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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,389,275 in 2024 vs 29,651,054 people in Nepal in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,358,679 people compared to 29,627,185 in Nepal.

Population statistics:

  • Nepal's population is 12.6 times bigger than Moldova's.
  • Moldova is ranked the 145th most populous country in the world, while Nepal is the 52nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.39% of the world: 0.03% for Moldova vs 0.36% for Nepal.
  • For the last 10 years, Moldova has had an average growth rate of -1.62% per year vs +0.66% in Nepal.
  • Since 2005, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.89M people to 2.36M (18.4% decline), while Nepal has grown from 26.3M to 29.6M (12.6% growth).
  • Nepal is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 35.8M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.17M people by 2100.

Moldova vs Nepal: live population counter

Moldova Nepal
Current population
2358679
29627185
Population rank 145/197 52/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.36%
One net population change
7.67 minutes
12.1 minutes
One birth every
19.9 minutes
54.9 seconds
One death every
15.7 minutes
2.55 minutes
One migration net change every
19.4 minutes
1.31 minutes
Annual migration change -27,088 -401,282
Daily growth/decline -188 -119
Annual growth/decline -68,508 -43,560
Annual growth/decline rate -2.79% -0.15%
Population growth rate rank 196/197 174/197

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

Moldova
Population

Growth rate
Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Moldova Nepal Moldova Nepal
1960 2,058,020 10,123,658 - -
1961 2,103,327 10,318,396 2.2% 1.92%
1962 2,147,227 10,521,116 2.09% 1.96%
1963 2,188,895 10,729,818 1.94% 1.98%
1964 2,228,000 10,946,392 1.79% 2.02%
1965 2,265,287 11,173,411 1.67% 2.07%
1966 2,301,871 11,408,710 1.61% 2.11%
1967 2,337,695 11,652,716 1.56% 2.14%
1968 2,373,073 11,906,266 1.51% 2.18%
1969 2,408,469 12,167,036 1.49% 2.19%
1970 2,437,590 12,436,190 1.21% 2.21%
1971 2,460,611 12,710,061 0.94% 2.2%
1972 2,484,742 12,989,099 0.98% 2.2%
1973 2,510,584 13,275,239 1.04% 2.2%
1974 2,538,164 13,568,435 1.1% 2.21%
1975 2,566,998 13,870,695 1.14% 2.23%
1976 2,596,491 14,177,649 1.15% 2.21%
1977 2,626,298 14,499,175 1.15% 2.27%
1978 2,656,211 14,839,695 1.14% 2.35%
1979 2,683,035 15,190,590 1.01% 2.36%
1980 2,708,675 15,553,105 0.96% 2.39%
1981 2,735,987 15,922,423 1.01% 2.37%
1982 2,763,101 16,297,987 0.99% 2.36%
1983 2,791,207 16,689,119 1.02% 2.4%
1984 2,820,518 17,085,242 1.05% 2.37%
1985 2,850,787 17,477,692 1.07% 2.3%
1986 2,883,057 17,868,124 1.13% 2.23%
1987 2,916,306 18,250,505 1.15% 2.14%
1988 2,948,891 18,638,661 1.12% 2.13%
1989 2,970,039 19,057,807 0.72% 2.25%
1990 2,977,912 19,524,573 0.27% 2.45%
1991 2,981,566 20,036,500 0.12% 2.62%
1992 2,980,965 20,609,707 -0.02% 2.86%
1993 2,975,966 21,180,159 -0.17% 2.77%
1994 2,966,745 21,717,479 -0.31% 2.54%
1995 2,953,200 22,245,439 -0.46% 2.43%
1996 2,947,293 22,741,862 -0.2% 2.23%
1997 2,936,413 23,219,463 -0.37% 2.1%
1998 2,935,227 23,680,357 -0.04% 1.98%
1999 2,930,622 24,125,199 -0.16% 1.88%
2000 2,924,668 24,546,509 -0.2% 1.75%
2001 2,918,135 24,946,748 -0.22% 1.63%
2002 2,911,385 25,328,981 -0.23% 1.53%
2003 2,903,198 25,688,758 -0.28% 1.42%
2004 2,896,023 26,016,656 -0.25% 1.28%
2005 2,888,985 26,309,458 -0.24% 1.13%
2006 2,880,967 26,565,425 -0.28% 0.97%
2007 2,874,299 26,788,492 -0.23% 0.84%
2008 2,868,833 26,990,037 -0.19% 0.75%
2009 2,865,213 27,173,035 -0.13% 0.68%
2010 2,862,354 27,341,952 -0.1% 0.62%
2011 2,860,699 27,464,494 -0.06% 0.45%
2012 2,860,324 27,534,915 -0.01% 0.26%
2013 2,859,558 27,589,996 -0.03% 0.2%
2014 2,857,815 27,672,370 -0.06% 0.3%
2015 2,835,978 27,823,629 -0.76% 0.55%
2016 2,803,186 27,955,462 -1.16% 0.47%
2017 2,755,189 28,011,258 -1.71% 0.2%
2018 2,707,203 28,079,689 -1.74% 0.24%
2019 2,664,224 28,414,064 -1.59% 1.19%
2020 2,635,130 28,966,574 -1.09% 1.94%
2021 2,595,809 29,475,010 -1.49% 1.76%
2022 2,528,654 29,715,436 -2.59% 0.82%
2023 2,457,783 29,694,614 -2.8% -0.07%
2024 2,389,275 29,651,054 -2.79% -0.15%
2025 2,358,679 29,618,120 -1.28% -0.11%
2026 2,331,249 29,629,406 -1.16% 0.04%
2027 2,308,519 29,727,164 -0.97% 0.33%
2028 2,285,773 29,947,588 -0.99% 0.74%
2029 2,262,909 30,232,115 -1% 0.95%
2030 2,239,915 30,509,999 -1.02% 0.92%
2031 2,217,099 30,780,916 -1.02% 0.89%
2032 2,194,590 31,045,411 -1.02% 0.86%
2033 2,172,083 31,304,035 -1.03% 0.83%
2034 2,149,558 31,555,068 -1.04% 0.8%
2035 2,127,153 31,798,003 -1.04% 0.77%
2036 2,105,178 32,033,714 -1.03% 0.74%
2037 2,083,762 32,262,286 -1.02% 0.71%
2038 2,062,803 32,484,801 -1.01% 0.69%
2039 2,042,214 32,700,695 -1% 0.66%
2040 2,022,294 32,909,540 -0.98% 0.64%
2041 2,003,296 33,112,254 -0.94% 0.62%
2042 1,984,924 33,309,062 -0.92% 0.59%
2043 1,966,961 33,499,440 -0.9% 0.57%
2044 1,949,608 33,683,331 -0.88% 0.55%
2045 1,932,647 33,861,058 -0.87% 0.53%
2046 1,915,982 34,032,994 -0.86% 0.51%
2047 1,899,781 34,197,261 -0.85% 0.48%
2048 1,883,795 34,352,077 -0.84% 0.45%
2049 1,867,636 34,500,201 -0.86% 0.43%
2050 1,851,456 34,642,021 -0.87% 0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Moldova's population will shrink by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people with a rank change from 145th to 150th. The population of Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.

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