Moldova: Facts & Stats

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Also Known As	Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic • Moldavia • Moldaviya • Republica Moldova • Republica Moldovenească • Republic of Moldova
Head Of Government	Prime Minister: Dorin Recean
Capital	Chișinău
Population	(2024 est.) 2,487,000
Head Of State	President: Maia Sandu
Form Of Government	unitary parliamentary republic with a single legislative house (Parliament [101])
Official Language	Romanian¹.
Official Religion	none
Official Name	Republica Moldova (Republic of Moldova)
Total Area (Sq Km)	33,843
Total Area (Sq Mi)	13,067
Monetary Unit	Moldovan leu (plural lei)²
Population Rank	(2023) 144
Population Projection 2030	3,192,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2023) 196.4
Density: Persons Per Km	(2023) 75.8
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2022) 42.3% • Rural: (2022) 57.7%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2021) 65.2 years • Female: (2021) 73 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate	Male: not available • Female: not available
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2022) 13,851
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2022) 5,340
¹Moldovan, a form of Romanian, is the state (official) language per the constitution (1994), but in 2013 the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of Romanian, as so noted in the Declaration of Independence (1991), as the state language.²The Transdniestrian ruble is the official currency of Transdniestria.