Population in Greece compared to Moldova: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Greece and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Moldova	Greece	Moldova
1960	8,331,725	2,058,020	-	-
1961	8,398,050	2,103,327	0.8%	2.2%
1962	8,448,233	2,147,227	0.6%	2.09%
1963	8,479,625	2,188,895	0.37%	1.94%
1964	8,510,429	2,228,000	0.36%	1.79%
1965	8,550,333	2,265,287	0.47%	1.67%
1966	8,613,651	2,301,871	0.74%	1.61%
1967	8,684,088	2,337,695	0.82%	1.56%
1968	8,740,765	2,373,073	0.65%	1.51%
1969	8,772,764	2,408,469	0.37%	1.49%
1970	8,792,806	2,437,590	0.23%	1.21%
1971	8,831,036	2,460,611	0.43%	0.94%
1972	8,888,628	2,484,742	0.65%	0.98%
1973	8,929,086	2,510,584	0.46%	1.04%
1974	8,962,022	2,538,164	0.37%	1.1%
1975	9,046,541	2,566,998	0.94%	1.14%
1976	9,188,150	2,596,491	1.57%	1.15%
1977	9,308,479	2,626,298	1.31%	1.15%
1978	9,429,959	2,656,211	1.31%	1.14%
1979	9,548,258	2,683,035	1.25%	1.01%
1980	9,642,505	2,708,675	0.99%	0.96%
1981	9,729,350	2,735,987	0.9%	1.01%
1982	9,789,513	2,763,101	0.62%	0.99%
1983	9,846,627	2,791,207	0.58%	1.02%
1984	9,895,801	2,820,518	0.5%	1.05%
1985	9,934,300	2,850,787	0.39%	1.07%
1986	9,967,213	2,883,057	0.33%	1.13%
1987	10,000,595	2,916,306	0.33%	1.15%
1988	10,036,983	2,948,891	0.36%	1.12%
1989	10,089,498	2,970,039	0.52%	0.72%
1990	10,196,792	2,977,912	1.06%	0.27%
1991	10,319,927	2,981,566	1.21%	0.12%
1992	10,399,061	2,980,965	0.77%	-0.02%
1993	10,460,415	2,975,966	0.59%	-0.17%
1994	10,512,922	2,966,745	0.5%	-0.31%
1995	10,562,153	2,953,200	0.47%	-0.46%
1996	10,608,800	2,947,293	0.44%	-0.2%
1997	10,661,259	2,936,413	0.49%	-0.37%
1998	10,720,509	2,935,227	0.56%	-0.04%
1999	10,761,698	2,930,622	0.38%	-0.16%
2000	10,805,808	2,924,668	0.41%	-0.2%
2001	10,862,132	2,918,135	0.52%	-0.22%
2002	10,902,022	2,911,385	0.37%	-0.23%
2003	10,928,070	2,903,198	0.24%	-0.28%
2004	10,955,141	2,896,023	0.25%	-0.25%
2005	10,987,314	2,888,985	0.29%	-0.24%
2006	11,020,362	2,880,967	0.3%	-0.28%
2007	11,048,473	2,874,299	0.26%	-0.23%
2008	11,077,841	2,868,833	0.27%	-0.19%
2009	11,107,017	2,865,213	0.26%	-0.13%
2010	11,121,341	2,862,354	0.13%	-0.1%
2011	11,104,899	2,860,699	-0.15%	-0.06%
2012	11,045,011	2,860,324	-0.54%	-0.01%
2013	10,965,211	2,859,558	-0.72%	-0.03%
2014	10,892,413	2,857,815	-0.66%	-0.06%
2015	10,820,883	2,835,978	-0.66%	-0.76%
2016	10,775,971	2,803,186	-0.42%	-1.16%
2017	10,754,679	2,755,189	-0.2%	-1.71%
2018	10,732,882	2,707,203	-0.2%	-1.74%
2019	10,721,582	2,664,224	-0.11%	-1.59%
2020	10,698,599	2,635,130	-0.21%	-1.09%
2021	10,569,207	2,595,809	-1.21%	-1.49%
2022	10,436,882	2,528,654	-1.25%	-2.59%
2023	10,407,351	2,457,783	-0.28%	-2.8%
2024	10,405,134	2,402,306	-0.02%	-2.26%
2025	10,292,291	2,371,543	-1.08%	-1.28%
2026	10,249,082	2,343,963	-0.42%	-1.16%
2027	10,204,400	2,321,110	-0.44%	-0.97%
2028	10,159,146	2,298,239	-0.44%	-0.99%
2029	10,113,475	2,275,251	-0.45%	-1%
2030	10,067,720	2,252,131	-0.45%	-1.02%
2031	10,021,773	2,229,191	-0.46%	-1.02%
2032	9,974,701	2,206,559	-0.47%	-1.02%
2033	9,927,344	2,183,929	-0.47%	-1.03%
2034	9,880,848	2,161,282	-0.47%	-1.04%
2035	9,834,216	2,138,754	-0.47%	-1.04%
2036	9,787,786	2,116,659	-0.47%	-1.03%
2037	9,741,790	2,095,127	-0.47%	-1.02%
2038	9,695,855	2,074,054	-0.47%	-1.01%
2039	9,650,459	2,053,352	-0.47%	-1%
2040	9,605,475	2,033,323	-0.47%	-0.98%
2041	9,560,641	2,014,222	-0.47%	-0.94%
2042	9,516,502	1,995,750	-0.46%	-0.92%
2043	9,472,263	1,977,688	-0.46%	-0.9%
2044	9,426,737	1,960,241	-0.48%	-0.88%
2045	9,380,458	1,943,187	-0.49%	-0.87%
2046	9,333,671	1,926,432	-0.5%	-0.86%
2047	9,284,541	1,910,142	-0.53%	-0.85%
2048	9,233,189	1,894,069	-0.55%	-0.84%
2049	9,180,074	1,877,822	-0.58%	-0.86%
2050	9,125,443	1,861,554	-0.6%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.