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Russia

Russian Federation

Central Asia Moscow

Population

140.13M

Area

17,098,242 km²

GDP

$2.17T

GDP Per Capita

$41,700

Pop. Density

8/km²

Quick Facts

Currency

Russian ruble(RUB)

Calling Code

+73

Primary Timezone

UTC+03:00

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Languages

Russian

Driving Side

right

Demonym

Russian

Map of Russia

Background

Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy emerged from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and gradually conquered and absorbed surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Devastating defeats and food shortages in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow of the ROMANOV Dynasty in 1917. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist control and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. After defeating Germany in World War II as part of an alliance with the US (1939-1945), the USSR expanded its territory and influence in Eastern Europe and emerged as a global power. The USSR was the principal US adversary during the Cold War (1947-1991). The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the decades following Stalin's rule, until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism. His initiatives inadvertently released political and economic forces that by December 1991 led to the dissolution of the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent states. In response to the ensuing turmoil during President Boris YELTSIN's term (1991-99), Russia shifted toward a centralized authoritarian state under President Vladimir PUTIN (2000-2008, 2012-present) in which the regime seeks to legitimize its rule through managed elections, populist appeals, a foreign policy focused on enhancing the country's geopolitical influence, and commodity-based economic growth.

In 2014, Russia purported to annex Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and occupied large portions of two eastern Ukrainian oblasts. In sporadic fighting over the next eight years, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian invasion in eastern Ukraine. On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. The invasion received near-universal international condemnation, and many countries imposed sanctions on Russia and supplied humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. In September 2022, Russia unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts -- Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia -- even though none were fully under Russian control. The annexations remain unrecognized by the international community. 

Historical Trends

GDP (USD)

↑119.6% since 2006
$990B (2006)$2.2T (2024)

Population

↑0.3% since 2006
143.0M (2006)143.5M (2024)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Latest: 73.3 years
2006: 66.7 years2023: 73.3 years

Data source: World Bank Open Data

Geography21

Location

North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Eastern Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean

Geographic coordinates

60 00 N, 100 00 E

Map references

Asia

Area

total : 17,098,242 sq km
land: 16,377,742 sq km
water: 720,500 sq km

Area - comparative

approximately 1.8 times the size of the US

Land boundaries

total: 22,407 km
border countries: Azerbaijan 338 km; Belarus 1,312 km; China (southeast) 4,133 km and China (south) 46 km; Estonia 324 km; Finland 1,309 km; Georgia 894 km; Kazakhstan 7,644 km; North Korea 18 km; Latvia 332 km; Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 261 km; Mongolia 3,452 km; Norway 191 km; Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 209 km; Ukraine 1,944 km

Coastline

37,653 km

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Climate

ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast

Terrain

broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions

Elevation

highest point: Gora El'brus (highest point in Europe) 5,642 m
lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
mean elevation: 600 m

Natural resources

wide natural-resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, timber

Land use

agricultural land

13.2% (2023 est.)

agricultural land: arable land

arable land: 7.4% (2023 est.)

agricultural land: permanent crops

permanent crops: 0.1% (2023 est.)

agricultural land: permanent pasture

permanent pasture: 5.6% (2023 est.)

forest

50.7% (2023 est.)

other

35.9% (2023 est.)

Irrigated land

43,000 sq km (2012)

Major lakes (area sq km)

fresh water lake(s): Lake Baikal - 31,500 sq km; Lake Ladoga - 18,130 sq km; Lake Onega - 9,720 sq km; Lake Khanka (shared with China) - 5,010 sq km; Lake Peipus - 4,300 sq km (shared with Estonia); Ozero Vygozero - 1,250 sq km; Ozero Beloye - 1,120 sq km
salt water lake(s): Caspian Sea (shared with Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan) - 374,000 sq km; Ozero Malyye Chany - 2,500 sq km; Curonian Lagoon (shared with Lithuania) - 1,620 sq km
note - the Caspian Sea is the World's largest lake

Major rivers (by length in km)

Yenisey-Angara - 5,539 km; Ob-Irtysh - 5,410 km;  Amur river mouth (shared with China [s] and Mongolia) - 4,444 km; Lena - 4,400 km; Volga - 3,645 km; Kolyma - 2,513 km; Ural river source (shared with Kazakhstan [m]) - 2,428 km; Dnepr (Dnieper) river source (shared with Belarus and Ukraine [m]) - 2,287 km; Don - 1,870 km; Pechora - 1,809 km

note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth

Major watersheds (area sq km)

