CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ukraine is 34% bigger than Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 2,582 m above Ukraine’s

Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 59% of Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 71.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ukraine has 5% more people than Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 39 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 26% more densely populated than Ukraine

Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 10.0 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 181 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 6.3 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 15 years older than in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 42 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.5 more children on average than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 19% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ukraine hosts 451 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uzbekistan none

Ukraine: 1.3 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Ukraine 1

Ukraine: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Ukraine’s economy is 46% larger than Uzbekistan’s

Ukraine: $214 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ukraine produces 39% more per person than Uzbekistan

Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Ukraine (Gini 7.1 points higher)

Ukraine: 25.6 (2020) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

Ukraine: 0% (2020) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 9.8% (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Uzbekistan 2.5%

Ukraine: 39.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Ukraine: 21% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ukraine’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Uzbekistan’s

Ukraine: 31% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ukraine spends 93% more on health per person than Uzbekistan

Ukraine: $370 (2021) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ukraine live 2.2 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 68% more likely to die before turning one than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ukraine has 26% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 26% more hospital beds per person than Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 2.4 times that in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine

Ukraine: 27.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 23.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 1.63 points higher than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 4.66 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ukraine drink 85% more alcohol than in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ukraine has 4% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Uzbekistan has 511 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 54 more hours a year than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.79 years longer than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Uzbekistan welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Ukraine: 0.07 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Ukraine and Uzbekistan are practically level

Ukraine: 8 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Ukraine: 82% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 20% faster than in Ukraine

Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Ukraine and Uzbekistan are practically level

Ukraine: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 70% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Ukraine: 133 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 4.6 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Ukraine: 0.01 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Ukraine, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 17.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 2% more CO₂ than someone in Ukraine

Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

19% of Uzbekistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Ukraine: 16.4% (2022) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Ukraine

Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 44% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 4.1 °C warmer than Ukraine

Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ukraine gets 2.8 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Ukraine bigger than Uzbekistan?

Ukraine is larger. Ukraine is 34% bigger than Uzbekistan.

Which has more people, Ukraine or Uzbekistan?

Ukraine has 5% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ukraine or Uzbekistan?

People in Ukraine live 2.2 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 74.7 years in Ukraine and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Ukraine or Uzbekistan?

Men in Ukraine are 10.0 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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