Russia
 | Russia |  Population Government Economy Geography Communication Transportation | |
 Population | Top of page | |
| Inhabitants | Life expectancy | |
| 141,377,752 (July 2007 est.) | total population: 65.87 years
male: 59.12 years female: 73.03 years (2007 est.) | |
| Ethnic groups | Religions | |
| Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census) | Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
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| Languages | Literacy | |
| Russian, many minority languages | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.5% (2003 est.) | |
 Government | Top of page | |
| Government type | Capital | |
| federation | Moscow | |
| Independance | National day | |
| 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) | Russia Day, 12 June (1990) | |
| Constitution | Legal system | |
| adopted 12 December 1993 | based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts | |
 Economy | Top of page | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) | Growth rate | |
| $733 billion (2006 est.) | 6.6% (2006 est.) | |
| GDP per inhabitant | Unemployment rate | |
| $12,100 (2006 est.) | 6.6% plus considerable underemployment (2006 est.) | |
| Population below poverty line | Inflation rate | |
| 17.8% (2004 est.) | 9.8% (2006 est.) | |
| Exports | Imports | |
| $317.6 billion (2006 est.) | $171.5 billion (2006 est.) | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | Currency | |
| $314.5 billion (2006 est.) | Russian ruble (RUR) | |
| Military expenditures | ||
| NA | ||
 Geography | Top of page | |
| Location | Area | |
| Northern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered part of Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean | 17,075,200 sq km | |
| Climate | Natural resources | |
| ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast | wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber
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 Communication | Top of page | |
| Cellulars | Internet code | |
| 120 million (2005) | .ru; note - Russia also has responsibility for a legacy domain ".su" that was allocated to the Soviet Union, and whose legal status and ownership are contested by the Russian Government, ICANN, and several Russian commercial entities | |
| Internet hosts | Internet users | |
| 1.98 million (2006) | 23.7 million (2005) | |
 Transportation | Top of page | |
| Airports | Railways (in km) | |
| 1,623 (2006) | 87,157 km | |
| Roadways (in km) | Pipelines (in km) | |
| 871,000 km | condensate 122 km; gas 156,285 km; oil 72,283 km; refined products 13,658 km (2006) | |
