3,250,532 (2023 est.)
noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan
Moldovan 75.1%, Romanian 7%, Ukrainian 6.6%, Gagauz 4.6%, Russian 4.1%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 0.8% (2014 est.)
Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.); note - data represent mother tongue; as of March 2023, Romanian replaced Moldovan as the name of Moldova's official language
major-language sample(s):
Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Moldovan/Romanian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Moldovan/Romanian audio sample:
Orthodox 90.1%, other Christian 2.6%, other 0.1%, agnostic
0-14 years: 18.01% (male 301,432/female 284,034)
15-64 years: 66.37% (male 1,087,397/female 1,069,902)
65 years and over: 15.62% (2023 est.) (male 203,889/female 303,878)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 39.6
youth dependency ratio: 29.7
elderly dependency ratio: 20.4
potential support ratio: 4.9 (2021 est.)
total: 39.4 years (2023 est.)
male: 38.1 years
female: 40.8 years
-0.58% (2023 est.)
8.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
14.4 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
pockets of agglomeration exist throughout the country, the largest being in the center of the country around the capital of Chisinau, followed by Tiraspol and Balti
urban population: 43.4% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.09% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
488,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2023)
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.89 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
25.2 years (2019 est.)
12 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 14.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.8 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 69.7 years (2023 est.)
male: 65.8 years
female: 73.9 years
1.25 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.6 (2023 est.)
56% (2020)
improved: urban: 98.9% of population
rural: 87% of population
total: 92.1% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population
rural: 13% of population
total: 7.9% of population (2020 est.)
6.8% of GDP (2020)
3.1 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
5.7 beds/1,000 population (2014)
improved: urban: 99% of population
rural: 83.1% of population
total: 89.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 1% of population
rural: 16.9% of population
total: 10.1% of population (2020 est.)
18.9% (2016)
total: 7.45 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.53 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 3.57 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 2.25 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 29% (2020 est.)
male: 51.7% (2020 est.)
female: 6.2% (2020 est.)
67% (2023 est.)
6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2021)
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2021)
NOTE: The information regarding Moldova on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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