Geography - note:
landlocked; well endowed with various sedimentary rocks and
minerals including sand, gravel, gypsum, and limestone
People Moldova
Population:
4,466,706 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20% (male 455,673/female 438,934)
15-64 years: 69.7% (male 1,498,078/female 1,613,489)
65 years and over: 10.3% (male 170,456/female 290,076) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 32.3 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 34.3 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.28% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
15.7 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
12.64 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2006 est.)