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Romania People:

Population:
22,329,977 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.9% (male:1,818,488; female:1,727,598)
15-64 years: 69.5% (male:7,726,903; female:7,801,441)
65 years and over: 14.6% (male:1,342,827; female:1,912,720) (2005)

Median age:
total: 36.39 years
male: 35.04 years
female: 37.77 years (2005)

Population growth rate:
-0.12% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
10.7 births / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
11.74 deaths / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.13 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 26.43 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 29.6 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 23.06 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 71.35 years (2005 est.)
male: 67.86 years
female: 75.06 years

Total fertility rate:
1.36 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
6,500 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS — deaths:
350 (2001 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Romanian(s)
adjective: Romanian

Ethnic groups:
Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002)

Religions:
Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002)

Languages:
Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (2003)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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