Elderly population in the Republic of Moldova in 2011

National Bureau of Statistics informs, that at the beginning of the year 2012 in the Repblic of Moldova lived 527,6 thousand persons of 60 years old and over, of which women represent more than a half (60,4%). Two thirds of the entire aged population live in rural area. Every third person is between 60-64 years old and 13,9% are persons wich are more than 80 years old.

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