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pe care le are asupra creterii populaiei, fertilitii, participrii la activitatea economic i asupra nivelului de instruire a
populaiei rii, poate influena evoluia societii n ansamblu.
Structura dup starea civil relev faptul c n 2004 persoanele cstorite constituiau 58,5% din totalul
populaiei n vrst de 15 ani i peste. Persoanele necstorite deineau o pondere de 25,9%, cele vduve de 10,1%, cele
divorate oficial de 4,2%, iar cele desprite - 1,2%. Femeile divorate erau de 2 ori mai numeroase dect brbaii
divorai, iar femeile vduve de 3,8 ori depeau numrul brbailor vduvi. n mediul urban att brbaii necstorii i
cei divorai, ct i femeile cu aceeai stare civil, deineau o pondere mai major dect n mediul rural, respectiv brbaii
cu cte 5,6 i 2,5 puncte procentuale i femeile cu cte 9,3 i 6,2 puncte procentuale. n mediul rural persoanele
cstorite i cele vduve deineau o pondere mai major dect n mediul urban.
Conform datelor recensmntului din 1989, persoanele cstorite deineau o pondere de 68,5 %, cele
necstorite de 17,0 %, persoanele vduve de 9,8 % i cele divorate i desprite de 4,4 %.
Se impune a fi menionat c la recensmntul din 2004 s-a colectat, pentru prima dat, informaia despre starea
civil de fapt a populaiei. Numrul total al cuplurilor recenzate a constituit 801 mii, din care 58 mii au declarat c snt
cstorii neoficial, adic triesc n uniune consensual. Din totalul persoanelor care au declarat c triesc n uniune
consensual 68,7% snt locuitori din mediul rural.
Rezultatele recensmntului din 2004 a confirmat tendina de descretere a fertilitii populaiei feminine.
Contingentul fertil (femeile n vrst de 15 49 ani) constituie 64,8% din numrul total al femeilor n vrst de 15 ani i
peste, fa de 65,3% n 1989.
Din numrul total de femei n vrst de 15 ani i peste, care au indicat numrul de copii nscui vii, fiecare a
patra femeie nu a nscut nici un copil, 20,2% din femei au nscut 1 copil, 30,3% femei au nscut 2 copii, 13,2% femei 3
copii, 4,9% femei 4 copii i 5,4% femei au nscut cte 5 i mai muli copii.
Comparativ cu 1989 a crescut ponderea femeilor care nu au nscut nici un copil cu 3,4 puncte procentuale, cu
0,5 puncte a femeilor care au nscut 1 copil, cu 1,5 i 0,2 puncte procentuale a femeilor care au nscut respectiv 2 i 3
copii. Tendina este invers, n schimb, la femeile care au nscut 4 sau 5 i mai muli copii, ponderea lor micorndu-se
respectiv cu 1,0 i 4,5 puncte procentuale.
S-a constatat faptul c fenomenul fertilitii este diferit n mediul urban i cel rural. Dac numrul mediu de
copii nscui vii la 1000 de femei, la nivel de ar, a fost de 1720, atunci n mediul rural acest indicator a fost de 1,6 ori
mai mare fa de cel din mediul urban, constituind respectiv 2035 i 1270.
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Alturat cu informaia viznd limba matern, n cadrul recensmntului din 2004 a fost obinut i informaia
despre limba n care vorbete de obicei populaia. Din numrul total a locuitorilor rii, 58,8% vorbesc de obicei n
limba moldoveneasc, 16,4% n limba romn, 16,0% n limba rus, 3,8% n limba ucrainean, 3,1% n limba gguz
i 1,1% n limba bulgar. n alte limbi, dect cele enumerate, vorbete de obicei 0,4% din populaie i tot atta populaie
nu a indicat limba n care vorbete de obicei.
Cu toate c majoritatea ucrainenilor, gguzilor i bulgarilor au indicat ca limb matern, limba naionalitii
sale, fiecare al doilea ucrainean, fiecare al treilea bulgar i fiecare al patrulea gguz vorbesc de obicei limba rus.
Moldovenii care vorbesc de obicei limba rus constituie 5,0% din total.
