Russia
Россия
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Did you know
Under its timekeeping law, Russia has 11 time zones, from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka and Chukotka. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 17.8%
- people aged 65 or older
- 25.5M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 23.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 29.7%
- women 35.8%, men 16.3%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.6%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2010; UN, 2010 census
Languages
144 languages, 117 of them endangered
- LudicCritically endangered
- ManchuCritically endangered
- OrokCritically endangered
- Skolt SamiCritically endangered
- Southern YukaghirCritically endangered
- Surgut KhantyCritically endangered
- TofaCritically endangered
- Tundra EnetsCritically endangered
- Tundra YukaghirCritically endangered
- UdegeCritically endangered
- UlchCritically endangered
- Vach-VasjuganCritically endangered
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- VoticCritically endangered
- AlyutorSeverely endangered
- Bohtan Neo-AramaicSeverely endangered
- Central MansiSeverely endangered
- ChulymSeverely endangered
- EvenSeverely endangered
- Forest EnetsSeverely endangered
- IngrianSeverely endangered
- ItelmenSeverely endangered
- Khamnigan MongolSeverely endangered
- Kildin SamiSeverely endangered
- KiliSeverely endangered
- KvenSeverely endangered
- Muslim TatSeverely endangered
- NanaiSeverely endangered
- NegidalSeverely endangered
- NganasanSeverely endangered
- NighvngSeverely endangered
- NivkhSeverely endangered
- OrochSeverely endangered
- OroqenSeverely endangered
- ShorSeverely endangered
- Ter SamiSeverely endangered
- VepsSeverely endangered
- AghulDefinitely endangered
- AkhvakhDefinitely endangered
- AleutDefinitely endangered
- ArchiDefinitely endangered
- BagvalalDefinitely endangered
- BezhtaDefinitely endangered
- BotlikhDefinitely endangered
- Central Siberian YupikDefinitely endangered
- ChamalalDefinitely endangered
- ChiragDefinitely endangered
- ChukchiDefinitely endangered
- DolganDefinitely endangered
- ErzyaDefinitely endangered
- EvenkiDefinitely endangered
- Forest NenetsDefinitely endangered
- GodoberiDefinitely endangered
- HinuqDefinitely endangered
- HunzibDefinitely endangered
- Karata-TukitaDefinitely endangered
- KarelianDefinitely endangered
- Kazym-Berezover-Suryskarer KhantyDefinitely endangered
- KetDefinitely endangered
- KhakasDefinitely endangered
- KhwarshiDefinitely endangered
- Komi-YazvaDefinitely endangered
- KoryakDefinitely endangered
- Kur-UrmiDefinitely endangered
- Livvi-KarelianDefinitely endangered
- Naukan YupikDefinitely endangered
- NogaiDefinitely endangered
- Northern AltaiDefinitely endangered
- Northern MansiDefinitely endangered
- Northern SamiDefinitely endangered
- Obdorsk KhantyDefinitely endangered
- Qushan AghulDefinitely endangered
- Russia BuriatDefinitely endangered
- SelkupDefinitely endangered
- Southern AkhvakhDefinitely endangered
- Southern AltaiDefinitely endangered
- TindiDefinitely endangered
- TsezDefinitely endangered
- Tundra NenetsDefinitely endangered
- UdiDefinitely endangered
- UdmurtDefinitely endangered
- UrumDefinitely endangered
- AbazaVulnerable
- AbkhazVulnerable
- AdygheVulnerable
- AndiVulnerable
- AvarVulnerable
- Baltic RomaniVulnerable
- Bargu-Shineken BuriyadVulnerable
- BashkirVulnerable
- BelarusianVulnerable
- ChechenVulnerable
- ChuvashVulnerable
- Crimean TatarVulnerable
- DargwaVulnerable
- Digor OssetianVulnerable
- IngushVulnerable
- Iron dialectVulnerable
- Judeo-TatVulnerable
- KabardianVulnerable
- Karachay-BalkarVulnerable
- Komi-PermyakVulnerable
- Komi-ZyryanVulnerable
- KumykVulnerable
- LakVulnerable
- LatvianVulnerable
- LezgianVulnerable
- Meadow MariVulnerable
- Mongolia BuriatVulnerable
- OiratVulnerable
- RutulianVulnerable
- Southwestern DargwaVulnerable
- SvanVulnerable
- TabasaranVulnerable
- TsakhurVulnerable
- UkrainianVulnerable
- Western MariVulnerable
- YakutVulnerable
- Balkan Romani
- Carpathian Romani
- Eastern Yiddish
- Estonian
- Finnish
- Georgian
- Kaitag
- Kazakh
- Khalkha Mongolian
- Korean
- Kubachi
- Lithuanian
- Mandarin
- Moksha
- North Azerbaijani
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Russian
- Russian Sign Language
- Serbisk
- Siberian Tatar
- Talysh
- Tatar
- Tuvan
- Vlax Romani
- Kyakhta Russian–Chinese Pidgin
- Taimyr Pidgin Russian
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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