| Population | 4,320,490 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 16.5% (male 365,733/female 347,305)
15-64 years: 72.6% (male 1,520,094/female 1,616,014)
65 years and over: 10.9% (male 175,113/female 296,231) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 34 years
male: 32.1 years
female: 36.1 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | -0.11% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 10.88 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 10.85 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.053 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.941 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.591 male(s)/female
total population: 0.912 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 13.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 70.2 years
male: 66.51 years
female: 74.11 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.25 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 5,500 (2001 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 300 (2001 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan |
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| 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 |
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| Religions | Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) |
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| Languages | Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99.7%
female: 98.6% (2005 est.) |
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