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Just the facts (population)
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Posted by: pharmrep2

Hi all
I have been hearing a lot of things lately about statistics of the Russian male/female ratio, divorce rate, and possible causes of divorce, about alcoholism and unfaithfulness between Russian men and women, and giving or guessing about such statistics. So I decided to go searching for the truth, just to find the plain facts. This is what I have found so far about population and male to female ratio.
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Population 146,001,176 (July 2000 est.)

Age structure 0-14 years:18% (male 13,493,610; female 12,971,546)
15-64 years:69% (male 48,983,755; female 52,140,022)
65 years and over:13% (male 5,802,129; female 12,610,114) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate -0.38% (2000 est.)

Birth rate 9.02 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate 13.8 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate 1.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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:0.46 male(s)/female
total population:0.88 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate 20.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth total population:67.19 years
male:61.95 years
female:72.69 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.25 children born/woman (2000 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.)

Source: Yahoo! http://education.yahoo.com/referenc.../rs/popula.html
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This following information is straight from the U.S. Census Bureau

IDB Summary Demographic Data for Russia

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Demographic Indicators: 2000 and 2025

2000 2025
Births per 1,000 population.................... 9 9
Deaths per 1,000 population.................... 14 14
Rate of natural increase (percent)............. -0.5 -0.5
Annual rate of growth (percent)................ -0.4 -0.5
Life expectancy at birth (years)............... 67.2 73.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births............ 20 12
Total fertility rate (per woman)............... 1.2 1.7

Midyear Population Estimates and Average Annual Period Growth Rates:
1950 to 2050
(Population in thousands, rate in percent)

Growth
Year Population Year Population Period Rate

1950 101,937 1995 148,115 1950-1960 1.6
1960 119,632 1996 147,757 1960-1970 0.9
1970 130,245 1997 147,364 1970-1980 0.7
1980 139,045 1998 146,964 1980-1990 0.6
1990 148,082 1999 146,516 1990-2000 -0.1

2000 146,001 2010 142,328 2000-2010 -0.3
2001 145,470 2020 138,978 2010-2020 -0.2
2002 144,979 2030 132,859 2020-2030 -0.5
2003 144,526 2040 126,503 2030-2040 -0.5
2004 144,112 2050 118,233 2040-2050 -0.7

Midyear Population, by Age and Sex: 2000 and 2025
(Population in thousands)

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AGE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE

TOTAL 146,001 68,279 77,722 135,952 63,564 72,387
0-4 6,561 3,351 3,210 6,117 3,127 2,990
5-9 8,064 4,114 3,950 7,194 3,676 3,518
10-14 11,840 6,028 5,812 8,314 4,247 4,068
15-19 11,891 6,026 5,865 8,148 4,157 3,991
20-24 10,876 5,489 5,386 7,023 3,571 3,451
25-29 10,223 5,171 5,052 6,542 3,308 3,234
30-34 9,497 4,811 4,686 7,956 3,996 3,960
35-39 11,541 5,732 5,809 11,472 5,706 5,766
40-44 12,562 6,139 6,423 11,342 5,565 5,777
45-49 11,416 5,457 5,959 10,161 4,908 5,253
50-54 8,958 4,173 4,785 9,241 4,402 4,839
55-59 5,412 2,360 3,052 8,165 3,800 4,365
60-64 8,748 3,626 5,122 9,182 4,027 5,155
65-69 5,996 2,295 3,701 9,013 3,695 5,318
70-74 6,182 2,095 4,087 7,067 2,649 4,418
75-79 3,299 816 2,483 4,500 1,521 2,979
80-84 1,530 332 1,197 1,863 534 1,329
85+ 1,406 265 1,141 2,651 676 1,975

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, July 2003 version.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base
Note: Data updated 7-17-2003 (Release notes).

This information by these factual sources, dismisses the stereotype of there been a shortage of Russian men. There is though a shortage of Russian men in the 50+ range. But that is due of course to WWII and life expectancy. But it is almost 50/50 in 0-49 age group. But overall the russian population as a whole is shirnking because of the pop. growth rate.
Note: Now in terms of the availability, eligibility, and desirability of Russian men that is different, and it would be impossible to figure that out.

Posted by: Keith

Thanks for the research. This does raise serious questions about the claim that for every Russian male there is four or five females...hmmm. I thought the statistic as to the Russian male life expectancy was rather astonishing...I think that in the states, the male life expectancy is around 76 years of age!

Keith

Posted by: Khashyar

Thanks for the very interesting information, DAX...

From my understanding, the shortage of men is at least in part a result of older Russian men pursuing younger Russian women...

Another question... Why is it that Russian women have the perception that there is a shortage of Russian men??

It is true that Russian men die substancially younger than Russian women do.

I would like to hear a Russian woman's perspective regarding this.

Khashyar

Posted by: pharmrep2

Yeah Khashyar, only a Russian woman could answer you that question. The reason I did this was to find if it is true they were saying about a shortage of Russian men, ratio 2 to 5 or 3 to 5 or whatever the ratio. Because to me it didn't seem logical that there was such a ratio. If there was, then there had to be explaination, like a war where millions of Russian men died (similar to WWII), or that for some reason Russian women were giving birth to more female babies than male babies. But there has not been such a war and the theorical probability that there was such a big difference in the sex of the baby is very slim. Not just that but when I was in Russia, I didn't see any difference in the sex ratio. I noticed just as many men as there were women. I was hoping to see all these women walking around the city with a less men around them. But no, I saw just as many men walking around the city as women. This sex ratio difference might have been true 50-60 years ago, but not now. Sorry the scientist in me came out.
Dax