| Land area (sq. km) |
16,380,980.00 |
WDI |
| Arable land (% of land area) |
7.48 |
WDI |
| Population, total |
143,849,568.00 |
WDI |
| Population growth (annual %) |
(0.52) |
WDI |
| Population density (people per sq. km) |
8.78 |
WDI |
| Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) |
99.44 |
WDI/UN/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years) |
65.21 |
WDI |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
16.80 |
WDI |
| Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)** |
17.8 (2004 est.) |
WDI/CIA/UNICEF |
| Urban population (% of total) |
73.08 |
WDI |
| Ethnic breakdown |
Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census) |
CIA |
| Religious breakdown |
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 |
CIA |
| Language |
Russian, many minority languages |
CIA |
| Capital City |
Moscow |
CIA |
| Character of government |
federation ; Administrative Division: 48 oblasts, 21 republics, 9 autonomous okrugs, 7 krays, and 1 autonomous oblast; Independence day: 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) |
CIA* |
| Current President/Prime Minister |
President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (acting president 31 December 1999-6 May 2000, president since 7 May 2000); Premier Mikhail Yefimovich FRADKOV (since 5 March 2004); |
CIA* |
| Executive branch description |
President is the chief of state and Premier is the head of government. cabinet: Ministries of the Government or "Government" composed of the premier and his deputies, ministers, and selected other individuals; all are appointed by the president. |
CIA* |
| Legislative branch description |
bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye consists of the Federation Council or Sovet Federatsii (178 seats; as of July 2000, members appointed by the top executive and legislative officials in each of the 88 federal administrative units. State Duma, (450 seats, elected by prportional representatives from a list of parties who have at least 7% of the vote) |
CIA* |
| Judicial branch description |
Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Supreme Arbitration Court; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president |
CIA |
| Women in national parliament (% of total) |
10.00 |
WDI |
| Foreign aid per capita (current US$) |
9.13 |
WDI |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflow (BoP, current US$ bn) ** |
12.48 |
WDI |
| GDP growth (annual %) |
7.14 |
WDI |
| GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$) |
2,285.78 |
WDI |
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) |
10.88 |
WDI |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
3.86 |
WDI/CIA/WRI |
| Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) |
17.85 |
WDI/WRI/Dept of State/UNICEF |
| Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
3.30 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Education expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
3.68 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Main export |
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures |
CIA |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) |
7.50 (2005 est) |
WDI/CIA |
| External debt, total (DOD, current US$) |
197,335,105,536.00 |
WDI/CIA |
| Currency |
Russian Ruble (RUR) |
CIA |
| Local Currency Rate, per US$ |
28.81 |
CIA |
| Internet users (per 1,000 people) |
111.23 |
WDI/Comp Industry Almanac |
| Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) |
517.35 |
WDI |
| Personal computers (per 1,000 people) |
132.15 |
WDI |
| Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) |
255.83 (2003) |
WDI |
