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Population: 140,041,247 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.8% (male 10,644,833/female 10,095,011) 15-64 years: 71.5% (male 48,004,040/female 52,142,313) 65 years and over: 13.7% (male 5,880,877/female 13,274,173) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 38.4 years male: 35.2 years female: 41.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.467% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 16.06 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.44 male(s)/female total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 10.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 66.03 years male: 59.33 years female: 73.14 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.41 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 940,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 40,000 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian

Ethnic groups: Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)

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

Languages: Russian, many minority languages

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2002 census)