| People | Moldova |
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Population:
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4,324,450 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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130 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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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:
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total: 34.3 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 36.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.092% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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11.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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:
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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:
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total population: 70.5 years
male: 66.81 years
female: 74.41 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.26 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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5,500 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 300 (2001 est.) |
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.) |
People - note:
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void |
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