France–Ukraine relations

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France–Ukraine relations
Map indicating locations of France and Ukraine

France
Ukraine

Diplomatic relations between France and Ukraine were established in 1992. Since 2006, Ukraine is an observer in the Francophonie.

Country comparison[edit]

 France Ukraine Ukraine
Population 68,035,000[1] 42,418,235
Area 674,843  km2 (260,558 sq mi) 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi)
Population density 101/km2 (261/sq mi) 118.0/km2 (191.1/sq mi)
CapitalParisKyiv
Largest city Paris – 14,684,473 (Metro)[2] Kyiv - 3,475,000 (Metro)[3]
EEZ 11,691,000 km2 (4,514,000 sq mi) 147,318 km2 (56,880 sq mi)
Time zones 12 1
Government Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic Unitary semi-presidentialconstitutional republic
Current Leader President Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister Jean Castex 		President Volodymyr Zelensky
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
Official languages French Ukrainian
Main religions 47% Christianity

40% Irreligious 6% Islam 1% Judaism 1% Buddhism 8% Other

62.5% non-Religious, 33.6% Christianity, 0.6% Islam, 3.3% Other
Ethnic groups 84% French, 7% other European, 10% North African, Other Sub-Saharan African, 4-7% Black, 5-10% Arab, 2% Asian, 1.2% Latin American and Pacific Islander.[4][5] 77.8% Ukrainians, 17.3% Russians, 0.6% Belorussians, 0.5% Moldovans, 0.5% Crimean Tatars,

0.4% Bulgarians, 0.3% Hungarians, 0.3% Romanians, 0.3% Poles, 1.7% Others/Unspecified (2001 Census)

GDP (nominal) $3.154 trillion[6] $181.0 billion
GDP (nominal) per capita $46,358[6] $4,384
GDP (PPP) $3.231 trillion $576.1 billion
GDP (PPP) per capita $49,492 $13,943
Expatriate populations 5,000 French people in Ukraine (2021 data)[7][8] 220,679 Ukrainians in France (2021 data)[7][8]
Nuclear warheads active/total 290 / 300 0 / 0

State visits[edit]

French President Jacques Chirac made a state visit to Ukraine in September 1998.[9]

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko paid a state visit to France on June 26, 2017, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron.[10] Poroshenko also visited Senlis to meet the Ukrainian community of France and honor memory of Anne of Kiev — Queen of France.[11]

Economic cooperation[edit]

In the first six months of 2017 the trade between the countries grew by 15.2%.[12]

Resident diplomatic missions[edit]

  • France has an embassy in Kyiv.
  • Ukraine has an embassy in Paris.

  • Embassy of France in Kyiv

  • Embassy of Ukraine in Paris

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Titre | Insee". www.insee.fr.
  2. ^ Aire urbaine de Paris (001), INSEE
  3. ^ "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. 2015-04-01. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. ^ Yazid Sabeg et Laurence Méhaignerie, Les oubliés de l'égalité des chances, Institut Montaigne, January 2004
  5. ^ Crumley, Bruce (24 March 2009), "Should France Count Its Minority Population?", Time, retrieved 11 October 2014
  6. ^ a b "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2021". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b "European countries". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Ukraine". Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Jacques Chirac apporte son soutien à l'Ukraine". La Croix. September 5, 1998.
  10. ^ "Differing with U.S., Macron stands by Minsk accords to resolve Ukraine crisis". uk.reuters.com. June 26, 2017.
  11. ^ "Poroshenko met with the Ukrainian community of France and honored the memory of Anne of Kyiv". frontnews.eu. June 26, 2017. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  12. ^ "Trade turnover between Ukraine, France grows by over 15% in six months". Ukrinform. September 11, 2017.

External links[edit]

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