Nationality:
noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian

Ethnic groups:
Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9%
note: more than 190 ethnic groups are represents in Russia's 2010 census (2010 est.)

Languages:
Russian (official) 96.3%, Dolgang 5.3%, German 1.5%, Chechen 1%, Tatar 3%, other 10.3%
note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2010 est.)

Religions:
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule

Population:
142,470,272 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.4% (male 11,980,138/female 11,344,818)
15-24 years: 10.7% (male 7,828,947/female 7,482,143)
25-54 years: 45.8% (male 31,928,886/female 33,319,671)
55-64 years: 13.8% (male 8,408,637/female 11,287,153)
65 years and over: 13.1% (male 5,783,983/female 13,105,896) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 41.3 %
youth dependency ratio: 22.8 %
elderly dependency ratio: 18.5 %
potential support ratio: 5.4 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 38.9 years
male: 36 years
female: 41.9 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
-0.03% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
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Birth rate:
11.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 168
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
13.83 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
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Net migration rate:
1.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
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Urbanization:
urban population: 73.8% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 0.13% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
MOSCOW (capital) 11.621 million; Saint Petersburg 4.866 million; Novosibirsk 1.478 million; Yekaterinburg 1.355 million; Nizhniy Novgorod 1.245 million; Samara 1.166 million (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.44 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
24.6 (2009 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
34 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 119
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.08 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 160
male: 7.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.16 years
country comparison to the world: 151
male: 64.37 years
female: 76.3 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.61 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
79.5%
note: percent of women under age 50 (2007)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
6.2% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 103
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
4.31 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
9.7 beds/1,000 population (2006)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 98.7% of population
rural: 92.2% of population
total: 97% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1.3% of population
rural: 7.8% of population
total: 3% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 74.4% of population
rural: 59.3% of population
total: 70.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 25.6% of population
rural: 40.7% of population
total: 29.5% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
980,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
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Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2013)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
26.5% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
4.1% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 110
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2010 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2009)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 14.8%
country comparison to the world: 84
male: 14.5%
female: 15.1% (2012)