Russia's Demographics

Population: 141,377,752 (July 2007 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.484% (2007 est.)

73% of inhabitants live in urban areas
12 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants

Capital and largest city (2004 est.):
Moscow , 11,970,500 (metro area), 8,368,200 (city proper)

Other large cities:
St. Petersburg , 4,582,300;
Novosibirsk , 1,395,500;
Nizhny Novgorod , 1,340,900;
Yekaterinburg, 1,256,600;
Samara, 1,146,800;
Kazan, 1,113,600;
Ufa, 1,096,600;
Chelyabinsk, 1,080,000;
Perm, 998,800;
Volgograd, 984,200

Age structure (2007 est.):
0-14 years: 14.6% (male 10,563,567/female 10,021,316)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 48,412,612/female 52,061,604)
65 years and over: 14.4% (male 6,360,038/female 13,958,615)

Median age (2007 est.):
total: 38.2 years
male: 35 years
female: 41.3 years

Sex ratio (2007 est.):
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.456 male(s)/female
total population: 0.859 male(s)/female

Birth rate: 10.92 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate: 16.04 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 11.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 65.87 years
male: 59.12 years
female: 73.03 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate : 1.39 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate : 1.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS : 860,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths : 9,000 (2001 est.)