Moldova vs North Korea statistics compared

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 135th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Moldova and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Moldova and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Moldova

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Moldova	North Korea
1990	$3,592,857,043	-
1991	$3,094,565,871	-
1992	$2,319,243,436	-
1993	$2,371,813,324	-
1994	$1,702,314,268	-
1995	$1,752,999,370	-
1996	$1,695,122,174	-
1997	$1,930,081,169	-
1998	$1,698,717,505	-
1999	$1,170,782,957	-
2000	$1,288,429,392	-
2001	$1,480,673,594	-
2002	$1,661,818,168	-
2003	$1,980,907,435	-
2004	$2,598,249,556	-
2005	$2,988,342,907	-
2006	$3,408,255,451	-
2007	$4,401,173,152	-
2008	$6,054,824,248	-
2009	$5,439,434,272	$23,356,470,000
2010	$6,974,982,370	$25,995,513,000
2011	$8,414,352,020	$29,005,020,000
2012	$8,709,138,635	$29,890,710,000
2013	$9,496,717,876	$30,588,922,000
2014	$9,402,090,138	$30,554,460,000
2015	$7,797,667,197	$30,723,030,000
2016	$7,980,917,076	$28,882,640,000
2017	$9,514,404,016	$29,105,440,000
2018	$11,252,353,421	$28,536,400,000
2019	$11,736,797,055	$28,222,880,000
2020	$11,530,746,234	$27,728,240,000
2021	$13,691,869,264	$32,301,720,000
2022	$14,525,337,524	$28,971,360,000
2023	$16,711,906,746	$32,155,360,000
2024	$18,200,340,854	$34,943,120,000

Moldova and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Moldova

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Moldova	North Korea
1990	$1,207	-
1991	$1,038	-
1992	$778	-
1993	$797	-
1994	$574	-
1995	$594	-
1996	$575	-
1997	$657	-
1998	$579	-
1999	$399	-
2000	$441	-
2001	$507	-
2002	$571	-
2003	$682	-
2004	$897	-
2005	$1,034	-
2006	$1,183	-
2007	$1,531	-
2008	$2,111	-
2009	$1,898	$939
2010	$2,437	$1,040
2011	$2,941	$1,156
2012	$3,045	$1,186
2013	$3,321	$1,208
2014	$3,290	$1,201
2015	$2,750	$1,201
2016	$2,847	$1,124
2017	$3,453	$1,127
2018	$4,156	$1,100
2019	$4,405	$1,084
2020	$4,376	$1,061
2021	$5,275	$1,231
2022	$5,744	$1,100
2023	$6,800	$1,217
2024	$7,618	$1,319

Moldova vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Moldova

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Moldova	North Korea
1950	54	14.2
1951	54.5	17.7
1952	55.1	32.8
1953	55.7	40.3
1954	56.3	50.6
1955	56.9	51.8
1956	57.4	52.8
1957	58	53.7
1958	58.5	54.5
1959	59	55.2
1960	59.4	55.8
1961	59.9	56.4
1962	60.3	57
1963	60.6	57.6
1964	61	58.2
1965	61.3	58.8
1966	61.6	59.4
1967	61.8	60.1
1968	62	60.8
1969	62.2	61.4
1970	62.4	62
1971	62.7	62.7
1972	62.9	63.3
1973	63.2	63.8
1974	63.4	64.3
1975	63.7	64.8
1976	64	65.3
1977	64.2	65.8
1978	64.5	66.3
1979	64.8	66.7
1980	65.2	67.2
1981	65.6	67.7
1982	65.9	68.1
1983	66.1	68.5
1984	66.4	68.9
1985	66.9	69.2
1986	67.4	69.5
1987	67.9	69.8
1988	68.2	70.1
1989	68.2	70.3
1990	67.9	70.5
1991	67.6	70.7
1992	66.7	71
1993	66.7	70.8
1994	66.3	70.5
1995	66.2	60.8
1996	66.2	60.8
1997	66.5	60.9
1998	66.8	60.9
1999	67.2	60.9
2000	67.5	60.9
2001	67.7	60.9
2002	67.8	60.9
2003	67.9	69.4
2004	68	69.3
2005	68.2	69.2
2006	68.4	69.1
2007	68.7	69
2008	69	69.3
2009	69.4	69.7
2010	69.9	70.2
2011	70.2	70.8
2012	70.3	71.3
2013	70.3	71.9
2014	70.2	72.5
2015	70.1	72.8
2016	70.2	73
2017	70.4	73
2018	70.2	73
2019	70.2	72.9
2020	69.9	72.8
2021	69	73.4
2022	71.5	73.6
2023	71.2	73.6
2024	71.3	73.7
2025	71.5	73.9

