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According to allcitypopulation, Ukraine is a country located in Eastern Europe, bordering Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova. Ukraine has a total population of 42.2 million people as of 2019. The majority of the population is Ukrainian (77%), with minorities including Russians (17%), Belarusians (0.6%), Moldovans (0.5%) and Crimean Tatars (0.5%). There are also small numbers of Poles, Romanians and Hungarians present in Ukraine. The population density in Ukraine is 74 people per square kilometer and the majority of the population lives in urban areas such as Kiev and Odessa. Ukraine’s population is aging rapidly due to low birth rates and high mortality rates caused by poverty and poor healthcare conditions. The fertility rate has declined from 2.3 children per woman to 1.6 children per woman over the past decade, while life expectancy at birth has decreased from 72 years to 68 years over the same period of time. In addition to this demographic shift, there has been a large influx of Ukrainian immigrants into other countries such as Canada, United States and Germany since the early 2000s due to political unrest in Ukraine or economic opportunities abroad. As a result, an estimated 5 million Ukrainians are living abroad today; this number could be even higher considering that many Ukrainians do not report their emigration status to government authorities for fear of losing their citizenship rights or being persecuted upon return to their homeland. See iamhigher for Ukraine Population and Language.