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Moldova vs North Macedonia statistics compared

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Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 1.79M in North Macedonia (ranked 150/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 9,737 sq mi for North Macedonia (ranked 135th vs. 145th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310).

Main facts and rankings

Moldova North Macedonia
Population
2358679
1783115
Population rank 145/197 150/197
GDP
$18.2B
2024
$16.7B
2024
GDP rank 134/197 138/197
GDP per capita
$7,618
2024
$9,310
2024
GDP per capita rank 99/197 88/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,717
2024
$26,587
2024
Government debt
$6.94B
2024
$9.15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
36.3%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,905
2024
$5,105
2024
Government debt per person rank 103/185 78/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,214
2025
$8,472
2025
Land area
12,714 sq mi
2025
9,737 sq mi
2025
Population density
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
184 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.73
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
39.1 years
2024
41.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
77.7 years
2025

Moldova and North Macedonia: Comparison Charts

Moldova and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP
Moldova

North Macedonia
Year GDP
Moldova North Macedonia
1990 $3,592,857,043 $4,699,646,643
1991 $3,094,565,871 $4,938,775,510
1992 $2,319,243,436 $2,436,849,342
1993 $2,371,813,324 $2,682,456,897
1994 $1,702,314,268 $3,559,608,640
1995 $1,752,999,370 $4,707,041,315
1996 $1,695,122,174 $4,642,021,256
1997 $1,930,081,169 $3,912,986,091
1998 $1,698,717,505 $3,765,745,023
1999 $1,170,782,957 $3,863,619,285
2000 $1,288,429,392 $3,772,859,034
2001 $1,480,673,594 $3,709,636,031
2002 $1,661,818,168 $4,018,365,747
2003 $1,980,907,435 $4,946,296,599
2004 $2,598,249,556 $5,682,784,472
2005 $2,988,342,907 $6,258,602,873
2006 $3,408,255,451 $6,861,226,972
2007 $4,401,173,152 $8,336,474,974
2008 $6,054,824,248 $9,909,552,435
2009 $5,439,434,272 $9,401,736,825
2010 $6,974,982,370 $9,407,170,321
2011 $8,414,352,020 $10,494,626,768
2012 $8,709,138,635 $9,745,261,301
2013 $9,496,717,876 $10,817,702,346
2014 $9,402,090,138 $11,362,265,253
2015 $7,797,667,197 $10,064,519,963
2016 $7,980,917,076 $10,672,467,073
2017 $9,514,404,016 $11,307,067,070
2018 $11,252,353,421 $12,683,068,114
2019 $11,736,797,055 $12,606,338,449
2020 $11,530,746,234 $12,361,036,914
2021 $13,691,869,264 $14,000,283,827
2022 $14,525,337,524 $13,932,436,550
2023 $16,711,906,746 $15,763,604,288
2024 $18,200,340,854 $16,685,236,492

Moldova and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Moldova

North Macedonia
Year GDP per capita
Moldova North Macedonia
1990 $1,207 $2,277
1991 $1,038 $2,402
1992 $778 $1,199
1993 $797 $1,337
1994 $574 $1,786
1995 $594 $2,355
1996 $575 $2,307
1997 $657 $1,960
1998 $579 $1,876
1999 $399 $1,915
2000 $441 $1,862
2001 $507 $1,823
2002 $571 $1,989
2003 $682 $2,445
2004 $897 $2,819
2005 $1,034 $3,121
2006 $1,183 $3,440
2007 $1,531 $4,204
2008 $2,111 $5,026
2009 $1,898 $4,800
2010 $2,437 $4,833
2011 $2,941 $5,417
2012 $3,045 $5,050
2013 $3,321 $5,626
2014 $3,290 $5,925
2015 $2,750 $5,263
2016 $2,847 $5,598
2017 $3,453 $5,955
2018 $4,156 $6,714
2019 $4,405 $6,719
2020 $4,376 $6,660
2021 $5,275 $7,621
2022 $5,744 $7,606
2023 $6,800 $8,624
2024 $7,618 $9,310

Moldova vs. North Macedonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Moldova

North Macedonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Moldova North Macedonia
1950 54 50.6
1951 54.5 48.5
1952 55.1 52.5
1953 55.7 53.2
1954 56.3 55.7
1955 56.9 55.4
1956 57.4 58.5
1957 58 55.7
1958 58.5 60.3
1959 59 59.5
1960 59.4 60.5
1961 59.9 61.8
1962 60.3 59.3
1963 60.6 61.4
1964 61 61.5
1965 61.3 62.6
1966 61.6 63.5
1967 61.8 63.8
1968 62 64.6
1969 62.2 64
1970 62.4 65
1971 62.7 65.2
1972 62.9 65.6
1973 63.2 67.1
1974 63.4 67.1
1975 63.7 67.3
1976 64 67.9
1977 64.2 68.2
1978 64.5 69.1
1979 64.8 69.2
1980 65.2 69.1
1981 65.6 69.4
1982 65.9 69.8
1983 66.1 69.7
1984 66.4 70.2
1985 66.9 70.2
1986 67.4 70.3
1987 67.9 70.4
1988 68.2 70.5
1989 68.2 71.1
1990 67.9 71.3
1991 67.6 71.8
1992 66.7 71.3
1993 66.7 71.7
1994 66.3 71.5
1995 66.2 72
1996 66.2 71.9
1997 66.5 71.9
1998 66.8 71.8
1999 67.2 72.3
2000 67.5 72.6
2001 67.7 73
2002 67.8 72.7
2003 67.9 73
2004 68 73.4
2005 68.2 73.6
2006 68.4 73.8
2007 68.7 73.7
2008 69 74.4
2009 69.4 74.5
2010 69.9 75
2011 70.2 75.1
2012 70.3 75
2013 70.3 75.6
2014 70.2 75.6
2015 70.1 75.6
2016 70.2 75.6
2017 70.4 76.2
2018 70.2 76.9
2019 70.2 76.8
2020 69.9 74.5
2021 69 73.3
2022 71.5 76.6
2023 71.2 77.4
2024 71.3 77.5
2025 71.5 77.7

Moldova and North Macedonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Moldova

North Macedonia
Year Population
Moldova North Macedonia
1960 2,058,020 1,435,059
1961 2,103,327 1,455,171
1962 2,147,227 1,471,745
1963 2,188,895 1,488,737
1964 2,228,000 1,510,900
1965 2,265,287 1,533,466
1966 2,301,871 1,557,349
1967 2,337,695 1,582,492
1968 2,373,073 1,608,930
1969 2,408,469 1,636,345
1970 2,437,590 1,664,208
1971 2,460,611 1,691,216
1972 2,484,742 1,717,395
1973 2,510,584 1,743,816
1974 2,538,164 1,770,545
1975 2,566,998 1,797,972
1976 2,596,491 1,825,830
1977 2,626,298 1,853,138
1978 2,656,211 1,879,847
1979 2,683,035 1,906,523
1980 2,708,675 1,933,038
1981 2,735,987 1,959,065
1982 2,763,101 1,978,956
1983 2,791,207 1,991,901
1984 2,820,518 2,003,399
1985 2,850,787 2,014,331
1986 2,883,057 2,024,732
1987 2,916,306 2,035,157
1988 2,948,891 2,045,737
1989 2,970,039 2,055,649
1990 2,977,912 2,063,689
1991 2,981,566 2,055,994
1992 2,980,965 2,032,523
1993 2,975,966 2,006,854
1994 2,966,745 1,992,666
1995 2,953,200 1,998,534
1996 2,947,293 2,012,553
1997 2,936,413 1,996,869
1998 2,935,227 2,007,523
1999 2,930,622 2,017,142
2000 2,924,668 2,026,350
2001 2,918,135 2,034,882
2002 2,911,385 2,020,157
2003 2,903,198 2,022,725
2004 2,896,023 2,016,186
2005 2,888,985 2,005,330
2006 2,880,967 1,994,287
2007 2,874,299 1,982,933
2008 2,868,833 1,971,493
2009 2,865,213 1,958,782
2010 2,862,354 1,946,298
2011 2,860,699 1,937,398
2012 2,860,324 1,929,821
2013 2,859,558 1,922,716
2014 2,857,815 1,917,557
2015 2,835,978 1,912,430
2016 2,803,186 1,906,313
2017 2,755,189 1,898,657
2018 2,707,203 1,889,051
2019 2,664,224 1,876,262
2020 2,635,130 1,856,124
2021 2,595,809 1,837,114
2022 2,528,654 1,831,712
2023 2,457,783 1,827,816
2024 2,389,275 1,792,179

