Total Land & Water Area: 17,075,200 square kilometers
Coastline: 37,653 kilometers
Natural Resources: natural gas, oil, coal, timber, minerals
The People
Population: an estimated 143,782,338
Birth Rate: 9.63 births/1000 population (2004 estimate)
Death Rate: 15.17 deaths/1000 population (2004 estimate)
Total Infant Mortality Rate: 16.96 deaths/1000 live births
Total Fertility Rate: 1.26 children born/woman
Ethnic Groups: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Belorussian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1%
Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim
Literacy Rate of Total Population: 99.6%
Government
Name: Russian Federation
Government Type: federation
Capital: Moscow
Administrative Divisions: 49 oblasts, 21 republics, 10 autonomous okrugs, 6 krays, 2 federal cities, and 1 autonomous oblast
Legal System: based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts
Constitution: adopted on December 12, 1993
Independence Day: August 24, 1991
Suffrage: 18 years of age