Infant mortality rate: 23.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.81 years male: 58.39 years female: 71.56 years (1997 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman (1997 est.)
Nationality: noun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian
Ethnic groups: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash 1.2%,
Bashkir 0.9%, Byelorussian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1%
Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Languages: Russian, other
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male : 100% female: 97% (1989 est.)
@Russia:Government
Country name: conventional long form : Russian Federation conventional short form: Russia local long form: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya local short form: Rossiya former: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic