Russia People





Population: 143,782,338 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure:

  • 0-14 years: 15% (male 11,064,109; female 10,518,595)
  • 15-64 years: 71.3% (male 49,534,076; female 52,958,107)
  • 65 years and over: 13.7% (male 6,177,580; female 13,529,871) (2004 est.)

Median age: 37.9 yearsmale: 34.7 yearsfemale: 40.7 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.45% (2004 est.)
Birth rate: 9.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate: 15.17 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.87 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
  • total: 16.96 deaths/1,000 live births
  • male: 19.58 deaths/1,000 live births
  • female: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

  • total population: 66.39 years
  • male: 59.91 years
  • female: 73.27 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.26 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.9% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 700,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 9,000 (2001 est.)

Nationality:

  • noun: Russian(s)
  • adjective: Russian

Ethnic groups:

  • Russian 81.5%,
  • Tatar 3.8%,
  • Ukrainian 3%,
  • Chuvash 1.2%,
  • Bashkir 0.9%,
  • Belarusian 0.8%,
  • Moldavian 0.7%,
  • other 8.1% (1989)

Religions:

  • Russian Orthodox,
  • Muslim,
  • other

Languages:

  • Russian,
  • other

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write

  • total population: 99.6%
  • male: 99.7%
  • female: 99.5% (2003 est.)

Credits: CIA - The World Factbook