Arctic Ocean drainage: Kolyma (679,934 sq km), Lena (2,306,743 sq km), Ob (2,972,493 sq km), Pechora (289,532 sq km), Yenisei (2,554,388 sq km)
Atlantic Ocean drainage: (Black Sea) Don (458,694 sq km), Dnieper (533,966 sq km)
Pacific Ocean drainage: Amur (1,929,955 sq km)
Internal (endorheic basin) drainage: (Caspian Sea basin) Volga (1,410,951 sq km)

Major aquifers

Angara-Lena Basin, Pechora Basin, North Caucasus Basin, East European Aquifer System, West Siberian Basin, Tunguss Basin, Yakut Basin

Population distribution

population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country, extending from the Baltic Sea south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable population pockets are isolated and generally found in the south

Natural hazards

permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires in Siberia and parts of European Russia

volcanism: Kamchatka Peninsula is home to 29 historically active volcanoes, with dozens more in the Kuril Islands; Kliuchevskoi (4,835 m) is Kamchatka's most active volcano; Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes, which pose a threat to the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, have been deemed Decade Volcanoes by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to their explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Bezymianny, Chikurachki, Ebeko, Gorely, Grozny, Karymsky, Ketoi, Kronotsky, Ksudach, Medvezhia, Mutnovsky, Sarychev Peak, Shiveluch, Tiatia, Tolbachik, and Zheltovsky; see note 2 under "Geography - note"

Geography - note

note 1: largest country in the world in terms of area; despite its size, much of the country lacks the soil and climate (either too cold or too dry) for agriculture

note 2: Russia's far east, particularly the Kamchatka Peninsula, lies along the Ring of Fire, which is a belt bordering the Pacific Ocean that contains about 75% of the world's volcanoes and up to 90% of the world's earthquakes

note 3: Mount El'brus is Europe's tallest peak; Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world, is estimated to hold one fifth of the world's fresh surface water

note 4: Kaliningrad oblast is an exclave annexed from Germany after World War II; its capital city of Kaliningrad -- formerly Koenigsberg -- is the only Baltic port in Russia that remains ice-free in the winter

People & Society35

Population

total: 140,134,279 (2025 est.)
male: 65,166,555
female: 74,967,724

Nationality

noun: Russian(s)
adjective: Russian

Ethnic groups

Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.)

Languages

Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.)
major-language sample(s):
Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

Religions

Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 16.5% (male 11,956,284/female 11,313,829)
15-64 years: 65.7% (male 45,007,073/female 47,518,221)
65 years and over: 17.8% (2024 est.) (male 8,533,448/female 16,491,955)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 52.6 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 24.7 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 27.9 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio: 3.6 (2025 est.)

Median age

total: 42.3 years (2025 est.)
male: 39.4 years
female: 44.5 years

Population growth rate

-0.49% (2025 est.)

Birth rate

8.27 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)

Death rate

13.93 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

Net migration rate

0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)

Population distribution

population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country, extending from the Baltic Sea south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable population pockets are isolated and generally found in the south

Urbanization

urban population: 75.3% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

12.680 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.561 million Saint Petersburg, 1.695 million Novosibirsk, 1.528 million Yekaterinburg, 1.292 million Kazan, 1.251 million Nizhniy Novgorod (2023)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.52 male(s)/female
total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

25.2 years (2013 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

9 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
male: 7.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.3 years (2024 est.)
male: 67.4 years
female: 77.4 years

Total fertility rate

1.52 children born/woman (2025 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.74 (2025 est.)

Drinking water source

improved: urban

urban: 98.9% of population (2022 est.)

improved: rural

rural: 91.5% of population (2022 est.)

improved: total

total: 97.1% of population (2022 est.)

unimproved: urban

urban: 1.1% of population (2022 est.)

unimproved: rural

rural: 8.5% of population (2022 est.)

unimproved: total

total: 2.9% of population (2022 est.)

Health expenditure

Health expenditure (as % of GDP): 7.4% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget): 13.8% of national budget (2022 est.)

Physician density

5.11 physicians/1,000 population (2022)

Hospital bed density

7 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban

urban: 95.4% of population (2022 est.)

improved: rural

rural: 71.4% of population (2022 est.)

improved: total

total: 89.4% of population (2022 est.)

unimproved: urban

urban: 4.6% of population (2022 est.)

unimproved: rural

rural: 28.6% of population (2022 est.)

unimproved: total

total: 10.6% of population (2022 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

23.1% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 7.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 3.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.97 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 3.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.12 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use

total: 26.5% (2025 est.)
male: 40.2% (2025 est.)
female: 15.1% (2025 est.)

