The current population of Moldova is 2,343,963 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 2,402,306 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Moldova's population peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and has been in decline since.
- Moldova accounts for 0.03% of the world's population.
- The UN estimates that Moldova's population is going to decline by -20.6% to 1.86M people by 2050.
- Since 2006, population has decreased from 2.88M people to 2.34M (-18.6% decline in 20 years).
- Moldova is ranked 144/197 by population and was ranked 134th in 2006.
- For the last 20 years, Moldova has had an average decline rate of -0.93% per year.
Moldova population clock
Moldova
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World
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2343963
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8280917972
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| Population rank | 144/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | N/A |
| One net population change |
9.47 minutes
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0.41 seconds
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| One birth every |
19.9 minutes
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0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
15.7 minutes
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0.52 seconds
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| Daily growth/decline | -152 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | -55,477 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -2.26% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 196/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -27,088 | N/A |
Moldova population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,058,020 | - |
| 1961 | 2,103,327 | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 2,147,227 | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 2,188,895 | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 2,228,000 | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 2,265,287 | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 2,301,871 | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 2,337,695 | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 2,373,073 | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 2,408,469 | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 2,437,590 | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 2,460,611 | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 2,484,742 | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 2,510,584 | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 2,538,164 | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,566,998 | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 2,596,491 | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 2,626,298 | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 2,656,211 | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 2,683,035 | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 2,708,675 | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 2,735,987 | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 2,763,101 | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 2,791,207 | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 2,820,518 | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 2,850,787 | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 2,883,057 | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 2,916,306 | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 2,948,891 | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 2,970,039 | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 2,977,912 | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 2,981,566 | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 2,980,965 | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 2,975,966 | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 2,966,745 | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 2,953,200 | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 2,947,293 | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,936,413 | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 2,935,227 | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 2,930,622 | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 2,924,668 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 2,918,135 | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 2,911,385 | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 2,903,198 | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 2,896,023 | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 2,888,985 | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 2,880,967 | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 2,874,299 | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 2,868,833 | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 2,865,213 | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 2,862,354 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,860,699 | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 2,860,324 | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 2,859,558 | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 2,857,815 | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 2,835,978 | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 2,803,186 | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 2,755,189 | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 2,707,203 | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 2,664,224 | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 2,635,130 | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 2,595,809 | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 2,528,654 | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 2,457,783 | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 2,402,306 | -2.26% |
| 2025 | 2,371,543 | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 2,343,963 | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 2,321,110 | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 2,298,239 | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 2,275,251 | -1% |
| 2030 | 2,252,131 | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 2,229,191 | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 2,206,559 | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 2,183,929 | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 2,161,282 | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 2,138,754 | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 2,116,659 | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 2,095,127 | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 2,074,054 | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 2,053,352 | -1% |
| 2040 | 2,033,323 | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 2,014,222 | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 1,995,750 | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 1,977,688 | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 1,960,241 | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 1,943,187 | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 1,926,432 | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 1,910,142 | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 1,894,069 | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 1,877,822 | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 1,861,554 | -0.87% |
Moldova has a population of 2.34M as of 2026, compared to 2.8M in 2016, 2.88M in 2006, and 2.95M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 1.64% per year. Moldova is ranked 195th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Moldova will have 1,926,432 people (-17.8% decline) with a rank change from 144th to 149th.
By the year 2100, Moldova's population is projected to decline by 49.8% to 1.18M people.
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Moldova population statistics
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Moldova
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 71.6 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46:54 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 188.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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