Moldova Demographics Profile 2009

Population

4,320,748 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.9% (male 353,495/female 334,592)
15-64 years: 73.3% (male 1,536,263/female 1,629,882)
65 years and over: 10.8% (male 172,070/female 294,446) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 34.6 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 36.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.079% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

11.12 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

10.78 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 42% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -1.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 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: 0.58 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 13.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 70.8 years
male: 67.1 years
female: 74.71 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.27 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.4% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

8,900 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2007 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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Education expenditures

7.6% of GDP (2006)