Population:
22, 355, 551 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.2% (male 1, 861, 801; female 1, 770, 746) 15-64 years: 69.4% (male 7, 712, 612; female 7, 791, 900) 65 years and over: 14.4% (male 1, 330, 994; female 1, 887, 498) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 36.1 years male: 34.7 years female: 37.5 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.11% (2004 est.)
Birth rate: 10.69 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate: 11.69 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio: 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: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 27.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.12 years male: 67.63 years female: 74.82 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS: 6,500 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS – deaths: 350 (2001 est.)
Nationality: noun: Romanian(s) adjective: Romanian
Ethnic groups: 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)
Religions: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)
Languages: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 99.1% female: 97.7% (2003 est.) Most of the people speak English at least a little bit.
