Romanians/Moldovans 1 2,638,125 77.98% 177,635 31.99% 2,815,760 71.49% 3. Ukrainians 282,406 8.35% 160,069 28.82% 442,475 11.23% 4. Russians 201,218 5.95% 168,678 30.37% 369,896 9.39% 5. Gagauz 147,500 4.36% 4,096 0.74% 151,596 3.85% 6. Bulgarians 65,662 1.94% 13,858 2.50% 79,520 2.02% 6. Gypsies 12,271 0.36% 507 0.09% 12,778 0.32% 6. Jews 3,608