Ukraine
Ukraine · Eastern Europe
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, with Kyiv as its capital, home to about 38,980,376 people. Ukraine shares land borders with 7 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Kyiv |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Europe |
| Currency | Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH ₴) |
| Calling code | +380 |
| ISO codes | UA / UKR / 804 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇺🇦 |
| Population | 38,980,376 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 603,500 km² |
| Languages | Ukrainian |
| Internet domain | .ua |
| Demonym | Ukrainian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Ukraine mean?
Ukraine's blue and yellow are explained by Ukrainian and international vexillological sources as a picture of the landscape itself: blue for the sky over the country's vast plains, yellow for the wheat that grows in its fields beneath. The colors were adopted at a meeting in Lviv during the revolutions of 1848 and flew as the flag of short-lived Ukrainian republics between 1918 and 1920, before being suppressed under Soviet rule. They were declared the national flag again in 1992, after Ukraine's independence, restoring a combination that traces back roughly two centuries.
Source: The Flag Institute: Flag of Ukraine
About Ukraine
Ukraine is a United Nations member state in Eastern Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Kyiv. It shares land borders with 7 countries. The official currency is the Ukrainian hryvnia (₴), using the code UAH.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Ukraine for Kyiv’s own facts and history.
To call Ukraine from abroad, dial the country code +380. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes UA (alpha-2) and UKR (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 38,980,376.
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How Ukraine compares
- Area: 603,500 km², ranking 44 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 38,980,376, ranking 40 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 65 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 7, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Ukraine
7 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (yellow, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.