European Union vs. Moldova
Demographics
| European Union | Moldova | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 450,131,902 (July 2021 est.) rank by population:
| 3,323,875 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.05% (male 34,978,216/female 33,217,600) 15-24 years: 10.39% (male 24,089,260/female 22,990,579) 25-54 years: 40.54% (male 92,503,000/female 91,144,596) 55-64 years: 13.52% (male 29,805,200/female 31,424,172) 65 years and over: 20.5% (male 39,834,507/female 53,020,673) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 18.31% (male 317,243/female 298,673) 15-24 years: 11.27% (male 196,874/female 182,456) 25-54 years: 43.13% (male 738,103/female 712,892) 55-64 years: 13.26% (male 205,693/female 240,555) 65 years and over: 14.03% (male 186,949/female 285,058) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 44 years male: 42.6 years female: 45.5 years (2020 est.) | total: 37.7 years male: 36.2 years female: 39.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.69% 0.10% (2021 est.) | -1.1% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) | 10.45 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 12.46 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population 2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -8.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 11.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.63 years male: 72.98 years female: 82.51 years (2021 est.) | total population: 72.16 years male: 68.3 years female: 76.26 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.62 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.58 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | note - see individual entries of member states | 0.8% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | note - see individual entries of member states | 14,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 48%, Protestant 12%, Orthodox 8%, other Christian 4%, Muslim 2%, other 1% (includes Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu), atheist 7%, non-believer/agnostic 16%, unspecified 2% (2012 est.) | Orthodox 90.1%, other Christian 2.6%, other 0.1%, agnostic <.1%, atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.9% (2014 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | note - see individual entries of member states | <500 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish note: only the 24 official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - about 16% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken foreign language - about 29% of the EU population is conversant with it (2020) | Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.); note - data represent mother tongue major-language sample(s): Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Moldovan/Romanian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Education expenditures | 4.6% of GDP (2017) | 5.4% of GDP (2018) |
| Health expenditures | 9.9% (2016) | 6.6% (2018) |
Source: CIA Factbook
