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People
4,317,483 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
124
0-14 years: 15.9% (male 353,495/female 334,592)
15-64 years: 73.3% (male 1,536,263/female 1,629,882)
65 years and over: 10.8% (male 172,070/female 294,446) (2010 est.)
total: 35 years
male: 33.1 years
female: 37.1 years (2010 est.)
-0.072% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 206
11.16 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 174
10.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 44
-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 159
urban population: 42% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -1.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.059 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.58 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 12.77 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 135
male: 14.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 71.09 years
country comparison to the world: 133
male: 67.39 years
female: 75 years (2010 est.)
1.28 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 211
0.4% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
8,900 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
fewer than 100 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan
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
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99.7%
female: 98.6% (2005 est.)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2008)
8.2% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 9
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