Location: Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
Area:
total area:
33,700 sq km
land area:
33,700 sq km
comparative area:
slightly more than twice the size of Hawaii
Land boundaries:
total 1,389 km ;
Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 4,489,657 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
27% (female 588,155; male 609,372)
15-64 years:
64% (female 1,487,170; male 1,386,293)
65 years and over:
9% (female 258,958; male 159,709)
Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 15.93 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 10.05 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -2.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 29.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.22 years
male:
64.81 years
female:
71.8 years
Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Moldavian/Romanian 64.5%,
Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Gagauz 3.5%,
Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, other 1.7% (1989 figures)
Religions:
Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%,
Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991)
Languages:
Moldovan (official; virtually the same as
the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
96%
male:
99%
female:
94%
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Moldova
conventional short form:
Moldova
Type: republic
Capital: Chisinau
Independence: 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution:
new constitution adopted NA July 1994;
replaces old Soviet constitutionof 1979
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $11.9 billion
National product real growth rate: -30%
National product per capita: $2,670
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.6%
Unemployment rate: 1%
Electricity:
capacity:
3,000,000 kW
production:
8.2 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
1,830 kWh
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