Land use: arable land: 53% permanent crops: 14% permanent pastures: 13% forests and woodland: 13% other: 7% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 3,110 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Environment-current issues: heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including banned pesticides such as DDT, has contaminated soil and groundwater; extensive soil erosion from poor farming methods
Environment-international agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography-note: landlocked
@Moldova:People
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.)