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The people of Moldova speak various languages like Romanian, Russian, and Gagauz. The Romanian or the Moldovan is the official language of the people of the country. There are several religious sects in the country comprising of the Eastern orthodox, Jewish and the Baptist. Ninety-eight percent of the population is orthodox and a small percentage of about 1.5 percent is Jewish.
The growth rate of the Moldovian population comes around to 0.11 percent. Following are some of the recent statistics of the Moldova population:
- Birth rate: 10.88 births/1,000 population
- Death rate: 10.85 deaths/1,000 population
- Net migration rate: -1.13 migrants/1,000 population
- Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male/female
- 65 years and above: 0.591 male/female
- under 15 years: 1.053 male /female
- 15-64 years: 0.941 male/female
- Infant mortality rate: total: 13.88 deaths/1,000 births
- female: 12.33 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 15.35 deaths/1,000 live births