Moldova
Information
| Capital | Chișinău |
| Currency | Leu (MDL) |
| Government | Parliamentary Republic |
| Area/ Size | 33,851 sq km |
| Population | 3,474,121 (July 2017 est.) |
| Language | Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.) |
| Religion | Orthodox 90.1%, other Christian 2.6%, other 0.1%, agnostic <.1%, atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.9% (2014 est.) |
| Climate | Moderate winters, warm summers |
| Industry | Industries: sugar processing, vegetable oil, food processing, agricultural machinery; foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles
Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2017 est.) Exports – commodities: foodstuffs, textiles, machinery Exports – partners: Romania 24.6%, Russia 13.7%, Italy 9.1%, Germany 6.2%, Ukraine 5.3%, UK 4.6%, Poland 4.6% (2017) |
| Transport | Airports: 7 (2013)
Pipelines: gas 1,916 km (2014) Railways: total: 1,171 km Roadways: total: 9,352 km; paved: 8,835 km Waterways: 558 km (in public use on Danube, Dniester and Prut Rivers) (2011) |
| Economy | GDP (PPP): $25 billion (2018 est.)
GDP – composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 12.2% industry: 14.6% services: 73.2% (2017 est.) |
| Other Facts | Electricity – from fossil fuels: 85.7% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Internet users: total: 2,492,444; percent of population: 71.0% (July 2016 est.) note: one of only three national flags that differ on their obverse and reverse sides – the others are Paraguay and Saudi Arabia |