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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: 145,470,197 (July 2001 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: 62.12 male, 72.83 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: federation
Currency: 1 ruble (R) = 100 kopeks
GDP (per capita): $7,700 (2000 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%
Natural Resources: wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber,note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources
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