Population4,324,450 (July 2008 est.) Age structure0-14 years: 16.3% (male 361,000/female 341,785) Median agetotal: 34.3 years Population growth rate-0.092% (2008 est.) Birth rate11.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Net migration rate-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) Sex ratioat birth: 1.06 male(s)/female Infant mortality ratetotal: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 70.5 years Total fertility rate1.26 children born/woman (2008 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.2% (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS5,500 (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - deathsless than 300 (2001 est.) Nationalitynoun: Moldovan(s) Ethnic groupsMoldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% (2004 census) ReligionsEastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) LanguagesMoldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write |
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Source: CIA World Factbook | |