Widely spoken languages are Romanian and Russian (now it is as an commercial international language in CIS area). Other spoken languages are Ukrainian, Gagauz (Turkish dialect), and Bulgarian. The majority of local population (for about 99%) speaks Russian language as a result of soviet politics. Gagauz people were taught in schools only in Russian, thus they speak (most of them) Russian and Gagauz language.

The religion is mostly Eastern Orthodox Christian (98,5%). A small amount of population is Jewish (1-5%), and about 1,000 people are Baptist. There are more than 850 churches (one catholic), 36 Christian Orthodox monasteries, two American churches and more than 60 churches of the Seventh Day Adventists. There is one synagogue.