Moldova

Population:
4,320,748 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
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) (2009 est.)
Median age:
total: 34.6 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 36.7 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.079% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:
11.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate:
10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 42% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: -1.5% annual rate of change (2005-2010)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 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 (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 13.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.8 years
male: 67.1 years
female: 74.71 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.27 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.4% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
8,900 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 100 (2007 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan
Ethnic groups:
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
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: 99.7%
female: 98.6% (2005 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
7.6% of GDP (2006)