 RUSSIAN TRANSLATION SERVICES
RUSSIA - Russian Federation, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
MAP:
LANGUAGE FACTS:
| National or official language: |
Russian
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| Other spoken languages: |
• multiple local languages |
| Literacy: |
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2003 est.) |
THE PEOPLE:
| Population: |
143,782,338 (July 2004 est.) |
| Structure: |
0-14 years: 15% (male 11,064,109; female 10,518,595)
15-64 years: 71.3% (male 49,534,076; female 52,958,107)
65 years and over: 13.7% (male 6,177,580; female 13,529,871) (2004 est.) |
| Ethnic groups: |
Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Belarusian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1% (1989) |
| Religions: |
Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other |
ECONOMICS:
Russian ruble (RUR)
| Major exports 2002 |
% of total |
Major imports 2002 |
% of total |
Oil, fuel & gas
|
51.6 |
Machinery & equipment |
25.8 |
| Metals |
12.8 |
Food & agricultural raw materials |
14.8 |
| Machinery & equipment |
7.9 |
Chemicals |
12.1 |
| Chemicals |
6.2 |
Metals |
4.8 |
| Leading markets 2002 |
% of total |
Leading suppliers 2002 |
% of total |
| Germany |
8.2 |
Germany |
12.9 |
| Italy |
6.1 |
Belarus |
6.4 |
| Netherlands |
5.8 |
Ukraine |
5.9 |
| China |
6.1 |
US |
4.1 |
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| GDP (US$ bn; market exchange rate) |
432.9
|
Real GDP growth |
6.7 |
| GDP (US$ bn; PPP) |
1,198 |
Real domestic demand growth |
7.1 |
| GDP per head (US$; market exchange rate) |
2,992 |
Inflation |
29.1 |
| GDP per head (US$; purchasing power parity) |
8,285 |
FDI inflows/GDP |
1.2 |
THE COUNTRY
| Government type: |
federation |
| Capital: |
Moscow |
| Independence: |
24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) |
| National holiday: |
Russia Day, 12 June (1990) |
| Legal system: |
based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age; universal |
For more information visit:
Ethnologue - Language background on RUSSIA
Country trivias - RUSSIA
Economics - RUSSIA
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