Ukraine Communications

Country Name: Ukraine

Capital City: Kiev (Kyyiv)

Population: 46,710,816 (2006)

Population Growth: -0.6% (2006)

Currency: hryvnia (UAH)

Languages: Ukrainian

Area: 603,700 sq km

Inflation Rate: 11.6% (2006)

Unemployment Rate: 2.7% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers; the International Labor Organization calculates that Ukraine's real unemployment level is 6.7% (2006)

Domain extension: .ua

COMMUNICATIONS OF UKRAINE

Telephones - main lines in use:

12.142 million (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

17.214 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM, FM, shortwave combined 524 (2006)

Television broadcast stations:

at least 647 (2006)

Internet country code:

.ua

Internet hosts:

229,110 (2006)

Internet users:

5,278,100 (2005)

International dialing code: