Moldova Demographics Profile 2008

Population

4,324,450 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 16.3% (male 361,000/female 341,785)
15-64 years: 72.9% (male 1,528,080/female 1,622,620)
65 years and over: 10.9% (male 174,448/female 296,517) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 34.3 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 36.4 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.092% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

11.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 70.5 years
male: 66.81 years
female: 74.41 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.26 children born/woman (2008 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 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% (2004 census)
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, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99.7%
female: 98.6% (2005 est.)