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Russia People 1996

Population:

149,909,089 (July 1995 est.)

note:

official Russian statistics put the population at 148,200,000 for 1994

Age structure:

0-14 years:

22% (female 16,208,640; male 16,784,017)

15-64 years:

66% (female 50,711,209; male 48,247,101)

65 years and over:

12% (female 12,557,447; male 5,400,675) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.2% (1995 est.)

note:

official Russian statistics put the population growth rate at -6.0% for 1994

Birth rate:

12.64 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

official Russian statistics put the birth rate at 9.5 births per l,000 population for 1994

Death rate:

11.36 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

official Russian statistics put the death rate at 15.5 deaths per l,000 population in 1994

Net migration rate:

0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

26.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

note:

official Russian statistics put the infant mortality rate at 19.9 deaths per l,000 live births in 1994

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

69.1 years

male:

64.1 years

female:

74.35 years (1995 est.)

note:

official Russian statistics put life expectancy at birth as 64 years for total population in 1994

Total fertility rate:

1.82 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Russian(s)

adjective:

Russian

Ethnic divisions:

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:

age 15 and over can read and write (1989)

total population:

98%

male:

100%

female:

97%

Labor force:

85 million (1993)

by occupation:

production and economic services 83.9%, government 16.1%

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