The 2010 census recorded roughly 81% of the population as ethnic Russians, and rest of the 19% of the population as other minorities belonging to over 190 ethnic groups across the country. == History == ===Total fertility rate, 1840–1926=== The total fertility rate is the number of children born to each woman.
Since the 1990s, Russia's death rate has exceeded its birth rate.
In August 2012, as the country saw its first demographic growth since the 1990s, President Putin declared that Russia's population could reach 146 million by 2025, mainly as a result of immigration.
Since 1990, the 11-year school education has been introduced.
In the 2000s, in order to create higher education and research institutions of comparable scale in Russian regions, the government launched a program of establishing federal universities, mostly by merging existing large regional universities and research institutes and providing them with special funding.
According to the 2002 Census, 142.6 million people speak Russian, followed by Tatar with 5.3 million, and Ukrainian with 1.8 million speakers.
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Russia, the world's largest country, had a population of 142.8 million according to the 2010 census, which rose to 146.2 million as of 2021.
Russia is home to approximately 117 million ethnic Russians; and roughly 85% of the Russian population was of European descent in 2010, of which the vast majority were Slavs, with a substantial minority of Finno-Ugric, Germanic, and other peoples.
The 2010 census recorded roughly 81% of the population as ethnic Russians, and rest of the 19% of the population as other minorities belonging to over 190 ethnic groups across the country. == History == ===Total fertility rate, 1840–1926=== The total fertility rate is the number of children born to each woman.
It had a population of 142.8 million according to the 2010 Russian Census, of which around 111 million were ethnic Russians, who consisted of 80.9% of the total population, while rest of the 19% of the population were minorities.
Rest of the 10.6% of the population were diverse Indo-European, Turkic and Finno-Ugric peoples. Around 85% of the Russian population was of European descent in the 2010 census, with a substantial minority of Finno-Ugric, Germanic, and other groups.
The 2010 census recorded roughly 81% of the population as ethnic Russians, and rest of the 19% of the population as other minorities belonging to over 190 ethnic groups across the country.
In August 2012, as the country saw its first demographic growth since the 1990s, President Putin declared that Russia's population could reach 146 million by 2025, mainly as a result of immigration.
New citizenship rules introduced in April 2014 allowing eligible citizens from former Soviet republics to obtain Russian citizenship, have gained strong interest among Russian-speaking residents of those countries (i.e.
In 2016, 61.1% of Russian adults were overweight or obese, while 23.1% were obese.
In 2017, roughly 16% of Russia's deaths were attributed to obesity, while per 100,000 Russians, 123 died due to being obese. ==Ethnic groups== Russia is a multinational state, with more than 193 ethnic groups within its borders.
There is some presence of Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and other pagan beliefs are also present to some extent in remote areas, sometimes syncretized with one of the mainstream religions. In 2017, a survey made by the Pew Research Center showed that 73% of Russians declared themselves Christians—including 71% Orthodox, 1% Catholic, and 2% Other Christians, while 15% were unaffiliated, 10% were Muslims, and 1% were from other religions.
In 2018, the total fertility rate across Russia was estimated to be 1.6 children born per woman, which is below the replacement rate of 2.1, and is one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.
Russia has the highest number of physicians, hospitals, and health care workers in the world on a per capita basis. According the World Bank, Russia spent 5.32% of its GDP on healthcare in 2018.
In 2019, the overall life expectancy in Russia at birth is 73.2 years (68.2 years for males and 78.0 years for females), and it had a very low infant mortality rate (5 per 1,000 live births).
Russia, the world's largest country, had a population of 142.8 million according to the 2010 census, which rose to 146.2 million as of 2021.
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