Moldova People - 2023
SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
3,250,532 (2023 est.)
Nationality
noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan
Ethnic groups
Moldovan 75.1%, Romanian 7%, Ukrainian 6.6%, Gagauz 4.6%, Russian 4.1%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 0.8% (2014 est.)
Languages
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):
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The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Orthodox 90.1%, other Christian 2.6%, other 0.1%, agnostic <0.1%, atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.9% (2014 est.)
Age structure
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)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 39.6
youth dependency ratio: 29.7
elderly dependency ratio: 20.4
potential support ratio: 4.9 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 37.7 years
male: 36.2 years
female: 39.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
-1.14% (2023 est.)
Birth rate
9.94 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
12.51 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Net migration rate
-8.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
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
Urbanization
urban population: 43.4% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.09% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
488,000 CHISINAU (capital) (2023)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 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: 0.96 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
25.2 years (2019 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
12 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 11.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.72 years
male: 68.9 years
female: 76.77 years (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.59 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.77 (2023 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
56% (2020)
Drinking water source
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.)
Current health expenditure
6.8% of GDP (2020)
Physicians density
3.1 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
5.7 beds/1,000 population (2014)
Sanitation facility access
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.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
18.9% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
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.)
Tobacco use
total: 29% (2020 est.)
male: 51.7% (2020 est.)
female: 6.2% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2.2% (2012)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
67% (2023 est.)
Education expenditures
6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2021)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2021)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 8.6%
male: 5.3%
female: 14.7% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Moldova on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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