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	2,389,275	17,994,237	-2.79%	0.66%
2025	2,358,679	18,110,800	-1.28%	0.65%
2026	2,331,249	18,211,436	-1.16%	0.56%
2027	2,308,519	18,299,531	-0.97%	0.48%
2028	2,285,773	18,379,573	-0.99%	0.44%
2029	2,262,909	18,452,044	-1%	0.39%
2030	2,239,915	18,515,913	-1.02%	0.35%
2031	2,217,099	18,571,934	-1.02%	0.3%
2032	2,194,590	18,621,087	-1.02%	0.26%
2033	2,172,083	18,664,975	-1.03%	0.24%
2034	2,149,558	18,702,456	-1.04%	0.2%
2035	2,127,153	18,733,223	-1.04%	0.16%
2036	2,105,178	18,760,054	-1.03%	0.14%
2037	2,083,762	18,781,793	-1.02%	0.12%
2038	2,062,803	18,798,283	-1.01%	0.09%
2039	2,042,214	18,810,276	-1%	0.06%
2040	2,022,294	18,817,745	-0.98%	0.04%
2041	2,003,296	18,820,870	-0.94%	0.02%
2042	1,984,924	18,819,607	-0.92%	-0.007%
2043	1,966,961	18,815,261	-0.9%	-0.02%
2044	1,949,608	18,807,564	-0.88%	-0.04%
2045	1,932,647	18,797,005	-0.87%	-0.06%
2046	1,915,982	18,785,724	-0.86%	-0.06%
2047	1,899,781	18,771,651	-0.85%	-0.07%
2048	1,883,795	18,754,325	-0.84%	-0.09%
2049	1,867,636	18,735,299	-0.86%	-0.1%
2050	1,851,456	18,714,579	-0.87%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.