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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Namibia	Moldova	Namibia
1960	2,058,020	591,465	-	-
1961	2,103,327	603,067	2.2%	1.96%
1962	2,147,227	615,759	2.09%	2.1%
1963	2,188,895	629,589	1.94%	2.25%
1964	2,228,000	644,530	1.79%	2.37%
1965	2,265,287	660,558	1.67%	2.49%
1966	2,301,871	677,655	1.61%	2.59%
1967	2,337,695	696,045	1.56%	2.71%
1968	2,373,073	715,542	1.51%	2.8%
1969	2,408,469	736,120	1.49%	2.88%
1970	2,437,590	757,868	1.21%	2.95%
1971	2,460,611	780,584	0.94%	3%
1972	2,484,742	804,399	0.98%	3.05%
1973	2,510,584	828,928	1.04%	3.05%
1974	2,538,164	854,320	1.1%	3.06%
1975	2,566,998	881,032	1.14%	3.13%
1976	2,596,491	906,566	1.15%	2.9%
1977	2,626,298	931,104	1.15%	2.71%
1978	2,656,211	947,269	1.14%	1.74%
1979	2,683,035	962,825	1.01%	1.64%
1980	2,708,675	981,434	0.96%	1.93%
1981	2,735,987	992,500	1.01%	1.13%
1982	2,763,101	1,010,308	0.99%	1.79%
1983	2,791,207	1,037,511	1.02%	2.69%
1984	2,820,518	1,065,989	1.05%	2.74%
1985	2,850,787	1,096,890	1.07%	2.9%
1986	2,883,057	1,131,081	1.13%	3.12%
1987	2,916,306	1,167,889	1.15%	3.25%
1988	2,948,891	1,209,696	1.12%	3.58%
1989	2,970,039	1,288,947	0.72%	6.55%
1990	2,977,912	1,369,303	0.27%	6.23%
1991	2,981,566	1,415,684	0.12%	3.39%
1992	2,980,965	1,461,322	-0.02%	3.22%
1993	2,975,966	1,508,697	-0.17%	3.24%
1994	2,966,745	1,556,304	-0.31%	3.16%
1995	2,953,200	1,602,170	-0.46%	2.95%
1996	2,947,293	1,646,103	-0.2%	2.74%
1997	2,936,413	1,689,264	-0.37%	2.62%
1998	2,935,227	1,732,745	-0.04%	2.57%
1999	2,930,622	1,776,368	-0.16%	2.52%
2000	2,924,668	1,818,647	-0.2%	2.38%
2001	2,918,135	1,857,048	-0.22%	2.11%
2002	2,911,385	1,889,970	-0.23%	1.77%
2003	2,903,198	1,917,464	-0.28%	1.45%
2004	2,896,023	1,942,082	-0.25%	1.28%
2005	2,888,985	1,966,582	-0.24%	1.26%
2006	2,880,967	1,991,888	-0.28%	1.29%
2007	2,874,299	2,018,600	-0.23%	1.34%
2008	2,868,833	2,047,056	-0.19%	1.41%
2009	2,865,213	2,077,394	-0.13%	1.48%
2010	2,862,354	2,109,811	-0.1%	1.56%
2011	2,860,699	2,146,325	-0.06%	1.73%
2012	2,860,324	2,194,654	-0.01%	2.25%
2013	2,859,558	2,252,508	-0.03%	2.64%
2014	2,857,815	2,312,139	-0.06%	2.65%
2015	2,835,978	2,374,300	-0.76%	2.69%
2016	2,803,186	2,439,213	-1.16%	2.73%
2017	2,755,189	2,506,853	-1.71%	2.77%
2018	2,707,203	2,577,327	-1.74%	2.81%
2019	2,664,224	2,650,494	-1.59%	2.84%
2020	2,635,130	2,728,762	-1.09%	2.95%
2021	2,595,809	2,810,548	-1.49%	3%
2022	2,528,654	2,889,662	-2.59%	2.81%
2023	2,457,783	2,963,095	-2.8%	2.54%
2024	2,402,306	3,030,131	-2.26%	2.26%
2025	2,371,543	3,092,826	-1.28%	2.07%
2026	2,343,963	3,153,252	-1.16%	1.95%
2027	2,321,110	3,212,910	-0.97%	1.89%
2028	2,298,239	3,272,166	-0.99%	1.84%
2029	2,275,251	3,330,819	-1%	1.79%
2030	2,252,131	3,389,961	-1.02%	1.78%
2031	2,229,191	3,449,508	-1.02%	1.76%
2032	2,206,559	3,508,245	-1.02%	1.7%
2033	2,183,929	3,565,349	-1.03%	1.63%
2034	2,161,282	3,621,829	-1.04%	1.58%
2035	2,138,754	3,678,888	-1.04%	1.58%
2036	2,116,659	3,735,939	-1.03%	1.55%
2037	2,095,127	3,792,807	-1.02%	1.52%
2038	2,074,054	3,850,310	-1.01%	1.52%
2039	2,053,352	3,907,182	-1%	1.48%
2040	2,033,323	3,962,414	-0.98%	1.41%
2041	2,014,222	4,017,690	-0.94%	1.4%
2042	1,995,750	4,073,359	-0.92%	1.39%
2043	1,977,688	4,129,577	-0.9%	1.38%
2044	1,960,241	4,186,114	-0.88%	1.37%
2045	1,943,187	4,243,359	-0.87%	1.37%
2046	1,926,432	4,299,969	-0.86%	1.33%
2047	1,910,142	4,355,507	-0.85%	1.29%
2048	1,894,069	4,409,459	-0.84%	1.24%
2049	1,877,822	4,460,507	-0.86%	1.16%
2050	1,861,554	4,512,307	-0.87%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Moldova's population will shrink by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people with a rank change from 144th to 150th. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.