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Moldova People 1996

Population:

4,489,657 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

27% (female 588,155; male 609,372)

15-64 years:

64% (female 1,487,170; male 1,386,293)

65 years and over:

9% (female 258,958; male 159,709) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.36% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

15.93 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

10.05 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-2.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

29.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

68.22 years

male:

64.81 years

female:

71.8 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.16 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Moldovan(s)

adjective:

Moldovan

Ethnic divisions:

Moldavian/Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Gagauz 3.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, other 1.7% (1989 figures)

note:

internal disputes with ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in the Dniester region and Gagauz Turks in the south

Religions:

Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)

note:

the large majority of churchgoers are ethnic Moldavian

Languages:

Moldovan (official; virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1989)

total population:

96%

male:

99%

female:

94%

Labor force:

2.03 million (January 1994)

by occupation:

agriculture 34.4%, industry 20.1%, other 45.5% (1985 figures)

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