Russia People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
142,021,981 (2022 est.)
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% (2010 est.)
note: nearly 200 national and/or ethnic groups are represented in Russia's 2010 census
Languages
Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1%; note - data represent native language spoken (2010 est.)
major-language sample(s):
Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
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 official atheism under Soviet rule; Russia officially recognizes Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism as the country's traditional religions
Age structure
0-14 years: 17.24% (male 12,551,611/female 11,881,297)
15-24 years: 9.54% (male 6,920,070/female 6,602,776)
25-54 years: 43.38% (male 30,240,260/female 31,245,104)
55-64 years: 14.31% (male 8,808,330/female 11,467,697)
65 years and over: 15.53% (male 7,033,381/female 14,971,679) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 50
youth dependency ratio: 26.6
elderly dependency ratio: 23.4
potential support ratio: 4.3 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 40.3 years
male: 37.5 years
female: 43.2 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.22% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
9.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
13.36 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country extending from the Baltic Sea, south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable pockets are isolated and generally found in the south
Urbanization
urban population: 75.1% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
12.641 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.536 million Saint Petersburg, 1.686 million Novosibirsk, 1.521 million Yekaterinburg, 1.286 million Kazan, 1.253 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2022)
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: 0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.78 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.36 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
25.2 years (2013 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.44 years
male: 66.92 years
female: 78.3 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.6 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
68% (2011)
note: percent of women aged 15-44
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 99.1% of population
rural: 93.1% of population
total: 97.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.9% of population
rural: 6.9% of population
total: 2.4% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
5.7% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
3.82 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
7.1 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 95.2% of population
rural: 72.3% of population
total: 89.4% of population
unimproved: urban: 4.8% of population
rural: 27.7% of population
total: 10.6% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: intermediate (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, tickborne encephalitis
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the Russia; as of 9 December 2022, Russia has reported a total of 21,650,659 cases of COVID-19 or 14835.87 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 392,506 cumulative deaths or a rate of 268.96 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 4 December 2022, 60.32% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
23.1% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 7.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 3.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.97 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 3.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.12 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 26.8% (2020 est.)
male: 40.8% (2020 est.)
female: 12.8% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
3.7% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2018)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2019)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 17%
male: 16%
female: 18.2% (2020 est.)
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