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l, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Geography--note: largest country in the world in terms of area but unfavorably located in relation to major sea lanes of the world; despite its size, much of the country lacks proper soils and climates (either too cold or too dry) for agriculture People Population: 146,393,569 (July 1999 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 19% (male 14,224,033; female 13,666,440) 15-64 years: 68% (male 48,407,409; female 51,768,664) 65 years and over: 13% (male 5,698,356; female 12,628,667) (1999 est.) Population growth rate: -0.33% (1999 est.) Birth rate: 9.64 births/1,000 population (1999 est.) Death rate: 14.96 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) Net migration rate: 2.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.45 male(s)/female total population: 0.88 male(s)/female (1999 est.) Infant mortality rate: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.12 years male: 58.83 years female: 71.72 years (1999 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.34 children born/woman (1999 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.) 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 Data code: RS Government type: federation Capital: Moscow Administrative divisions: oblasts (oblastey, singular--oblast'), 21 autonomous republics* (avtonomnyk respublik, singular--avtonomnaya respublika), 10 autonomous okrugs**(avtonomnykh okrugov, singular--avtonomn
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