Russian Population:
139,390,205 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.8% (male 10,644,833/female 10,095,011)
15-64 years: 71.5% (male 48,004,040/female 52,142,313)
65 years and over: 13.7% (male 5,880,877/female 13,274,173) (2010 est.)
Median age:
total: 38.5 years
male: 35.3 years
female: 41.7 years (2010 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.465% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 222
Birth rate:
11.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176
Death rate:
16.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
Net migration rate:
0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
Urbanization:
urban population: 73% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.44 male(s)/female
total population: 0.85 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Russia’s Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 10.32 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 150
male: 11.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Russians’ Life Expectancy at Birth:
total population: 66.16 years
country comparison to the world: 161
male: 59.54 years
female: 73.17 years (2010 est.)
Russia’s Total Fertility Rate:
1.41 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate:
1.1% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS:
940,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
HIV/AIDS – deaths:
40,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
Russia’s Major Infectious Diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Russia’s Nationality:
noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian
Ethnic groups:
Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)
Russia’s Religions:
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Russia’s Languages:
Russian (official), many minority languages
Russians’ Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2002 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2008)
Education expenditures:
3.9% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 109
This information comes from the CIA World Factbook
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