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    Moldova People - 2005

    https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/moldova/moldova_people.html
    SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population:
      4,455,421 (July 2005 est.)

      Age structure:
      0-14 years: 20.2% (male 459,452/female 442,725)
      15-64 years: 69.5% (male 1,489,813/female 1,606,202)
      65 years and over: 10.3% (male 169,038/female 288,191) (2005 est.)

      Median age:
      total: 32.22 years
      male: 30.14 years
      female: 34.27 years (2005 est.)

      Population growth rate:
      0.22% (2005 est.)

      Birth rate:
      15.27 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Death rate:
      12.79 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Net migration rate:
      -0.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Sex ratio:
      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female
      total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:
      total: 40.42 deaths/1,000 live births
      male: 43.11 deaths/1,000 live births
      female: 37.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:
      total population: 65.18 years
      male: 61.12 years
      female: 69.43 years (2005 est.)


      See also: Healthy Life Expectancy


      See also: Health Performance

      Total fertility rate:
      1.81 children born/woman (2005 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
      0.2% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
      5,500 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:
      less than 300 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:
      noun: Moldovan(s)
      adjective: Moldovan

      Ethnic groups:
      Moldovan/Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, Gagauz and other 5.2% (1989 est.)
      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: 99.6%
      female: 98.7% (2003 est.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Moldova on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova People 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova People 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.



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