Moldova People:
Population:
4,455,421 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.2% (male:459,452; female:442,725)
15-64 years: 69.5% (male:1,489,813; female:1,606,202)
65 years and over: 10.3% (male:169,038; female:288,191) (2005)
Median age:
total: 32.22 years
male: 30.14 years
female: 34.27 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.22% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
15.27 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
12.79 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.25 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 40.42 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 43.11 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 37.58 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 65.18 years (2005 est.)
male: 61.12 years
female: 69.43 years
Total fertility rate:
1.81 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
5,500 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 300 (2001 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan
Ethnic groups:
Moldovan/Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, Gagauz and other 5.2% (1989)
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: 99.6%
female: 98.7% (2003)
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