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Russia People:

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)

Median age:
total: 38.15 years
male: 34.99 years
female: 41.03 years (2005)

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 (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.46 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 15.39 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 17.7 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 12.94 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 67.1 years (2005 est.)
male: 60.55 years
female: 74.04 years

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%, Chuvash 1.1%, Bashkir 1.2%, Belarusian , Moldavian , other or unspecified 12.1% (2002)

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)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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