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Invasion of Ukraine: Compare Countries

A selection of web and library resources on the Russian war on Ukraine and the respective countries.

Compare Ukraine

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Ukraine

Official name(s):

Ukrayina (Ukraine)

Form of government:

unitary multiparty republic with a single legislative house (Verkhovna Rada1 [450])

Executive Branch:

(Head of state) President: Volodymyr Zelensky

(Head of government) Prime Minister: Denys Shmyhal

Capital(s):

Kyiv (Kiev)

Language:

Ukrainian (official language)

Religion:

none (official religion)

Monetary unit(s):

hryvnya (UAH)

Population:

(2021 est.) 43,879,000

Area:

233,032 (sq mi)

603,549 (sq km)

Urban-rural population:

Urban: (2020) 69.5%

Rural: (2020) 30.5%

Life expectancy at birth:

Male: (2019) 66.9 years

Female: (2019) 77 years

Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over:

Male: not available

Female: not available

GNI per capita (U.S.$):

(2020) 3,540

 

*Data from Britannica Academic's Compare Countries tool

Compare Russia

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Russia

Official name(s):  

Rossiyskaya Federatsiya (Russian Federation), or Rossia (Russia)

Form of government:  

federal multiparty republic with a bicameral legislative body (Federal Assembly comprising the Federation Council [170] and the State Duma [450])

Executive Branch:  

(Head of state) President: Vladimir Putin

(Head of government) Prime Minister: Mikhail Mishustin

Capital(s):  

Moscow

Language:  

Russian (official language)

Religion:  

none (official religion)

Monetary unit(s):  

ruble (RUB)

Population:  

(2021 est.) 143,185,000

Area:  

6,612,077 (sq mi)

17,125,200 (sq km)

Urban-rural population:  

Urban: (2018) 74%

Rural: (2018) 26%

Life expectancy at birth:  

Male: (2020) 66.6 years

Female: (2020) 78.1 years

Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over:  

Male: (2015) 99.8%

Female: (2015) 99.7%

GNI per capita (U.S.$):  

(2020) 10,690

 

*Data from Britannica Academic's Compare Countries tool