Population:
143,420,309 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.6% (male 10,704,617/female 10,173,313)
15-64 years: 71.3% (male 49,429,716/female 52,799,740)
65 years and over: 14.2% (male 6,405,027/female 13,907,896) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 38.15 years
male: 34.99 years
female: 41.03 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.37% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
9.8 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
14.52 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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: 0.86 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 15.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.1 years
male: 60.55 years
female: 74.04 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.27 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
860,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
9,000 (2001 est.)
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)
Religions:
Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Languages:
Russian, many minority languages
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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