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| Population: |
4,431,570 (July 2001 est.)
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| 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.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.05% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
13.35 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
12.6 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| 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.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
42.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
64.6 years
male:
60.15 years
female:
69.26 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.67 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.2% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
4,500 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Moldovan(s)
adjective:
Moldovan
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| 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
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| Religions: |
Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)
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| Languages: |
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
96%
male:
99%
female:
94% (1989 est.)
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