Age structure:
0-14 years:
18% (male 2,111,320; female 2,015,347)
15-64 years:
68% (male 7,597,958; female 7,707,498)
65 years and over:
14% (male 1,237,368; female 1,741,630) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.21% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 10.76 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 12.29 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.71 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 19.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.93 years
male:
66.1 years
female:
73.99 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Romanian(s)
adjective:
Romanian
Ethnic groups: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 7.1%, Roma 1.8%, German 0.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, other 0.8% (1992)
Religions: Romanian Orthodox 70%, Roman Catholic 6% (of which 3% are Uniate), Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18%
Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, German
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97%
male:
98%
female:
95% (1992 est.)