RUSSIA STATISTICS
Population-(146,000,000+) Age Structure-
0-14 years old (18% male 13,493,610, female 12,971,546)-2000 Small population for children may be caused by poor economy, thus unable to support kids.

15-64 years old (69% male 48,983,755, female 52,140,022)-2000

65 years and older (13% male 5,802,129, female 12,610,114)-2000 Small Population probably caused by the tremendous loss of life from WW2. The poor health services and lack of money may also be a factor.

Population Growth Rate-
(-.38%)-2000 The lack of money and high crime rate may be a factor.

Birth Rate-
(9.02 births/1,000 population)-2000

Death Rate-
(13.8 deaths/1,000 population)-2000 Due to the slow birth rate and poor medical availability.

Net migration rate-
(1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population)-2000 Notice the low migration ratio against the population. Main reason is the fact that many western countries accepts very few Eastern European Immigrants. May also caused by the lack of opportunities and education.

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) Notice the lack of men from the ratio of men to women for russians over the age of 65. The main reason is the loss of soldiers from WW2.
Total population (0.88 male(s)/female)

Infant Mortality Rate-
20.33 deaths/1000 births-2000

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.)

Authority
CIA fact book

author-David Peng

Homepage