Source:

Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoy statistiki (Federal State Statistics Service) ("Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoy statistiki") [ID 11018]

Document(s): Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoy statistiki

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02.05.2005 - CIA World Factbook 2005: Population ("02.05.2005 - CIA World Factbook 2005: Russia") [ID 11019]

"Population:
143,420,309 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.6% (male 10,704,617/female 10,173,313)
15-64 years: 71.3% (male 49,429,716/female 52,799,740)
65 years and over: 14.2% (male 6,405,027/female 13,907,896) (2005 est.)

Median age:
total: 38.15 years
male: 34.99 years
female: 41.03 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:
-0.37% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
9.8 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
14.52 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)"

Document(s): 02.05.2005 - CIA World Factbook 2005: Russia

01.2007 - Source: Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe

Demographic and cultural derussification in the whole North Caucasus region is followed by increasing process of islamisation ("Nordkaukasus; Entwicklungen in Tschetschenien sowie in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkarien, Inguschetien und Nordossetien") [ID 18717]

"Demografisch und kulturell hat im gesamten Nordkaukasus eine wachsende Entrussifizierung eingesetzt: Viele ethnische Russen haben seit dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion den Nordkaukasus verlassen. Die Folge ist eine zunehmende Islamisierung. Bereits vor Jahren wurde in der Region die Legalisierung der Polygamie gefordert. Inzwischen gibt es Stimmen, die Elemente der Scharia in die lokale Rechtsprechung einführen wollen. So verbot beispielsweise die inguschetische Regierung für die Dauer des islamischen Fastenmonats Ramadan den Alkoholverkauf, während zum Beispiel die Sicherheitskräfte Kabardino-Balkariens, wie erwähnt, sehr hart gegen Muslime vorgehen."

Document(s): Open document

14.11.2006 - Source: UK Home Office

An estimated 70 percent of Russia’s 142.8 million inhabitants consider themselves Russian Orthodox Christians; Islam is largest religious minority with an estimated 14 percent of population; only small minority of citizens identify strongly with any religion ("Operational Guidance Note: Russian Federation") [ID 17974]

"Available information suggests that 70% of Russia’s 142.8 million inhabitants consider themselves Russian Orthodox Christians, although the vast majority are not regular churchgoers. There are an estimated 14 to 23 million Muslims, constituting approximately 14 percent of the population and forming the largest religious minority. By most estimates, Protestants constitute the third largest group of believers. An estimated 600,000 to 1 million Jews remain in the country and approximately 80 percent live in Moscow or St. Petersburg. In practice, only a small minority of citizens identify strongly with any religion. Many who identify themselves as members of a faith participate in religious life only rarely, or not at all."

Document(s): Open document

05.08.2005 - Source: Guardian

Number of Russians returning to their homeland is increasing for the first time since mass emigration that followed fall of Soviet Union ("Russians retreat in face of hostility") [#34883], [ID 11016]

Document(s): Open document

03.06.2005 - Source: Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly

Official results of October 2002 census shows for the first time a fall in the population ("Honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation [Doc. 10568]") [#32710], [ID 11017]

"51. Russia's economic prospects are hampered by one major factor: the deteriorating demographic situation. The official results of the October 2002 census point to a total population of 145.2 million, showing for the first time a fall in the population, which stood at 147 million in 1989, within Russia's current borders. According to the Federal statistics office, decline in the population continued and as of 1 December 2004 it fell to 143.5 million people. The United Nations demographic projections based on recent demographic trends estimate a population of just 101.5 million inhabitants by 2050, representing almost 1 million fewer each year. Demographers consider that the improvement in life expectancy came to a halt in the 1960s along with deterioration in indicators. Life expectancy, which in 1964 was 65.1 years for men and 73.6 for women, has constantly fallen since then and in 2001 was 59 years for men and 72.3 for women. The fertility rate stands at present at 1.2 children per woman, i.e. 57% of what is required for generation renewal."

Document(s): Open document

05.2003 - Source: US Department of State

Background information on people, history, political and economic situation ("Background Note: Russia") [#15322], [ID 11020]

Document(s): Open document