Geography - note:
controls most easily traversable land route between the Balkans,
Moldova, and Ukraine
People Romania
Population:
22,303,552 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.7% (male 1,799,072/female 1,708,030)
15-64 years: 69.6% (male 7,724,368/female 7,797,065)
65 years and over: 14.7% (male 1,347,392/female 1,927,625) (2006
est.)
Median age: total: 36.6 years male: 35.3 years female: 37.9 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.12% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
10.7 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
11.77 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2006 est.)