Moldova had a population of 3.432 831 as of January 1

The population of Moldova was of 3.432 831 people, as of January 1, 2007. According to the National Statistics Bureau, of the total number of population, 612, 368 persons are children under 14. The number of elderly people able to work reached 2.305 949, while the number of persons of retirement age was 514, 514. As of the same date, Chisinau municipality was home to 755,140, of which about 105,000 were children and nearly 95,000 pensioners. The population of Gagauzia stood at 155,711. The most populated raions are Cahul, Hancesti, Orhei, Ungheni, Soroca, where the number of residents exceeds 100,000. While taking the census in 2004, in Moldova there were living 3,383,332 people, of which almost 646,000 children under 14 and nearly 485,000 persons aged 60 and above.