!!!Moldova: People & Society ||Population|3,510,485 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Moldovan(s) \\ ''adjective'': Moldovan \\ ||Ethnic groups|Moldovan 75.8%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.9%, Gagauz 4.4%, Romanian 2.2%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1%, unspecified 0.4% (2004 est.) \\ ''__note__'': internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region \\ ||Languages|Moldovan 58.8% (official; virtually the same as the Romanian language), Romanian 16.4%, Russian 16%, Ukrainian 3.8%, Gagauz 3.1% (a Turkish language), Bulgarian 1.1%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2004 est.) \\ ''__note__'': represents language usually spoken \\ ||Religions|Orthodox 93.3%, Baptist 1%, other Christian 1.2%, other 0.9%, atheist 0.4%, none 1%, unspecified 2.2% (2004 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 18.03% (male 326,244/female 306,543) \\ ''15-24 years'': 12.87% (male 233,694/female 218,189) \\ ''25-54 years'': 43.55% (male 768,933/female 760,002) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.36% (male 214,852/female 254,224) \\ ''65 years and over'': 12.19% (male 165,811/female 261,993) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 34.6% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 21.2% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 13.4% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 7.5% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 36.3 years \\ ''male'': 34.5 years \\ ''female'': 38.3 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|-1.04% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|11.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|12.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-9.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|pockets of agglomeration exist throughout the country, the largest being in the center of the country around the capital of Chisinau, followed by Tiraspol and Balti ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 45% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': -0.73% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|CHISINAU (capital) 725,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.07 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.85 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.62 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|24 (2013 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|23 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 14.1 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 10.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 70.7 years \\ ''male'': 66.9 years \\ ''female'': 74.8 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.56 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|67.8% (2005) ||Health expenditures|10.3% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|2.98 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|6.2 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 96.9% of population \\ rural: 81.4% of population \\ total: 88.4% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 3.1% of population \\ rural: 18.6% of population \\ total: 11.6% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 87.8% of population \\ rural: 67.1% of population \\ total: 76.4% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 12.2% of population \\ rural: 32.9% of population \\ total: 23.6% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.64% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|18,000 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|800 (2015 est.) ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|15.7% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|2.2% (2012) ||Education expenditures|7.5% of GDP (2014) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 99.4% \\ ''male'': 99.7% \\ ''female'': 99.1% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 12 years \\ ''male'': 12 years \\ ''female'': 12 years (2013) \\ ||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 72,364 \\ ''percentage'': 16% (2009 est.) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 9.8% \\ ''male'': 9.6% \\ ''female'': 10.2% (2014 est.) \\