| People | Moldova |
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Population:
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4,314,377 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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132 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 47% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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CHISINAU (capital) 650,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 15.5% (male 344,101/female 325,995)
15-64 years: 74% (male 1,550,386/female 1,643,108)
65 years and over: 10.4% (male 164,512/female 286,275) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 35.4 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 37.4 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.072% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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11.16 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.059 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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32 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 12.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.37 years
male: 67.68 years
female: 75.28 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.29 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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11.9% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.668 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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6.12 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 85% of population
total: 90% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 15% of population
total: 10% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 85% of population
rural: 74% of population
total: 79% of population
unimproved:
urban: 15% of population
rural: 26% of population
total: 21% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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12,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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3.2% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan |
Ethnic groups:
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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:
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Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) |
Languages:
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Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) |
Literacy:
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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):
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total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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9.6% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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