The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,402,306 in 2024 vs 29,651,054 people in Nepal in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,343,963 people compared to 29,630,474 in Nepal.
Population statistics:
- Nepal's population is 12.6 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Moldova is ranked the 144th 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 -1.57% per year vs +0.66% in Nepal.
- Since 2006, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.88M people to 2.34M (18.6% decline), while Nepal has grown from 26.6M to 29.6M (11.5% 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 1.18M people by 2100.
Moldova vs Nepal: live population counter
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| Current population |
2343963
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29630474
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| Population rank | 144/197 | 52/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.36% |
| One net population change |
9.47 minutes
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12.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
19.9 minutes
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54.9 seconds
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| One death every |
15.7 minutes
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2.55 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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1.31 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -27,088 | -401,282 |
| Daily growth/decline | -152 | -119 |
| Annual growth/decline | -55,477 | -43,560 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -2.26% | -0.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 196/197 | 175/197 |
Moldova and Nepal: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 2,402,306 | 29,651,054 | -2.26% | -0.15% |
| 2025 | 2,371,543 | 29,618,120 | -1.28% | -0.11% |
| 2026 | 2,343,963 | 29,629,406 | -1.16% | 0.04% |
| 2027 | 2,321,110 | 29,727,164 | -0.97% | 0.33% |
| 2028 | 2,298,239 | 29,947,588 | -0.99% | 0.74% |
| 2029 | 2,275,251 | 30,232,115 | -1% | 0.95% |
| 2030 | 2,252,131 | 30,509,999 | -1.02% | 0.92% |
| 2031 | 2,229,191 | 30,780,916 | -1.02% | 0.89% |
| 2032 | 2,206,559 | 31,045,411 | -1.02% | 0.86% |
| 2033 | 2,183,929 | 31,304,035 | -1.03% | 0.83% |
| 2034 | 2,161,282 | 31,555,068 | -1.04% | 0.8% |
| 2035 | 2,138,754 | 31,798,003 | -1.04% | 0.77% |
| 2036 | 2,116,659 | 32,033,714 | -1.03% | 0.74% |
| 2037 | 2,095,127 | 32,262,286 | -1.02% | 0.71% |
| 2038 | 2,074,054 | 32,484,801 | -1.01% | 0.69% |
| 2039 | 2,053,352 | 32,700,695 | -1% | 0.66% |
| 2040 | 2,033,323 | 32,909,540 | -0.98% | 0.64% |
| 2041 | 2,014,222 | 33,112,254 | -0.94% | 0.62% |
| 2042 | 1,995,750 | 33,309,062 | -0.92% | 0.59% |
| 2043 | 1,977,688 | 33,499,440 | -0.9% | 0.57% |
| 2044 | 1,960,241 | 33,683,331 | -0.88% | 0.55% |
| 2045 | 1,943,187 | 33,861,058 | -0.87% | 0.53% |
| 2046 | 1,926,432 | 34,032,994 | -0.86% | 0.51% |
| 2047 | 1,910,142 | 34,197,261 | -0.85% | 0.48% |
| 2048 | 1,894,069 | 34,352,077 | -0.84% | 0.45% |
| 2049 | 1,877,822 | 34,500,201 | -0.86% | 0.43% |
| 2050 | 1,861,554 | 34,642,021 | -0.87% | 0.41% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Nepal gained 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Nepal's population increased by 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth).
Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2006 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.
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Population differences between Moldova and Nepal
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| Life expectancy | 71.6 years | 71.2 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 29.5 years |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 26 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46:54 | 47.9:52.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 188.9 ppl/mi² | 536 ppl/mi² |
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