Moldovans (Romanians) 2,638,125 78% 177,156 31.9% 2,742,005 73.4% 2. Ukrainians 282,406 8.3% 159,940 28.8% 442,346 11.2% 3. Russians 201,218 5.9% 168,270 30.3% 369,488 9.4% 4. Gagauz 147,500 4.4% 11,107 2.0% 158,607 4.0% 5. Bulgarians 65,662 1.9% 11,107 2.0% 76,769 1.9% 6. Others 48,421 1.4% 27,767 5.0% 76,188 1.9% TOTAL 3,383,332 100%