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Population:
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22,271,839 (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.9% (male 1,932,204; female 1,838,240)
15-64 years: 69% (male 7,634,481; female 7,739,232)
65 years and over: 14% (male 1,290,343; female 1,837,339) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 35.4 years
male: 34 years
female: 37.1 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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-0.21% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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10.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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12.25 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 18.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 20.31 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 70.62 years
male: 66.88 years
female: 74.59 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.36 children born/woman (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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6,500 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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350 (2001 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Romanian(s)
adjective: Romanian
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Ethnic groups:
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Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002)
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Religions:
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Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)
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Languages:
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Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (2003 est.)
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