Saturday, April 16, 2011

RUSSIA - A census unsurprisingly

According to preliminary results of the national census held from 14 to 25 October 2010, Russia lost 2.2 million since the 2002 census prédécent. The population increased from 145 166 700 à 142 905 200, reports the Russian daily online Vzgliad. Moreover, the numerical superiority of women over the number of men (a phenomenon dating back to World War II) is confirmed and even intensified.

Russia has in effect today 10.515 million more women than men, against 9,956,000 in 2002 (male mortality exceeds female mortality). Russia remains a country of urbanization. The urban population represents 73.7% of the total population.

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