Moldova and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Moldova

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Moldova	North Korea
1960	2,058,020	11,722,953
1961	2,103,327	11,990,713
1962	2,147,227	12,262,882
1963	2,188,895	12,567,057
1964	2,228,000	12,889,770
1965	2,265,287	13,219,369
1966	2,301,871	13,569,094
1967	2,337,695	13,958,350
1968	2,373,073	14,365,596
1969	2,408,469	14,767,615
1970	2,437,590	15,172,775
1971	2,460,611	15,572,457
1972	2,484,742	15,975,069
1973	2,510,584	16,350,367
1974	2,538,164	16,673,121
1975	2,566,998	16,971,055
1976	2,596,491	17,243,450
1977	2,626,298	17,492,798
1978	2,656,211	17,735,995
1979	2,683,035	17,983,470
1980	2,708,675	18,236,786
1981	2,735,987	18,501,295
1982	2,763,101	18,776,357
1983	2,791,207	19,054,034
1984	2,820,518	19,335,043
1985	2,850,787	19,620,388
1986	2,883,057	19,910,855
1987	2,916,306	20,205,483
1988	2,948,891	20,503,161
1989	2,970,039	20,804,367
1990	2,977,912	21,112,137
1991	2,981,566	21,428,638
1992	2,980,965	21,750,911
1993	2,975,966	22,073,352
1994	2,966,745	22,393,975
1995	2,953,200	22,669,304
1996	2,947,293	22,895,746
1997	2,936,413	23,110,830
1998	2,935,227	23,311,564
1999	2,930,622	23,497,599
2000	2,924,668	23,665,910
2001	2,918,135	23,815,358
2002	2,911,385	23,943,973
2003	2,903,198	24,090,380
2004	2,896,023	24,254,943
2005	2,888,985	24,396,433
2006	2,880,967	24,524,507
2007	2,874,299	24,646,383
2008	2,868,833	24,764,618
2009	2,865,213	24,878,332
2010	2,862,354	24,987,258
2011	2,860,699	25,097,874
2012	2,860,324	25,211,728
2013	2,859,558	25,329,451
2014	2,857,815	25,451,262
2015	2,835,978	25,575,350
2016	2,803,186	25,698,326
2017	2,755,189	25,817,709
2018	2,707,203	25,931,147
2019	2,664,224	26,037,632
2020	2,635,130	26,136,312
2021	2,595,809	26,232,534
2022	2,528,654	26,328,845
2023	2,457,783	26,418,204
2024	2,389,275	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Moldova and North Korea

Fertility rate

Moldova

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Moldova	North Korea
1960	3.32	3.57
1961	3.23	3.26
1962	3.04	3.41
1963	2.89	3.63
1964	2.71	3.55
1965	2.69	3.56
1966	2.65	3.71
1967	2.62	4.05
1968	2.59	3.87
1969	2.57	3.86
1970	2.57	3.85
1971	2.56	3.74
1972	2.56	3.89
1973	2.57	3.35
1974	2.56	3.14
1975	2.52	3.05
1976	2.47	2.84
1977	2.42	2.77
1978	2.39	2.79
1979	2.38	2.85
1980	2.38	2.84
1981	2.4	2.92
1982	2.45	2.85
1983	2.58	2.78
1984	2.67	2.71
1985	2.67	2.65
1986	2.74	2.59
1987	2.78	2.53
1988	2.63	2.47
1989	2.46	2.41
1990	2.39	2.39
1991	2.28	2.35
1992	2.22	2.29
1993	2.11	2.22
1994	1.99	2.18
1995	1.83	2.15
1996	1.71	2.09
1997	1.79	2.03
1998	1.65	1.99
1999	1.56	1.97
2000	1.5	1.94
2001	1.47	1.94
2002	1.45	1.92
2003	1.48	1.91
2004	1.54	1.9
2005	1.53	1.87
2006	1.54	1.94
2007	1.58	1.94
2008	1.64	1.97
2009	1.72	1.91
2010	1.7	1.89
2011	1.65	1.88
2012	1.66	1.88
2013	1.62	1.88
2014	1.82	1.87
2015	1.87	1.86
2016	1.89	1.86
2017	1.81	1.85
2018	1.81	1.83
2019	1.78	1.83
2020	1.77	1.82
2021	1.75	1.81
2022	1.69	1.8
2023	1.73	1.78

Moldova and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Moldova

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Moldova	North Korea
1960	24.6	19.9
1961	24.7	20.2
1962	24.9	20.6
1963	25.1	20.8
1964	25.4	21
1965	25.7	21.2
1966	25.9	21.3
1967	26.1	21.4
1968	26.3	21.4
1969	26.4	21.4
1970	26.4	21.4
1971	26.3	21.2
1972	26.3	20.9
1973	26.3	20.7
1974	26.5	20.7
1975	26.7	20.9
1976	26.9	21.1
1977	27.2	21.4
1978	27.5	21.8
1979	27.6	22.2
1980	27.6	22.5
1981	27.9	22.8
1982	28.1	23.1
1983	28.3	23.5
1984	28.5	23.9
1985	28.7	24.2
1986	28.9	24.5
1987	29.1	24.8
1988	29.3	25.1
1989	29.5	25.6
1990	29.8	26
1991	30.2	26.4
1992	30.4	26.8
1993	30.6	27.2
1994	30.8	27.6
1995	31	28
1996	31.2	28.3
1997	31.3	28.8
1998	31.5	29.2
1999	31.8	29.6
2000	32	30.1
2001	32.2	30.5
2002	32.4	31
2003	32.6	31.4
2004	32.8	31.8
2005	33	32.1
2006	33.3	32.5
2007	33.6	32.9
2008	33.9	33.3
2009	34.3	33.7
2010	34.6	34
2011	34.9	34.3
2012	35.1	34.5
2013	35.4	34.7
2014	35.7	35
2015	36.1	35.2
2016	36.5	35.4
2017	36.8	35.7
2018	37.2	35.9
2019	37.6	36.2
2020	38	36.4
2021	38.3	36.6
2022	38.6	36.8
2023	38.8	37.1
2024	39.1	37.3

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