Moldova Demographics Profile 2003

Population

4,439,502 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 21.1% (male 477,063; female 459,992)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 1,465,248; female 1,584,402)
65 years and over: 10.2% (male 168,068; female 284,729) (2003 est.)

Median age

total: 32 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 34.2 years (2002)

Population growth rate

0.13% (2003 est.)

Birth rate

14.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate

12.7 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 41.58 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 44.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 38.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 64.88 years
male: 60.63 years
female: 69.35 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.74 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

5,500 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

less than 300 (2001 est.)

Nationality

noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan

Ethnic groups

Moldovan/Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, Gagauz and other 5.2% (1989 est.)
note: internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region

Religions

Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)

Languages

Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian (official), Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99.6%
female: 98.7% (2003 est.)