Guest Author - Tatiana Erochenko



Population:

143,782,338 (July 2004 est.)


Age structure:

0-14 years: 15% (male 11,064,109; female 10,518,595)
15-64 years: 71.3% (male 49,534,076; female 52,958,107)
65 years and over: 13.7% (male 6,177,580; female 13,529,871) (2004 est.)


Median age:

total: 37.9 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 40.7 years (2004 est.)


Population growth rate:

-0.45% (2004 est.)


Birth rate:

9.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)


Death rate:

15.17 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)


Net migration rate:

1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)


Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.46 male(s)/female
total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2004 est.)


Infant mortality rate:

total: 16.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)


Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 66.39 years
male: 59.91 years
female: 73.27 years (2004 est.)


Total fertility rate:

1.26 children born/woman (2004 est.)


HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.9% (2001 est.)


HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

700,000 (2001 est.)


HIV/AIDS - deaths:

9,000 (2001 est.)


Nationality:

noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian


Ethnic groups:

Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Belarusian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1% (1989)


Religions:

Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other


Languages:

Russian, other


Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.)

Summary
Part 1. Background
Part 2. Geography
Part 3. People
Part 4. Government
Part 5. Economy
Part 6. Transnational Issues


Source: Factbook: cia.gov


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