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Age structure:
0-14 years:
23% (male 523,373; female 505,064)
15-64 years:
67% (male 1,422,470; female 1,544,169)
65 years and over:
10% (male 161,659; female 273,919) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 12.86 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 12.58 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
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 (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 43.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
64.45 years
male:
59.92 years
female:
69.22 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.63 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Moldovan(s)
adjective:
Moldovan
Ethnic groups:
Moldavian/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
Religions: Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Judaism 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)
Languages: Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkic language/dialect)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
96%
male:
99%
female:
94% (1989 est.)
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