Fertility rates in Moldova and North Macedonia

Fertility rate
Moldova

North Macedonia
Year Fertility rate
Moldova North Macedonia
1960 3.32 3.83
1961 3.23 3.62
1962 3.04 3.5
1963 2.89 3.62
1964 2.71 3.56
1965 2.69 3.52
1966 2.65 3.43
1967 2.62 3.33
1968 2.59 3.22
1969 2.57 3.1
1970 2.57 3.01
1971 2.56 2.93
1972 2.56 2.87
1973 2.57 2.72
1974 2.56 2.7
1975 2.52 2.69
1976 2.47 2.62
1977 2.42 2.49
1978 2.39 2.42
1979 2.38 2.4
1980 2.38 2.36
1981 2.4 2.29
1982 2.45 2.29
1983 2.58 2.25
1984 2.67 2.24
1985 2.67 2.25
1986 2.74 2.25
1987 2.78 2.32
1988 2.63 2.32
1989 2.46 2.25
1990 2.39 2.27
1991 2.28 2.31
1992 2.22 2.28
1993 2.11 2.26
1994 1.99 2.23
1995 1.83 2.13
1996 1.71 2.06
1997 1.79 1.92
1998 1.65 1.89
1999 1.56 1.77
2000 1.5 1.86
2001 1.47 1.73
2002 1.45 1.79
2003 1.48 1.75
2004 1.54 1.52
2005 1.53 1.5
2006 1.54 1.46
2007 1.58 1.46
2008 1.64 1.47
2009 1.72 1.5
2010 1.7 1.6
2011 1.65 1.46
2012 1.66 1.5
2013 1.62 1.5
2014 1.82 1.5
2015 1.87 1.49
2016 1.89 1.5
2017 1.81 1.43
2018 1.81 1.42
2019 1.78 1.34
2020 1.77 1.31
2021 1.75 1.6
2022 1.69 1.6
2023 1.73 1.5

Moldova and North Macedonia demographics compared

Median age
Moldova

North Macedonia
Year Median age, years
Moldova North Macedonia
1960 24.6 21.8
1961 24.7 21.8
1962 24.9 21.9
1963 25.1 21.9
1964 25.4 21.9
1965 25.7 21.9
1966 25.9 22
1967 26.1 22.2
1968 26.3 22.4
1969 26.4 22.6
1970 26.4 22.8
1971 26.3 23.1
1972 26.3 23.3
1973 26.3 23.6
1974 26.5 23.9
1975 26.7 24.2
1976 26.9 24.5
1977 27.2 24.8
1978 27.5 25.2
1979 27.6 25.5
1980 27.6 25.9
1981 27.9 26.2
1982 28.1 26.5
1983 28.3 26.8
1984 28.5 27.2
1985 28.7 27.5
1986 28.9 27.8
1987 29.1 28
1988 29.3 28.3
1989 29.5 28.6
1990 29.8 28.9
1991 30.2 29.2
1992 30.4 29.6
1993 30.6 29.9
1994 30.8 30.3
1995 31 30.5
1996 31.2 30.8
1997 31.3 31
1998 31.5 31.2
1999 31.8 31.5
2000 32 31.9
2001 32.2 32.2
2002 32.4 32.6
2003 32.6 32.8
2004 32.8 33.2
2005 33 33.5
2006 33.3 33.9
2007 33.6 34.3
2008 33.9 34.7
2009 34.3 35.1
2010 34.6 35.5
2011 34.9 36
2012 35.1 36.4
2013 35.4 36.9
2014 35.7 37.3
2015 36.1 37.8
2016 36.5 38.3
2017 36.8 38.8
2018 37.2 39.4
2019 37.6 39.9
2020 38 40.3
2021 38.3 40.7
2022 38.6 40.9
2023 38.8 41.3
2024 39.1 41.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Moldova North Macedonia
GNI, Atlas method
$16.6B
2024
$15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.8%
2025
39.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.63%
2023
3.3%
2002
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.55%
2023
1.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.11%
2025
-5.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.43%
2024
12.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
62.3%
2024
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
16.8%
2024
22.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.3
2025
63.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2023
22.9%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2023
1.9%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$5.48B
2024
$5.25B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.92B
2024
$458M
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,000
2020
118,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11%
2020
3.52%
2020
Banked people share
55.5%
2024
84.3%
2024

Energy

Moldova North Macedonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,297 kg
2023
1,450 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.7
2023
$16.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
9.93 megatons
2023
8.76 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.04 tons
2023
4.79 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.3%
2022
82.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.4%
2021
19.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.78%
2023
7.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
81.2%
2023
63.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,412 kWh
2023
3,320 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
6.5%
2021
31%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.73%
2023
23.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Moldova North Macedonia
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,088
2024
-5,728
2024
Urban population
43.6%
2024
59.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
57.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
38
2025
63
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.54
2023
1.53
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.3
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
132
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.6%
2021
97.6%
2012
English speaking
2%
2025
5%
2025
People using the Internet
80.2%
2023
87.2%
2023

Health

Moldova North Macedonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$398
2022
$562
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$126.3
2022
$225.9
2022
Life expectancy
71.5 years
2025
77.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.57%
2022
0.002%
2018
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.25
2021
2.96
2020
Age at first childbirth
25.1 years
2021
27.4 years
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
19
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.7
2023
3.3
2023
Obesity rate
23.7%
2022
28.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.3%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
56
2025
32
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.1 liters
2020
4.36 liters
2020

Territory

Moldova North Macedonia
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
5,321 sq mi
2024
5,433 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,421 sq mi
2025
4,830 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,492 sq mi
2025
3,867 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,811 mi
2012
8,812 mi
2017

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