
In the municipality of Chisinau are concentrated 57% of enterprises and more than 21% of the population of Moldova.
According to the Public Services Agency in Chisinau municipality at the end of the first half of 2023, were registered 72,242 economic entities of all forms of ownership, which is 57% of the total number registered in the country (127.7 thousand units, including the left bank of the country and the municipality of Bender). At the same time, the population of Chisinau municipality is 877.7 thousand people, or 21% of the population, including the left-bank regions and Bender municipality. This figure includes 665.6 thousand citizens with a residence permit in Chisinau, 87.3 thousand minors, 77.8 thousand citizens with declared residence in the capital and 46.8 thousand people who are in the process of internal migration. In the first quarter of 2023 in Chisinau municipality were born 1680 children (-12.2% compared to the same period last year), while the death rate was higher than the birth rate - 1759 people (-16.8%). The average nominal salary in the real sector of Chisinau municipality was 13,645.7 lei, which is 18.8% more than the average salary in the country (11486.2 lei). Herewith, compared to January-March 2022, wages in Chisinau increased by 20.2%. The composition of the Chisinau municipality includes the city of Chisinau, six surrounding cities (Singera, Durlesti, Vatra, Codru, Vadul-lui-Voda, Cricova) and 25 villages united in 13 communes. It is worth noting that July 17 marks the 587th anniversary of the first documentary mention of Chisinau.//17.07.2023 – InfoMarket.