Moldova

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PROFILE
  • Area: 33,851 sq. km (13,070 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 3,510,485 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -1.04% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 70.7 years (2016)
  • Languages: Moldovan 58.8% (official), Romanian 16.4%, Russian 16%, Ukrainian 3.8%, Gagauz 3.1%
  • Religions: Orthodox 93.3%, Baptist 1%, other Christian 1.2%, other 0.9%, atheist 0.4%, none 1%, unspecified 2.2%
  • Formal name: Republic of Moldova
  • Alternate names: Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldavskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Republic of Moldova, Republica Moldova, Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika Moldova, Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Igor DODON; head of government: Prime Minister Pavel FILIP
  • Capital: Chișinău
  • Administrative divisions: 32 districts, 3 municipalities, 2 autonomous territorial units
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $5,000 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
  • Imports: mineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles
  • Currency: Moldovan leu (MDL)
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