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title: "Ukraine — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Ukraine: capital Kyiv, area 603,550 km², population 38,980,376 (2025), currency Ukrainian hryvnia. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Ukraine

**Ukraine: Capital Kyiv**

603,550 km² · 38,980,376 people (2025) · Ukrainian hryvnia

The largest country entirely within Europe. About a quarter of the world's chernozem — the deep black soil that makes grain farming so productive — lies here. The Carpathians in the west reach 2,061 m, and the rest of the country is largely steppe drained by the Dnieper.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Kyiv
- **Area:** 603,550 km² — 233,032 sq mi
- **Population:** 38,980,376 (2025)
- **Density:** 64.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH, ₴)
- **Official language:** Ukrainian
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +380
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** UA · UKR
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 47 of 200
- **By population:** 40 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Somalia | 637,657 | 19,654,739 |
| Central African Republic | 622,984 | 5,513,282 |
| Ukraine ← | 603,550 | 38,980,376 |
| Madagascar | 587,041 | 32,740,678 |
| Botswana | 581,730 | 2,562,122 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Ukraine?

Kyiv

### What currency does Ukraine use?

The Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH).

### How big is Ukraine?

603,550 km², or 233,032 square miles — 47 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Ukraine drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Somalia](https://atoneplace.net/country/somalia/)
- [Central African Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/central-african-republic/)
- [Madagascar](https://atoneplace.net/country/madagascar/)
- [Botswana](https://atoneplace.net/country/botswana/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]