Demographics of Moldova
| Demographics of Moldova | |
|---|---|
Moldova population pyramid in 2020 | |
| Population | 2,381,300 (01.01.2025, excluding Transnistria) |
| Density | 79.8 (excluding Transnistria) (2024) |
| Growth rate | −2.8 (2024) |
| Birth rate | 9.8 births/1,000 population (2023) |
| Death rate | 13.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023) |
| Life expectancy | 71.9 years (2023) |
| • male | 67.5 years (2023) |
| • female | 76.4 years (2023) |
| Fertility rate | 1.61 children born/woman (2023) |
| Infant mortality rate | 13.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2023) |
| Net migration rate | −24.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 16.4% (male 301,150/female 284,400) |
| 15–64 years | 73.6% (male 1,277,900/female 1,341,650) |
| 65 and over | 10.0% (male 133,060/female 222,270) |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.91 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
| At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 15–64 years | 0.94 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.59 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Major ethnic | Moldovans (76.7%) |
| Minor ethnic | Romanians (8%), Ukrainians (4.9%), Gagauz (4.2%), Russians (3.2%), Bulgarians (1.6%), Romanies (0,4%), other groups (0.5%) (2024) |
| Language | |
| Official | Romanian |
| Spoken | Romanian and other minority languages |
Demographic features of the population of Republic of Moldova include distribution, ethnicity, languages, religious affiliation and other statistical data.
According to the 2014 Moldovan Census, 2,789,205 people resided in the areas controlled by the central government of Republic of Moldova. Another 209,030 were non-resident citizens living abroad, for a total of 2,998,235.
According to the 2015 census in Transnistria, 475,007 people lived in the breakaway Transnistria, including the city of Bender, and the other localities de facto controlled by Transnistrian authorities. Thus, the total population of the country in 2014 amounted to 3,473,242.
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| Median age | |
|---|---|
| total | 34.3 years (2008 est.) (up from 32.22 years in 2005) |
| male | 32.4 years (up from 30.14 years in 2005) |
| female | 36.4 years (up from 34.27 years in 2005) |
| Literacy rate | |
| total | 96% (1989); 99.1% (2003); 99.1% (2005) |
| male | 99% (1989); 99.6% (2003); 99.7% (2005) |
| female | 94% (1989); 98.7% (2003); 98.6% (2005) |
| definition | age 15 and over can read and write |
| Unemployment rate | |
| 8% (official), 40% (real) | |
| Source: The World Factbook, CIA; UN, | |