Moldova

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

3,461,000 1

Urban:

44.92% 1

Rural:

55.08% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

3.5% 2

Level of Public Corruption:

123 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics:

26 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7

Fertility Rate:

1.25 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

1.60% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

72 years 5

Adult Literacy Rate:

99.17% 5

Internet Users:

47% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$2,560 5

Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day:

0.1% 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church, 2015. Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2017. The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

20,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

0.56%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

First Communions per Year:

Confirmations per Year:

Church Marriages per Year:

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

Priests:

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

Catholics per Priest:

645

Parishes:

1.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects, 2014.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6.Statistical Yearbook of the Church, 2015. Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2017.
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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