Country Fact Sheet

President: Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin
Foreign Minister: Sergey Lavrov
Ambassador to the U.S.: Yuriy Ushakov



Size: 6.6 million sq. miles - almost twice the size of the U.S.
Natural Resources: 30% of the world's natural gas reserves, 20% of coal, 20% of gold, and 6% of oil; abundant uranium, diamonds, copper, lead and silver; and 22% of the world's forests
Population: 141 million (July 2007 estimate); 79.8% ethnic Russian, 3.8% Tatar, 2% Ukrainian
Population by Age: 0-14 14.6%; 15-64 71.1%; 65+ 14.4% (2007)
Natural Population Growth Rate: -0.484% (2007)
Urban: 73.3% (2002)
Capital: Moscow
Employed: 45% (2002)
Religion: Russian Orthodox 75%, Muslim 19%, others.
Language: Russian Literacy: 98% (1989)
Life Expectancy: males – 59.12 years; females - 73.03 years (2007)
Infant Mortality: 11 deaths per 1,000 live births (2007)
Gross Domestic Product Per Capita: purchasing power parity - $12,200 (2006 est.)
Real annual GDP Growth: 6.7% (2002)
Unemployment: 6.6% (2006), plus considerable underemployment