Population in Moldova compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Netherlands	Moldova	Netherlands
1960	2,058,020	11,486,631	-	-
1961	2,103,327	11,638,712	2.2%	1.32%
1962	2,147,227	11,805,689	2.09%	1.43%
1963	2,188,895	11,965,966	1.94%	1.36%
1964	2,228,000	12,127,120	1.79%	1.35%
1965	2,265,287	12,294,732	1.67%	1.38%
1966	2,301,871	12,456,251	1.61%	1.31%
1967	2,337,695	12,598,201	1.56%	1.14%
1968	2,373,073	12,729,721	1.51%	1.04%
1969	2,408,469	12,877,984	1.49%	1.16%
1970	2,437,590	13,038,526	1.21%	1.25%
1971	2,460,611	13,194,497	0.94%	1.2%
1972	2,484,742	13,328,593	0.98%	1.02%
1973	2,510,584	13,439,322	1.04%	0.83%
1974	2,538,164	13,545,056	1.1%	0.79%
1975	2,566,998	13,666,335	1.14%	0.9%
1976	2,596,491	13,774,037	1.15%	0.79%
1977	2,626,298	13,856,185	1.15%	0.6%
1978	2,656,211	13,941,700	1.14%	0.62%
1979	2,683,035	14,038,270	1.01%	0.69%
1980	2,708,675	14,149,800	0.96%	0.79%
1981	2,735,987	14,247,208	1.01%	0.69%
1982	2,763,101	14,312,690	0.99%	0.46%
1983	2,791,207	14,367,070	1.02%	0.38%
1984	2,820,518	14,424,211	1.05%	0.4%
1985	2,850,787	14,491,632	1.07%	0.47%
1986	2,883,057	14,572,278	1.13%	0.56%
1987	2,916,306	14,665,037	1.15%	0.64%
1988	2,948,891	14,760,094	1.12%	0.65%
1989	2,970,039	14,848,907	0.72%	0.6%
1990	2,977,912	14,951,510	0.27%	0.69%
1991	2,981,566	15,069,798	0.12%	0.79%
1992	2,980,965	15,184,166	-0.02%	0.76%
1993	2,975,966	15,290,368	-0.17%	0.7%
1994	2,966,745	15,382,838	-0.31%	0.6%
1995	2,953,200	15,459,006	-0.46%	0.5%
1996	2,947,293	15,530,498	-0.2%	0.46%
1997	2,936,413	15,610,650	-0.37%	0.52%
1998	2,935,227	15,707,209	-0.04%	0.62%
1999	2,930,622	15,812,088	-0.16%	0.67%
2000	2,924,668	15,925,513	-0.2%	0.72%
2001	2,918,135	16,046,180	-0.22%	0.76%
2002	2,911,385	16,148,929	-0.23%	0.64%
2003	2,903,198	16,225,302	-0.28%	0.47%
2004	2,896,023	16,281,779	-0.25%	0.35%
2005	2,888,985	16,319,868	-0.24%	0.23%
2006	2,880,967	16,346,101	-0.28%	0.16%
2007	2,874,299	16,381,696	-0.23%	0.22%
2008	2,868,833	16,445,593	-0.19%	0.39%
2009	2,865,213	16,530,388	-0.13%	0.52%
2010	2,862,354	16,615,394	-0.1%	0.51%
2011	2,860,699	16,693,074	-0.06%	0.47%
2012	2,860,324	16,754,962	-0.01%	0.37%
2013	2,859,558	16,804,432	-0.03%	0.3%
2014	2,857,815	16,865,008	-0.06%	0.36%
2015	2,835,978	16,939,923	-0.76%	0.44%
2016	2,803,186	17,030,314	-1.16%	0.53%
2017	2,755,189	17,131,296	-1.71%	0.59%
2018	2,707,203	17,231,624	-1.74%	0.59%
2019	2,664,224	17,344,874	-1.59%	0.66%
2020	2,635,130	17,441,500	-1.09%	0.56%
2021	2,595,809	17,533,044	-1.49%	0.52%
2022	2,528,654	17,700,982	-2.59%	0.96%
2023	2,457,783	17,877,117	-2.8%	1%
2024	2,402,306	17,993,485	-2.26%	0.65%
2025	2,371,543	18,110,044	-1.28%	0.65%
2026	2,343,963	18,210,675	-1.16%	0.56%
2027	2,321,110	18,298,766	-0.97%	0.48%
2028	2,298,239	18,378,805	-0.99%	0.44%
2029	2,275,251	18,451,273	-1%	0.39%
2030	2,252,131	18,515,139	-1.02%	0.35%
2031	2,229,191	18,571,158	-1.02%	0.3%
2032	2,206,559	18,620,309	-1.02%	0.26%
2033	2,183,929	18,664,195	-1.03%	0.24%
2034	2,161,282	18,701,674	-1.04%	0.2%
2035	2,138,754	18,732,440	-1.04%	0.16%
2036	2,116,659	18,759,270	-1.03%	0.14%
2037	2,095,127	18,781,008	-1.02%	0.12%
2038	2,074,054	18,797,497	-1.01%	0.09%
2039	2,053,352	18,809,490	-1%	0.06%
2040	2,033,323	18,816,959	-0.98%	0.04%
2041	2,014,222	18,820,083	-0.94%	0.02%
2042	1,995,750	18,818,821	-0.92%	-0.007%
2043	1,977,688	18,814,475	-0.9%	-0.02%
2044	1,960,241	18,806,778	-0.88%	-0.04%
2045	1,943,187	18,796,219	-0.87%	-0.06%
2046	1,926,432	18,784,939	-0.86%	-0.06%
2047	1,910,142	18,770,867	-0.85%	-0.07%
2048	1,894,069	18,753,541	-0.84%	-0.09%
2049	1,877,822	18,734,516	-0.86%	-0.1%
2050	1,861,554	18,713,797	-0.87%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.