Din rndul minoritilor etnice, 6,2% de ucraineni, 4,4% de rui, 1,9% de gguzi, 2,2% de romni i 7,1% de
bulgari au declarat c vorbesc de obicei limba moldoveneasc.
Pentru prima dat n cadrul recensmntului populaiei a fost obinut informaia viznd numrul cetenilor
Republicii Moldova, care a constituit 3371082 persoane sau 99,6% din totalul populaiei rii. Cetenia altui stat aveau
6486 persoane (0,2%) i 5374 persoane erau fr cetenie.
Din rndul cetenilor Republicii Moldova 12705 persoane au declarat c au dubl cetenie. Numrul
locuitorilor care n-au indicat cetenia era de 390 de persoane.
NIVELUL DE INSTRUIRE
Rezultatele recensmntului din 2004 mrturisesc despre modificri
I GRADUL DE eseniale n structura nivelului de instruire i gradul de alfabetizare a populaiei
n vrst de 15 ani i peste.
ALFABETIZARE
Numrul persoanelor cu nivelul de instruire superior i general
AL POPULAIEI (secundar i obligatoriu) reprezint 86,6% din totalul persoanelor n vrst de 15
ani i peste, fa de 75,5% n 1989. Persoanele cu nivelul de instruire primar
deineau 10,1% i cei fr studii primare 2,2%, fa de 14,3% i respectiv, 6,6% n 1989. Femeile pentru prima dat au
nregistrat performane la nivelul de instruire superior i mediu de specialitate, depind cu 6,3 puncte procentuale
brbaii cu acelai nivel de instruire.
Se menine decalajul ntre nivelul de instruire al populaiei din mediul urban i cel rural. n mediul urban
persoanele cu nivelul de instruire superior i general (secundar i obligatoriu) reprezint 93,9% din numrul total al
persoanelor n vrst de 15 ani i peste, n mediul rural acest nivel de instruire l aveau 81,7% (cu 12,2 puncte
procentuale mai puin).
Asemenea discrepane erau i ntre genuri. Brbaii i femeile din urbe aveau acest nivel de instruire respectiv
cu 9,3 i 15,1 puncte procentuale mai mult dect brbaii i femeile din sate. n 1989 discrepanele erau mai majore la
acest nivel de instruire. ntre mediul urban i cel rural era de 24,9 puncte procentuale n favoarea mediului urban, ntre
brbaii i femeile din orae i sate discrepanele constituiau respectiv 21,6 i 27,6 puncte procentuale, de asemenea n
favoarea celor din orae.
Se impune a fi menionat c creterea nivelului general de instruire a populaiei a avut ca consecin o reducere
a numrului netiutorilor de carte. Proporia populaiei analfabete a sczut de la 3,6% n 1989 la 1,1% n 2004. A sczut
numrul netiutorilor de carte att n urbe ct i n sate, respectiv cu cte 1,3 i 3,9 puncte procentuale. n ambele medii
de via femei analfabete snt de 4 ori mai multe dect brbai analfabei.
STRUCTURA Recensmntul din 2004 a fost primul care a furnizat informaii privind
distribuia populaiei dup religie.
CONFESIONAL
Din numrul total al populaiei rii, 93,3% s-au declarat de religie
A POPULAIEI (confesiune religioas) ortodox. Din rndul persoanelor de alt religie
(confesie), urmeaz a fi menionai: baptitii, reprezentnd aproximativ 1,0% din
total; adventitii de ziua a aptea, cu o pondere de 0,4% din total; penticostalii, cu o pondere de 0,3%; cretinii de rit
vechi i cretinii dup Evanghelie, care au nregistrat cte o pondere de 0,15% i de alte religii, dect cele enumerate,
1,1% din total populaie.
Numrul persoanelor care s-au declarat atei i fr religie a fost de 46 mii sau 1,4% din total. Religie
nedeclarat a fost nregistrat pentru 75,7 mii de persoane, reprezentnd 2,2% din populaia rii.
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The marital status of the population observed during the census, as well as other social - demographic
characteristics, is very important. Its direct effects on population growth, on fertility, employment and on educational
attainment of the countrys population may affect the evolution of the whole society.
