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Moldova Population: 4 457 729 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 25% (male 568 609; female 548 837) 15-64 years: 65% (male 1 394 604; female 1 514 749) 65 years and over: 10% (male 159 972; female 270 958) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 0.04% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 14.35 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 12.42 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: -1.54 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 43.72 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.32 years male: 59.61 years female: 69.27 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.88 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality: noun: Moldovan(s) adjective: Moldovan Ethnic groups: 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 Nistru 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: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 99% female: 94% (1989 est.)
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