Facts and Figures

Full name:  Moldova 

Nationality
        noun: Moldovan(s)
        adjective: Moldovan

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Area
        total: 33,843 sq km
        land: 33,371 sq km
        water: 472 sq km

Population: 4,455,421 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups
        Moldovan/Romanian 64.5%
        Ukrainian 13.8%
        Russian 13%
        Jewish 1.5%
        Bulgarian 2%
        Gagauz and other 5.2% (1989 est.)
note: internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region

Capital: Chisinau, population 707,000 (2004 census)

Largest Cities: 
        Tiraspol 
        Briceni
        Bender

Official Language
        Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language)
        Russian
        Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) 
 
Religion
        Eastern Orthodox 98%
        Jewish 1.5%
        Baptist and other 0.5% (2000) 
 
Political system: republic 

GDP: purchasing power parity - $8.581 billion (2004 est.) 
   
GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $1,900 (2004 est.)   

Annual growth: 6.8% (2004 est.)
   
GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 22.4%
        industry: 24.8%
        services: 52.8% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 11.5% (2004 est.)

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