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

57.6% (2021 est.)

Child marriage

women married by age 15: 0.3% (2017)
women married by age 18: 6.2% (2017)

Education expenditure

Education expenditure (% GDP): 4.2% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget): 14.3% national budget (2018 est.)

Literacy

total population: 99.9% (2021 est.)
male: 99.9% (2021 est.)
female: 99.9% (2021 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years (2023 est.)
male: 15 years (2023 est.)
female: 15 years (2023 est.)

Government26

Country name

conventional long form

Russian Federation

conventional short form

Russia

local long form

Rossiyskaya Federatsiya

local short form

Rossiya

former

Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

etymology

Russian lands were referred to as Muscovy until PETER I declared the Empire of All Russias in 1721; the new name aimed at identifying the new Russia with European political tradition; "Rus" was the Old Finnish name given to Varangians (eastern Vikings) who entered the area in the 9th century

Government type

semi-presidential federation

Capital

name

Moscow

geographic coordinates

55 45 N, 37 36 E

time difference

UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time

does not observe daylight savings time (DST)

time zone note

Russia has 11 time zones, the largest number of contiguous time zones of any country in the world; in 2014, two time zones were added and DST dropped

etymology

named after the Moskva River; the origin of the river's name is unclear

Administrative divisions

46 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respubliki, singular - respublika), 4 autonomous districts (avtonomnyye okrugi, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 9 federal subjects (kraya, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous province (avtonomnaya oblast')

oblasts: Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad (Gatchina), Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl

republics: Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)

autonomous districts: Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)

federal subjects: Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok), Stavropol, Zabaykalsk [Transbaikal] (Chita)

federal cities: Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]

autonomous province: Yevreyskaya [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)

Legal system

civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts

Constitution

history: several previous (during Russian Empire and Soviet era); latest drafted 12 July 1993, adopted by referendum 12 December 1993, effective 25 December 1993
amendment process: proposed by the president of the Russian Federation, by either house of the Federal Assembly, by the government of the Russian Federation, or by legislative (representative) bodies of the Federation's constituent entities; proposals to amend the government’s constitutional system, human and civil rights and freedoms, and procedures for amending or drafting a new constitution require formation of a Constitutional Assembly; passage of such amendments requires two-thirds majority vote of its total membership; passage in a referendum requires participation of an absolute majority of eligible voters and an absolute majority of valid votes; approval of proposed amendments to the government structure, authorities, and procedures requires approval by the legislative bodies of at least two thirds of the Russian Federation's constituent entities

International law organization participation

has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt

Citizenship

citizenship by birth: no
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Russia
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 3-5 years

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Executive branch

chief of state

President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (since 7 May 2012)

head of government

Premier Mikhail Vladimirovich MISHUSTIN (since 16 January 2020)

cabinet

the government is composed of the premier, his deputies, and ministers, all appointed by the president; the premier is also confirmed by the Duma

election/appointment process

president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 6-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term)

most recent election date

15-17 March 2024

election results


2024: Vladimir PUTIN reelected president; percent of vote - Vladimir PUTIN (independent) 88.5%, Nikolay KHARITONOV (Communist Party) 4.4%, Vladislav DAVANKOV (New People party) 3.9%, Leonid SLUTSKY (Liberal Democrats) 3.2%

2018: Vladimir PUTIN reelected president; percent of vote - Vladimir PUTIN (independent) 77.5%, Pavel GRUDININ (CPRF) 11.9%, Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKIY (LDPR) 5.7%, other 4.9%; Mikhail MISHUSTIN (independent) approved as premier by Duma; vote - 383 to 0

expected date of next election

2030

Legislative branch

legislature name: Federal Assembly (Federalnoye Sobraniye)
legislative structure: bicameral

Legislative branch - lower chamber

chamber name

State Duma (Gossoudarstvennaya Duma)

number of seats

450 (all directly elected)

electoral system

mixed system

scope of elections

full renewal

term in office

5 years

most recent election date

9/19/2021

parties elected and seats per party

United Russia (326); Communist Party (KPRF) (57); A Just Russia (28); Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) (23); Other (16)

percentage of women in chamber

16.4%

expected date of next election

September 2026

Legislative branch - upper chamber

chamber name: Council of the Federation (Soviet Federatsii)
number of seats: 170 (all appointed)
percentage of women in chamber: 18.5%

