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Population:
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4,434,547 (July 2002 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 21.7% (male 490,414; female 472,912)
15-64 years: 68.2% (male 1,451,962; female 1,572,561)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 165,860; female 280,838) (2002 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.09% (2002 est.)
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Birth rate:
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13.82 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Death rate:
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12.64 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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42.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 64.74 years
female: 69.31 years (2002 est.)
male: 60.39 years
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Total fertility rate:
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1.71 children born/woman (2002 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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4,500 (1999 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 100 (1999 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Moldovan(s)
adjective: Moldovan
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Ethnic groups:
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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
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Religions:
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Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
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Languages:
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Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian (official), Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 99%
female: 94% (1989 est.)
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