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GeographyLocation: Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,389 km, Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,489,657 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.93 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.05 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -2.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 29.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Moldavian/Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Gagauz 3.5%,Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, other 1.7% (1989 figures) Religions: Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991) Languages: Moldovan (official; virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Chisinau Independence: 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: new constitution adopted NA July 1994; replaces old Soviet constitutionof 1979
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $11.9 billion National product real growth rate: -30% National product per capita: $2,670 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.6% Unemployment rate: 1%
Electricity:
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