| People | Russia |
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Population:
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138,739,892 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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9 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 73% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: -0.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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MOSCOW (capital) 10.523 million; Saint Petersburg 4.575 million; Novosibirsk 1.397 million; Yekaterinburg 1.344 million; Nizhniy Novgorod 1.267 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 15.2% (male 10,818,203/female 10,256,611)
15-64 years: 71.8% (male 47,480,851/female 52,113,279)
65 years and over: 13% (male 5,456,639/female 12,614,309) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 38.7 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 41.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.47% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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11.05 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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16.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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39 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 10.08 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66.29 years
male: 59.8 years
female: 73.17 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.42 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.4% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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4.3089 physicians/1,000 population (2006) |
Hospital bed density:
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9.66 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 89% of population
total: 96% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 11% of population
total: 4% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 93% of population
rural: 70% of population
total: 87% of population
unimproved:
urban: 7% of population
rural: 30% of population
total: 13% of population (2008) |
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% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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980,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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 (official), 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: 14 years
female: 15 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.9% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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void |
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