Russian Federation     [89]
(Independent )
ISO COUNTRY CODE: SU
LAND AREA: 17075400 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 147739000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 9 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 19%
  URBAN POP: 76% (1994), versus 54% (1960), Annual Growth: 0.3%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 65.7 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 98.7%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 18 per/1000 (1995)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.792

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$393.0 billion
  GDP/Capita: $7400  GDP/Capita PPP: $4828

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 763500,000 ha, 45.2% of land area, 5.2 ha/capita
  ARABLE LAND: 7.6% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 30.6,000 cu.m/cap/year

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: