Moldova People - 2005

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)