Population: 4,473,033 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.38% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 16.02 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 10.02 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 30.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.07 years
male: 64.65 years
female: 71.67 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.18 children born/woman (1994 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 9-49 can read and write (1970)
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 99%
Labor force: 2.05 million (1992)
by occupation: agriculture 34.4%, industry 20.1%, other 45.5% (1985 figures)

NOTE: The information regarding Moldova on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.