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The People of Moldova

Moldovan People

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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 (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.079% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

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.)