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There are an estimated 41 million native speakers of Ukrainian worldwide (of whom 37.5 million or 91% live in Ukraine). [1] There are many Ukrainophone communities in neighbouring countries with Ukraine, due to the historical spread of ethnic Ukrainian populations in areas that later became a part of those states, including Belarus, Moldova ...
After the independence of Ukraine in 1991, many Ukrainians emigrated to Western countries because of an economic depression in the 1990s. Many Ukrainians live in Russia either along the Ukrainian border or in Siberia. In the 1990s, the number of Ukrainians living in Russia was calculated to be around 5 million. [10]
In January 2017 there were 3,302 foreigners with refugee status in Ukraine. [2] Most refugees came from Afghanistan, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Somalia. [2] After the start of the war in Donbas in 2014 several hundred foreigners (mostly Russians and Belarusians) migrated to Ukraine to join its territorial defence battalions and army ...
[108] [109] [110] Overseas Han Chinese have settled in numerous countries across the globe, particularly within the Western World where nearly 4 million people of Han Chinese descent live in the United States (about 1.5% of the population), [111] over 1 million in Australia (5.6%) [15] [failed verification] and about 1.5 million in Canada (5.1% ...
As of 2020, the birth rate in Ukraine was 8.1 live births/1,000 population, and the death rate 14.7 deaths/1,000 population. [4] Lowest-low fertility, defined as total fertility below 1.3, is being encountered across Europe, attributed by many to postponement of the initiation of childbearing.
Biculturalism is especially present in southeastern Ukraine where there is a significant Russian minority. Historical colonization of Ukraine is one reason that creates confusion about national identity to this day. [127] Many citizens of Ukraine have adopted the Ukrainian national identity in the past 20 years.
Minorities in Ukraine are, according to Financial Times, the biggest potential obstacle to the start of negotiations for the accession of Ukraine to the European Union. [1]
Oleg Tsaryov - former people's deputy of Ukraine elected for the Party of Regions in 2002, who was expelled from the party on 7 April 2014; Oleksandr Sukhov - People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 107th electoral district since 29 August 2019; Ivan Herasymov - was the oldest member of the Verkhovna Rada until his death.