Populaiton facts
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Population: |
  
142,893,540 (July 2006 est.) |
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 14.2% (male 10,441,151/female 9,921,102)
15-64 years: 71.3% (male 49,271,698/female 52,679,463)
65 years and over: 14.4% (male 6,500,814/female 14,079,312) (2006 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 38.4 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 41.3 years (2006 est.) |
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Population growth rate: |
-0.37% (2006 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
9.95 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
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Death rate: |
14.65 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
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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: 0.86 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 15.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 67.08 years
male: 60.45 years
female: 74.1 years (2006 est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
1.28 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
1.1% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
860,000 (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
9,000 (2001 est.) |
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Nationality: |
noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian |
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Ethnic groups: |
Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census) |
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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 |
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Languages: |
Russian, many minority languages |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.) |
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