| People | Russia |
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Population:
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140,041,247 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 73% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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9 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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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) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 38.4 years
male: 35.2 years
female: 41.6 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.467% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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11.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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16.06 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.44 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 10.56 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66.03 years
male: 59.33 years
female: 73.14 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.41 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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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) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.1% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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940,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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40,000 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian |
Ethnic groups:
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Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census) |
Religions:
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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 |
Languages:
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Russian, many minority languages |
Literacy:
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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):
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total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.8% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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