/female 3,499,718) 65 years and over: 16.49% (male 2,433,718 /female 4,812,764) (2018 est.) 0-14 years: 15.76% (male 3,571,358/female 3,366,380) 15-24 years: 9.86% (male 2,226,142/female 2,114,853) 25-54 years: 44.29% (male 9,579,149/female 9,921,387) 55-64 years: 13.8% (male 2,605,849/female 3,469,246) 65 years and over: 16.3% (male 2,409,049/female 4,770,461) (2017 est.) 0–14 years: 15.1% = 6,449,171 (2015 official.) 15–64 years: 69.3% = 29,634,710 65 years and over: 15.6% = 6,675,780 0–14 years: 14.8% = 6,989,802 15–64 years: 69.2% = 32,603,475 65 years and over: 16.0% = 7,507,185 (2005 official.) 0–14 years: 21.6% = 11,101,469 15–64 years: 66.7% = 34,320,742 65 years and over: 11.7% = 6,022,934 (1989 official.) Median age total: 40.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 47th male: 37.7 years female: 43.9 years (2018 est.) total: 40.6 years male: 37.4 years female: 43.7 years (2017 est.) total: 39.8 years male: 39.7 years female: 40.1 years (2014 official) total: 39.7 years male: 39.5 years female: 40.1 years (2013 official) total: 34.8 years male: 31.9 years female: 37.7 years (1989 official) Birth rate 10.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 190th 10.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) Death rate 14.3 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 6th 14.4 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) Total fertility rate 1.55 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 190th 1.54 children born/woman (2017 est.) Net migration rate 4.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 29th 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Mother's mean age at first birth 24.9 years (2014 est.) Population growth rate 0.04% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 187th -0.41% (2017 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 72.4 years. Country comparison to the world: 148th male: 67.7 years female: 77.4 years (2018 est.) Ethnic groups Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.) Languages Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.) Note: in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language" – allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions – was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide Religions Orthodox (includes Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox