Pictures of Working People in Russia. The workforce will have increase by 2.4% at the end of 2005 compared to the 2001 level and by 2.1% compared to the 2002 level or by 1.8m people. The information is given in a report by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry, pictures of working people in Russia.

Working Age of People in Russia
The annual average number of working age people will be growing in Russia and reached 87.3m people in 2002 and 89.1m people in 2005. The workforce will have increase by 2.4% at the end of 2005 compared to the 2001 level and by 2.1% compared to the 2002 level or by 1.8m people. The information is given in a report by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry, outlining the forecast for Russia's social and economic development.

The number of people younger than the working age will decrease from 27.9m to 23.5m in 2005 compared to that of 2001 or by 16%. Their percentage in the total population decreased from 19.3% in 2001 and 18.6% in 2002 to 16.6% in 2005. The number of people older than the working age will be declining and willfall to 29.3m people in 2005, which is 600,000 people or 2%, less thanthat of 2001, and 500,000 people, or 1.7% less than that of 2002. At thesame time, the percentage of people older than the working age will reach 20.6% of the total population in 2005 and will not change compared to that of 2001.