The latest officially reported population of Mexico was 130,861,007 in 2024 vs 2,389,275 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mexico's population is 132,790,957 people compared to 2,358,679 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Mexico's population is 56.3 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Mexico is ranked the 11th most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 145th.
- 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 -1.62% in Moldova.
- Since 2005, the population of Mexico has increased from 106M people to 133M (25.5% growth), while Moldova has declined from 2.89M to 2.36M (18.4% 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 1.17M people by 2100.
Mexico vs Moldova: live population counter
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| Current population |
132790957
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2358679
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| Population rank | 11/197 | 145/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.61% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
28.1 seconds
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7.67 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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19.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -104,581 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,072 | -188 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,121,248 | -68,508 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.86% | -2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 113/197 | 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 | 2,389,275 | 0.86% | -2.79% |
| 2025 | 131,946,905 | 2,358,679 | 0.83% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 132,997,664 | 2,331,249 | 0.8% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 134,017,711 | 2,308,519 | 0.77% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 135,008,697 | 2,285,773 | 0.74% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 135,970,893 | 2,262,909 | 0.71% | -1% |
| 2030 | 136,904,747 | 2,239,915 | 0.69% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 137,811,068 | 2,217,099 | 0.66% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 138,690,189 | 2,194,590 | 0.64% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 139,542,087 | 2,172,083 | 0.61% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 140,362,026 | 2,149,558 | 0.59% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 141,150,818 | 2,127,153 | 0.56% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 141,909,168 | 2,105,178 | 0.54% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 142,637,546 | 2,083,762 | 0.51% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 143,336,222 | 2,062,803 | 0.49% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 143,998,296 | 2,042,214 | 0.46% | -1% |
| 2040 | 144,624,328 | 2,022,294 | 0.43% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 145,217,780 | 2,003,296 | 0.41% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 145,777,459 | 1,984,924 | 0.39% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 146,300,011 | 1,966,961 | 0.36% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 146,787,722 | 1,949,608 | 0.33% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 147,240,096 | 1,932,647 | 0.31% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 147,654,160 | 1,915,982 | 0.28% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 148,030,153 | 1,899,781 | 0.25% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 148,372,233 | 1,883,795 | 0.23% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 148,677,894 | 1,867,636 | 0.21% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 148,946,272 | 1,851,456 | 0.18% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mexico increased by 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mexico gained 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).
Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2005 and is still 11th in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mexico's population will grow by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th 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 | 75.4 years | 71.5 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 | 187.9 ppl/mi² |
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