack hetman Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms was a Ruthenian nobleman and military commander of Zaporozhian Cossacks as Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which was then under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko National poet Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist and ethnographer.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wartime president Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: famous, past leaders, wars.