IOM Member since June 2003 
Capital: Chisinau
Population: 3,877,000
Total Area: 33,845 sq km
Languages: Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
Currency: Moldovan Leu (MDL)
GDP Index: 0.508
GDP: USD 2.9 billion 
GDP PPP: USD 8.8 billion
GDP per Capita: USD 694
GDP per Capita PPP: USD 2,100
HDI Rank: 111 of 177 
Population Living Below Poverty Line: 64.7%
Workers' Remittances (Estimated): USD 1.8 billion in 2008
Net Migration Rate: -1.9 migrants/1,000 population
International Migrants: 10.5%
Women as Percentage of International Migrants: 57.8%
Percentage of Population under 15: 20%
Adult HIV Prevalence: 1.1%
Life Expectancy at Birth: 68.4 years
Adult literacy rate: 99.1%