Short facts about people of Moldavia

Population:

4,431,570 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  22.44% (male 506,303; female 488,311) 15-64 years:  67.62% (male 1,437,492; female 1,559,090) 65 years and over:  9.94% (male 163,473; female 276,901) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.05% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

13.35 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

12.6 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.59 male(s)/female total population:  0.91 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

42.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  64.6 years male:  60.15 years female:  69.26 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.67 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.2% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

4,500 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Moldovan(s) adjective:  Moldovan

Ethnic groups:

Moldovan/Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Gagauz 3.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, other 1.7% (1989 est.) note:  internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region

Religions:

Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)

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:  96% male:  99% female:  94% (1989 est.)

Source: World Factbook