Judicial branch

highest court(s): Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (consists of 170 members organized into the Judicial Panel for Civil Affairs, the Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs, and the Military Panel); Constitutional Court (consists of 11 members, including the chairperson and deputy)
judge selection and term of office: all members of Russia's 3 highest courts nominated by the president and appointed by the Federation Council (the upper house of the legislature); members of all 3 courts appointed for life
subordinate courts: regional (kray) and provincial (oblast) courts; Moscow and St. Petersburg city courts; autonomous province and district courts (the 21 Russian republics have court systems specified by their own constitutions)

Political parties

A Just Russia for Truth or SRZP
Civic Platform or CP
Communists of Russia or CPCR
Communist Party of the Russian Federation or CPRF
Cossack Party of the Russian Federation or CosPRF
Democratic Party of Russia or DPR
Green Alternative or GA
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR
New People or NP
Party for Fairness! or PARZAS!
Party of Direct Democracy or PDD
Party of Progress or PP
Party of Pensioners or RPPSJ
Party of Russia's Rebirth or PRR
Party of Social Protection or PSP
Rodina
Russian Ecological Party or The Greens
Russian Party of Freedom and Justice or RPFJ
Russia United Democratic Party or Yabloko
United Russia or UR

Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission

Ambassador Alexander Nikitich DARCHIEV (since 11 June 2025)

chancery

2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone

[1] (202) 298-5700

FAX

[1] (202) 298-5735

email address and website


rusembusa@mid.ru

https://washington.mid.ru/en/

consulate(s) general

Houston, New York

Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission

Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires J. Douglas DYKHOUSE (since June 2025)

embassy

55,75566° N, 37,58028° E

mailing address

5430 Moscow Place, Washington DC  20521-5430

telephone

[7] (495) 728-5000

FAX

[7] (495) 728-5090

email address and website


MoscowACS@state.gov

https://ru.usembassy.gov/

consulate(s) general

Vladivostok (suspended status), Yekaterinburg (suspended status)

International organization participation

APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, BRICS, BSEC, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN (observer), CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAEU, EAPC, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Independence

25 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union; Russian SFSR renamed Russian Federation); notable earlier dates: 1157 (Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal created); 16 January 1547 (Tsardom of Muscovy established); 22 October 1721 (Russian Empire proclaimed); 30 December 1922 (Soviet Union established)

National holiday

Russia Day, 12 June (1990)

Flag

description: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red

meaning: colors may have been based on the Dutch flag, but no official meaning is assigned

history: created when Russia built its first naval vessels, and was used mostly as a naval flag until the 19th century

National symbol(s)

bear, double-headed eagle

National color(s)

white, blue, red

National coat of arms

the current coat of arms of Russia was adopted by presidential decree on 30 November 1993; the double-headed eagle was adopted as a Russian symbol in 1472 when Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine emperor in Constantinople -- the eagle was her family's emblem

National anthem(s)

title: “Gosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii” (National Anthem of the Russian Federation)
lyrics/music: Sergey Vladimirovich MIKHALKOV/Aleksandr Vasilyevich ALEKSANDROV
history: adopted 2000; Russia adopted the tune of the Soviet Union's anthem (composed in 1939), as well as new lyrics; MIKHALKOV, who wrote the new lyrics, also authored the Soviet lyrics in 1943

National heritage

total World Heritage Sites: 33 (22 cultural, 11 natural)
selected World Heritage Site locales: Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (c); Kizhi Pogost (c); Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (c); Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (c); White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (c); Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (c); Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (c); Lake Baikal (n); Volcanoes of Kamchatka (n); Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery (c); Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (c); Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (c); Uvs Nuur Basin (n); Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent (c); Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (n); Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (c); Lena Pillars Nature Park (n); Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (c); Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk (c); Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (c); Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea (c); Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave (c)

Economy32

Economic overview

natural resource-rich Eurasian economy; leading energy exporter to Europe and Asia; decreased oil export reliance; endemic corruption, Ukrainian invasion, and lack of green infrastructure limit investment and have led to sanctions

Real GDP (purchasing power parity)

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024: $6.089 trillion (2024 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023: $5.835 trillion (2023 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022: $5.607 trillion (2022 est.)

Real GDP growth rate

Real GDP growth rate 2024: 4.3% (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2023: 4.1% (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2022: -1.4% (2022 est.)

