Age structure:
0-14 years:
18% (male 13,493,610; female 12,971,546)
15-64 years:
69% (male 48,983,755; female 52,140,022)
65 years and over:
13% (male 5,802,129; female 12,610,114) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.38% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 9.02 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 13.8 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.46 male(s)/female
total population:
0.88 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 20.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
67.19 years
male:
61.95 years
female:
72.69 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.25 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Russian(s)
adjective:
Russian
Ethnic groups: Russian 81.5%, Tatar? 3.8%, Ukrainian? 3%, Chuvash? 1.2%, Bashkir? 0.9%, Byelorussian? 0.8%, Moldavian? 0.7%, other 8.1%
Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Languages: Russian, other
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98%
male:
100%
female:
97% (1989 est.)
Health: Life expectancy in Russia has been dropping due to an increase in AIDS/HIV and, what is very rare outside former USSR, tuberculosis and cholera?. Both diseased became widespread in Russia in 1990s.
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