Ukraine Europe and Central Asia
LOWER MIDDLE INCOME
Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
46.0 –0.8 79.8 23.3 6.4 68.0 603.6 111.1 2,800 1.0 0.1 42.0
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 6,563.1 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 14.4% Top destination countries: the Russian Federation, Poland, the United States, Kazakhstan, Israel, Germany, Moldova, Italy, Belarus, Spain
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 3.5% Emigration of physicians: 1,350 or 0.9% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 5,257.5 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 11.6% Females as percentage of immigrants: 57.2% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.1% Top source countries: the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic
Remittances 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010e
Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
330
411
595
829
4,503
5,769
5,073
5,289
185 145 2
193 218 —
236 359 —
289 540 —
2,292 2,210 —
2,140 3,629 1
1,643 3,426 4
— — —
Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
29
20
34
30
42
54
25
—
— 4 25
— 6 14
2 10 22
2 9 19
7 11 24
13 18 23
4 15 6
— — —
US$ millions
a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$10.9 bn, net ODA received US$0.6 bn, total international reserves US$31.5 bn, exports of goods and services US$75.3 bn in 2008.
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