  | Country (long form)
Russian Federation | Capital
Moscow | Total Area
6,592,771.58 sq mi
17,075,200.00 sq km
(slightly less than 1.8 times the size of the US) | Population
146,001,176 (July 2000 est.) | Estimated Population in 2050
118,233,243 | Languages
Russian, other | Literacy
98.0% total, 100.0% male, 97% female (1989 est.) | Religions
Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other | Life Expectancy
59.80 male, 72 female (2000 est.) | Government Type
federation | Currency
1 ruble (R) = 100 kopeks | GDP (per capita)
$4,200 (1999 est.) | Labor Force (by occupation)
agriculture 15%, industry 30%, services 55% (1999 est.) | Industry
complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts | Agriculture
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk | Arable Land
8% | Exports
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures | Imports
machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, grain, sugar, semifinished metal products | Natural Resources
wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber | Current Environmental Issues
air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and sea coasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; ground water contamination from toxic waste | Telephones (main lines in use)
25.019 million (1995) | Telephones (mobile cellular)
645,000 (1999) | Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
83 (Russia and Kazakhstan) (1999) | | (U.S. Government sources) | |
