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