Moldova

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    4,041,065 1
    Urban
    42.60% 1
    Rural
    57.40% 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

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). 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)
    24
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    4
    First Communions per Year
    46
    Confirmations per Year
    27
    Church Marriages per Year
    8
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    2
    Priests
    27
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    24
    Catholics per Priest
    740
    Parishes
    20
    • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
    • 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 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
    • 7 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.