The marital status structure reveals that in 2004 married persons represented 58,5% of the total population aged
15 years and over. Single persons represented 25,9%, widowed 10,1%, officially divorced 4,2%, de facto separated
1,2%. Divorced women were two times more numerous than divorced men, widowed women exceeded 3,5 times the
number of widowed men. In urban area, single and divorced men as well as women with the same marital status
represented a more significant percentage than in rural area, respectively, by 5,6 and 2,5 percentage points for men and
by 9,3 and 6,2 percentage points for women. In rural area the percentage of married and widowed persons was bigger
than in urban area.
According to the census data from 1989, married persons represented 68,5%, single 17%, widowed 9,8%,
divorced and de facto separated 4,4%.
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information about de facto marital status of population. The total number of observed couples was estimated to be 801
thousand, of which 58 thousand were stated as living in consensual unions. Of the total of persons who have declared
that they are living in consensual unions, 68,7% have been from rural area.
According to the results of 2004 population census, there was observed a decrease in the tendency of female
fertility. The fertile contingent (women aged 15-49 years) represents 64,8% of the total number of women aged 15 years
and over, compared to 65,3% in 1989.
Of the total number of women aged 15 years and over who have indicated the number of live-born children,
each 4-th woman has no child, 20,2 % of women gave birth to 1 child, 30,3% gave birth to 2 children, 13,2% - 3
children, 4,9% - 4 children and 5,4% of women gave birth to 5 children and more.
Compared to 1989, there was registered a 3,4 percentage points rise in the proportion of women who have no
child, a 0,5 percentage points rise for women who gave birth to 1 child, a 1,5 and a 0,2 percentage points rise for
women who gave birth to respectively 2 and 3 children. The tendency is inverse for women who gave birth to 4 and 5
and more children, their percentage is in decrease by respectively 1,0 and 4,5 percentage points.
It was stated that the fertility in urban area is different from the fertility in rural area. If at the national level the
number of live-born children per 1000 women was estimated to be 1720, then in rural area this indicator was 1,6 times
higher than in urban area, representing respectively 2035 and 1270.
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92,3% of the total and russian language - 5,8%. The native language for bulgarians is bulgarian 81% of the total and
for 13,9% of them mother tongue is russian.
Except information regarding mother tongue, information about the language usually spoken by the population
has been collected during the 2004 census. Of the total number of inhabitants, 58,8% speak moldavian language, 16,4%
- romanian, 16% - russian, 3,8% - ukrainian, 3,1% - gagauzian and 1,1% - bulgarian. Languages which are different
from those enumerated above are spoken by 0,4% of the total population and the same percentage of population did not
declare the language usually spoken.
Even that the majority of ukrainians, gagauzs and bulgarians indicated as mother tongue the language of their
nationality, each second ukrainian, each third bulgarian and each fourth gagauz usually speaks russian language.
Moldovans who usually speak russian represent 5,0% of the total.
Among minority populations, 6,2% of ukrainians, 4,4% of russians,1,9% of gagauzs, 2,2% of romanians and 7,1% of
bulgarians declared that the language usually spoken is moldavian.
For the first time, during the population census, information about the number of citizens of the Republic of
Moldova have been collected, this number was estimated to be 3371082 persons or 99% of the total countrys
population. There are 6486 persons (0,2%) who hold the citizenship of another country and 5374 persons without
citizenship.
Among citizens of the Republic of Moldova, there are 12705 persons who declared holding double citizenship.
The number of inhabitants who did not match their citizenship represents 390 persons.
The 2004 census was the first census which furnished information
POPULATION STRUCTURE on population distribution by religion.
BY RELIGION Of the total population of the country, 93,3% declared being of
orthodox religion (religious confession). Among persons who have another
religion (confession) there can be mentioned: baptists, representing about 1,0% of the total; seventh day adventists,
representing 0,4% of the total; penticostals 0,3%, old rite christians and evangelical christians - by 0,15% for each of
them and other religions - 1,1% of the total population.
The number of the population who declared being atheists represents 46 thousand or 1,4% of the total. There
are 75,7 thousand persons who declared no religion, this number constitutes 2,2% of the total countrys population.