Russia/People

146,001,176 (July 2000 est.)

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.