Real GDP per capita

Real GDP per capita 2024: $41,700 (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2023: $39,900 (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2022: $38,200 (2022 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate)

$2.174 trillion (2024 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021: 6.7% (2021 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020: 3.4% (2020 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019: 4.5% (2019 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

agriculture: 2.7% (2024 est.)
industry: 30.7% (2024 est.)
services: 57.5% (2024 est.)

GDP - composition, by end use

household consumption

49.4% (2024 est.)

government consumption

18.6% (2024 est.)

investment in fixed capital

22.1% (2024 est.)

investment in inventories

4.2% (2024 est.)

exports of goods and services

21.9% (2024 est.)

imports of goods and services

-17.6% (2024 est.)

Agricultural products

wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, potatoes, sunflower seeds, maize, soybeans, chicken, pork (2023)

Industries

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; defense industries (including radar, missile production, advanced electronic components), 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

Industrial production growth rate

4.1% (2024 est.)

Labor force

72.517 million (2024 est.)

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate 2024: 2.6% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate 2023: 3.1% (2023 est.)
Unemployment rate 2022: 3.9% (2022 est.)

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

total: 9.3% (2024 est.)
male: 8.8% (2024 est.)
female: 9.8% (2024 est.)

Population below poverty line

12.1% (2020 est.)

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2021: 35.1 (2021 est.)

Average household expenditures

on food: 25.3% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 5.9% of household expenditures (2023 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: 2.7% (2021 est.)
highest 10%: 26.6% (2021 est.)

Remittances

Remittances 2024: 0.1% of GDP (2024 est.)
Remittances 2023: 0.1% of GDP (2023 est.)
Remittances 2022: 0.1% of GDP (2022 est.)

Budget

revenues: $704.613 billion (2023 est.)
expenditures: $635.809 billion (2023 est.)

Public debt

Public debt 2023: 18.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

12.1% (of GDP) (2023 est.)

Current account balance

Current account balance 2024: $62.287 billion (2024 est.)
Current account balance 2023: $49.439 billion (2023 est.)
Current account balance 2022: $237.735 billion (2022 est.)

Exports

Exports 2024: $475.277 billion (2024 est.)
Exports 2023: $465.22 billion (2023 est.)
Exports 2022: $640.878 billion (2022 est.)

Exports - partners

China 33%, India 17%, Turkey 8%, Kazakhstan 4%, Brazil 3% (2023)

Exports - commodities

crude petroleum, refined petroleum, natural gas, coal, fertilizers (2023)

Imports

Imports 2024: $381.45 billion (2024 est.)
Imports 2023: $379.659 billion (2023 est.)
Imports 2022: $347.384 billion (2022 est.)

Imports - partners

China 53%, Turkey 5%, Germany 5%, Kazakhstan 5%, Italy 2% (2023)

Imports - commodities

cars, packaged medicine, broadcasting equipment, garments, plastic products (2023)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023: $597.217 billion (2023 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022: $581.71 billion (2022 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021: $632.242 billion (2021 est.)

Debt - external

Debt - external 2022: $135.301 billion (2022 est.)

Exchange rates

Currency

Russian rubles (RUB) per US dollar -

Exchange rates 2023

85.162 (2023 est.)

Exchange rates 2022

68.485 (2022 est.)

Exchange rates 2021

73.654 (2021 est.)

Exchange rates 2020

72.105 (2020 est.)

Exchange rates 2019

64.738 (2019 est.)

Energy8

Electricity access

electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
electrification - urban areas: 99.1%
electrification - rural areas: 100%

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 301.926 million kW (2023 est.)
consumption: 1.011 trillion kWh (2023 est.)
exports: 18.66 billion kWh (2023 est.)
imports: 2.852 billion kWh (2023 est.)
transmission/distribution losses: 97.301 billion kWh (2023 est.)

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels

61.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

nuclear

19.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

solar

0.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

wind

0.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

hydroelectricity

17.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

biomass and waste

0.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

Nuclear energy

Number of operational nuclear reactors: 36 (2025)
Number of nuclear reactors under construction: 4 (2025)
Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors: 26.8GW (2025 est.)
Percent of total electricity production: 18.4% (2023 est.)
Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down: 11 (2025)

Coal

production: 531.13 million metric tons (2023 est.)
consumption: 290.763 million metric tons (2023 est.)
exports: 211.944 million metric tons (2023 est.)
imports: 20.765 million metric tons (2023 est.)
proven reserves: 162.166 billion metric tons (2023 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 10.879 million bbl/day (2023 est.)
refined petroleum consumption: 3.863 million bbl/day (2023 est.)
crude oil estimated reserves: 80 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Natural gas

production: 613.447 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
consumption: 474.448 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
exports: 124.479 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
imports: 5.724 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
proven reserves: 47.805 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

Total energy consumption per capita 2023: 224.858 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

Communications6

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions: 20,816,300 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2022 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

total subscriptions: 270 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 186 (2024 est.)

