FACTBOX: Key facts about Russia
(Reuters) - Reuters is holding its first Russia Investment Summit on September 10-11.
Here are some facts about the world's largest country, its economy and financial markets:
POPULATION:
Population: 142.2 million, down 689,000 last year.
Average monthly wage, July: $530.
Richest person: Roman Abramovich, worth $18.7 billion.
Life expectancy: male 59 years, female 72 years.
Annual road traffic deaths: 36,000.
ECONOMY:
GDP, 2006: 26.6 trillion roubles ($1.04 trillion). Russia is
the world's ninth-largest economy.
GDP/capita, 2006: $7,300.
Economic growth forecast, 2007: 7.2-7.4 percent.
Inflation target, 2007: 8 percent.
M2 money supply, August 1: +51 percent.
Capital investment, July: +24.7 percent.
Current account surplus, Jan-June: $37.7 billion.
Net capital inflows, Jan-June: $69.4 billion.
FINANCE:
5-year annualized RTS stock index return: 45 percent.
Largest company: Gazprom (GAZP.MM), market value $243
billion.
Biggest market float: Rosneft (ROSN.MM), $10.6 billion, July
2006.
Forecast IPO volumes, 2007: $35 billion.
Central Bank reserves: $416 billion, the world's third-
largest after China and Japan.
External debt, April 1: $339 billion, of which:
Public: $43 billion
Banks: $110 billion
Companies: $185 billion
Top 30 banks' assets, August 1: $470 billion.
Sovereign rating: Baa2 (Moody's), BBB+ (S&P, Fitch).
RESOURCES:
Oil production, Aug: 9.9 million barrels per day (bpd)
Pipeline oil exports, Aug: 4.3 million bpd
Gas production, 2006: 656 billion cubic meters
Gold output, 2006: 166 tones
CONSUMER:
Retail sales, July: +14.7 percent.
Real disposable incomes, July: +15.5 percent.
Sales of foreign car brands Jan-July: 862,000 units, up 67
percent.
Mobile phone market penetration, July: 111 percent.
Cost of a central Moscow apartment: $6,000 per square meter.
SOURCES: Rosstat, Central Bank, Economy Ministry, AC&M, AEB, Prosperity Capital Management, Alfa Bank, Forbes Magazine, Institut Rynka Nyedvizhimosti, ratings agencies.
