The latest officially reported population of Mexico was 130,861,007 in 2024 vs 2,402,306 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mexico's population is 133,008,812 people compared to 2,343,963 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Mexico's population is 56.7 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Mexico is ranked the 11th most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 144th.
- The countries together account for 1.63% of the world: 1.61% for Mexico vs 0.03% for Moldova.
- For the last 10 years, Mexico has had an average growth rate of +0.92% per year vs -1.57% in Moldova.
- Since 2006, the population of Mexico has increased from 107M people to 133M (24% growth), while Moldova has declined from 2.88M to 2.34M (18.6% decline).
- Mexico is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 150M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.18M people by 2100.
Mexico vs Moldova: live population counter
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| Current population |
133008812
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2343963
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| Population rank | 11/197 | 144/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.61% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
28.1 seconds
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9.47 minutes
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| One birth every |
15.5 seconds
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19.9 minutes
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| One death every |
39.5 seconds
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15.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.03 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -104,581 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,072 | -152 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,121,248 | -55,477 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | -2.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 111/197 | 196/197 |
Mexico and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 36,724,615 | 2,058,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 37,890,118 | 2,103,327 | 3.17% | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 39,129,200 | 2,147,227 | 3.27% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 40,424,065 | 2,188,895 | 3.31% | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 41,772,049 | 2,228,000 | 3.33% | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 43,174,477 | 2,265,287 | 3.36% | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 44,629,106 | 2,301,871 | 3.37% | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 46,129,608 | 2,337,695 | 3.36% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 47,668,303 | 2,373,073 | 3.34% | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 49,233,194 | 2,408,469 | 3.28% | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 50,814,953 | 2,437,590 | 3.21% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 52,412,558 | 2,460,611 | 3.14% | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 54,030,168 | 2,484,742 | 3.09% | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 55,667,284 | 2,510,584 | 3.03% | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 57,320,149 | 2,538,164 | 2.97% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 58,982,400 | 2,566,998 | 2.9% | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 60,645,512 | 2,596,491 | 2.82% | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 62,308,493 | 2,626,298 | 2.74% | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 63,979,046 | 2,656,211 | 2.68% | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 65,648,865 | 2,683,035 | 2.61% | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 67,300,334 | 2,708,675 | 2.52% | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 68,892,108 | 2,735,987 | 2.37% | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 70,433,260 | 2,763,101 | 2.24% | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 71,971,240 | 2,791,207 | 2.18% | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 73,506,846 | 2,820,518 | 2.13% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 75,043,414 | 2,850,787 | 2.09% | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 76,585,637 | 2,883,057 | 2.06% | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 78,136,651 | 2,916,306 | 2.03% | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 79,695,531 | 2,948,891 | 2% | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 81,247,182 | 2,970,039 | 1.95% | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 82,820,170 | 2,977,912 | 1.94% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 84,430,572 | 2,981,566 | 1.94% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 86,044,809 | 2,980,965 | 1.91% | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 87,653,807 | 2,975,966 | 1.87% | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 89,259,205 | 2,966,745 | 1.83% | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 90,862,455 | 2,953,200 | 1.8% | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 92,452,702 | 2,947,293 | 1.75% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 94,021,207 | 2,936,413 | 1.7% | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 95,575,245 | 2,935,227 | 1.65% | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 97,115,707 | 2,930,622 | 1.61% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 98,625,552 | 2,924,668 | 1.55% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 100,099,099 | 2,918,135 | 1.49% | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 101,548,624 | 2,911,385 | 1.45% | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 102,978,515 | 2,903,198 | 1.41% | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 104,394,131 | 2,896,023 | 1.37% | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 105,811,504 | 2,888,985 | 1.36% | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 107,253,666 | 2,880,967 | 1.36% | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 108,774,360 | 2,874,299 | 1.42% | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 110,374,288 | 2,868,833 | 1.47% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 111,999,721 | 2,865,213 | 1.47% | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 113,623,895 | 2,862,354 | 1.45% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 115,243,504 | 2,860,699 | 1.43% | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 116,818,208 | 2,860,324 | 1.37% | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 118,343,573 | 2,859,558 | 1.31% | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 119,784,261 | 2,857,815 | 1.22% | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 121,072,306 | 2,835,978 | 1.08% | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 122,251,351 | 2,803,186 | 0.97% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 123,400,057 | 2,755,189 | 0.94% | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 124,573,711 | 2,707,203 | 0.95% | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 125,762,982 | 2,664,224 | 0.95% | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 126,799,054 | 2,635,130 | 0.82% | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 127,648,148 | 2,595,809 | 0.67% | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 128,613,117 | 2,528,654 | 0.76% | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 129,739,759 | 2,457,783 | 0.88% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 130,861,007 | 2,402,306 | 0.86% | -2.26% |
| 2025 | 131,946,905 | 2,371,543 | 0.83% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 132,997,664 | 2,343,963 | 0.8% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 134,017,711 | 2,321,110 | 0.77% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 135,008,697 | 2,298,239 | 0.74% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 135,970,893 | 2,275,251 | 0.71% | -1% |
| 2030 | 136,904,747 | 2,252,131 | 0.69% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 137,811,068 | 2,229,191 | 0.66% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 138,690,189 | 2,206,559 | 0.64% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 139,542,087 | 2,183,929 | 0.61% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 140,362,026 | 2,161,282 | 0.59% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 141,150,818 | 2,138,754 | 0.56% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 141,909,168 | 2,116,659 | 0.54% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 142,637,546 | 2,095,127 | 0.51% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 143,336,222 | 2,074,054 | 0.49% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 143,998,296 | 2,053,352 | 0.46% | -1% |
| 2040 | 144,624,328 | 2,033,323 | 0.43% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 145,217,780 | 2,014,222 | 0.41% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 145,777,459 | 1,995,750 | 0.39% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 146,300,011 | 1,977,688 | 0.36% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 146,787,722 | 1,960,241 | 0.33% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 147,240,096 | 1,943,187 | 0.31% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 147,654,160 | 1,926,432 | 0.28% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 148,030,153 | 1,910,142 | 0.25% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 148,372,233 | 1,894,069 | 0.23% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 148,677,894 | 1,877,822 | 0.21% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 148,946,272 | 1,861,554 | 0.18% | -0.87% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).
Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th 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) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Mexico | 9.21M |
| Tijuana | 1.96M |
| Ecatepec de Morelos | 1.93M |
| Leon | 1.58M |
| Zapopan | 1.48M |
| Guadalajara | 1.46M |
| Puebla | 1.43M |
| Ciudad Juarez | 1.32M |
| Monterrey | 1.14M |
| Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | 1.07M |
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Population differences between Mexico and Moldova
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| Life expectancy | 75.6 years | 71.6 years |
| Average age | 32.7 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 30.3 years | 39.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 46:54 |
| Fertility rate | 1.91 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 174.4 ppl/mi² | 188.9 ppl/mi² |
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