Broadcast media

13 national TV stations: the federal government owns 1 and controls a second, state-owned Gazprom controls 2, state-affiliated Bank Rossiya controls 2, Moscow city administration runs 1, the Russian Orthodox Church owns 1, and the Russian military owns 1; around 3,300 national, regional, and local TV stations, with over two-thirds completely or partially state-controlled; satellite TV available; 2 state-run national radio networks, with a third majority-owned by Gazprom; around 2,400 public and commercial radio stations

Internet country code

.ru

Internet users

percent of population: 92% (2023 est.)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

total: 35.9 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25 (2022 est.)

Transportation6

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

RA

Airports

905 (2025)

Heliports

494 (2025)

Railways

total: 85,494 km (2019)
narrow gauge: 957 km

Merchant marine

total: 2,910 (2023)
by type: bulk carrier 15, container ship 20, general cargo 976, oil tanker 387, other 1,512

Ports

total ports

67 (2024)

large

4

medium

5

small

19

very small

38

size unknown

1

ports with oil terminals

32

key ports

Arkhangels'k, De Kastri, Dudinka, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Novorossiysk, Sankt-Peterburg, Vladivostok, Vyborg

Military & Security7

Military and security forces

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: Ground Forces (SV), Aerospace Forces (VKS), Navy (VMF); separate or independent troop branches include the Airborne Forces (VDV), Missile Troops of Strategic Purpose (RVSN; commonly to as Strategic Rocket Forces), Special Operations Forces, and Unmanned Systems Forces 

Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation (FSVNG, National Guard, Russian Guard, or Rosgvardiya)

Federal Security Services (FSB): Federal Border Guard Service (includes land and maritime forces) (2025)

Military expenditures

Military Expenditures 2024: 7% of GDP (2024 est.)
Military Expenditures 2023: 5% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022: 4.5% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021: 4% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military Expenditures 2020: 4% of GDP (2020 est.)

Military and security service personnel strengths

estimated 1.1-1.2 million active Armed Forces; estimated 350,000 Federal National Guard Troops (2025)

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

the Russian Federation's military and paramilitary services are equipped with domestically produced weapons systems, although in recent years Russia has imported military hardware from external suppliers such as Iran and North Korea to support its war on Ukraine; the Russian defense industry is capable of producing a full range of advanced air, land, missile, and naval systems; Russia is one of the world's largest exporters of military hardware (2025)

Military service age and obligation

18-30 years of age for compulsory service for men; 18-65 years of age for voluntary/contractual service; women and non-Russian citizens (18-30) may volunteer; minimum 12-month service obligation (2025)

Military deployments

estimated 600,000 in Ukraine; more than 20,000 additional military personnel deployed in former Soviet states and elsewhere, including Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Syria, sub-Saharan Africa, and Tajikistan (2025)

Military - note

the Russian military is responsible for protecting the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, providing maritime security, and supporting Moscow's national security objectives, including projecting influence and power abroad and deterring perceived external threats; its missions include air, land, maritime, strategic missile, and expeditionary operations; it is also active in the areas of cyber warfare, electronic warfare, and space; the Russian military's focus is its ongoing war on Ukraine and the perceived threat from NATO and the US

in February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, beginning what is the largest war in Europe since World War II ended in 1945; Russian military forces occupied Ukraine’s province of Crimea in 2014, and Moscow subsequently backed separatist forces in the Donbas region of Ukraine with arms, equipment, and training, as well as Russian military troops, although Moscow denied their presence prior to 2022

Russia intervened in the Syrian civil war at the request of the Syrian Government from September 2015 until the collapse of the ASAD regime in December 2024; it was Moscow’s first overseas military expeditionary operation since the Soviet era; Russian assistance included air support, arms and equipment, intelligence, military advisors, private military contractors, special operations forces, and training; Russia seized the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by force in 2008 (2025)

Transnational Issues2

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees: 11,440 (2024 est.)
IDPs: 172,783 (2024 est.)
stateless persons: 90,185 (2024 est.)

Trafficking in persons

tier rating: Tier 3 — Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Russia remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/

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