The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,402,306 in 2024 vs 6,916,140 people in Nicaragua in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,343,963 people compared to 7,098,301 in Nicaragua.
Population statistics:
- Nicaragua's population is 3.03 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Moldova is ranked the 144th most populous country in the world, while Nicaragua is the 107th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.03% for Moldova vs 0.09% for Nicaragua.
- For the last 10 years, Moldova has had an average growth rate of -1.57% per year vs +1.33% in Nicaragua.
- Since 2006, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.88M people to 2.34M (18.6% decline), while Nicaragua has grown from 5.42M to 7.1M (31% growth).
- Nicaragua is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 9.24M 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 Nicaragua: live population counter
Moldova
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Nicaragua
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2343963
|
7098301
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| Population rank | 144/197 | 107/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
9.47 minutes
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5.68 minutes
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| One birth every |
19.9 minutes
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3.98 minutes
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| One death every |
15.7 minutes
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16.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
|
1.07 hours
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| Annual migration change | -27,088 | -8,189 |
| Daily growth/decline | -152 | +253 |
| Annual growth/decline | -55,477 | +92,527 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -2.26% | +1.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 196/197 | 79/197 |
Moldova and Nicaragua: population history and growth rate by year chart
Moldova
Population
Growth rate
Nicaragua
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Moldova
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Nicaragua
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Moldova
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Nicaragua
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| 1960 | 2,058,020 | 1,782,370 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,103,327 | 1,836,451 | 2.2% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 2,147,227 | 1,892,320 | 2.09% | 3.04% |
| 1963 | 2,188,895 | 1,950,159 | 1.94% | 3.06% |
| 1964 | 2,228,000 | 2,010,176 | 1.79% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 2,265,287 | 2,072,681 | 1.67% | 3.11% |
| 1966 | 2,301,871 | 2,137,820 | 1.61% | 3.14% |
| 1967 | 2,337,695 | 2,205,567 | 1.56% | 3.17% |
| 1968 | 2,373,073 | 2,275,836 | 1.51% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 2,408,469 | 2,348,398 | 1.49% | 3.19% |
| 1970 | 2,437,590 | 2,423,065 | 1.21% | 3.18% |
| 1971 | 2,460,611 | 2,499,825 | 0.94% | 3.17% |
| 1972 | 2,484,742 | 2,573,578 | 0.98% | 2.95% |
| 1973 | 2,510,584 | 2,649,278 | 1.04% | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 2,538,164 | 2,732,075 | 1.1% | 3.13% |
| 1975 | 2,566,998 | 2,816,943 | 1.14% | 3.11% |
| 1976 | 2,596,491 | 2,903,851 | 1.15% | 3.09% |
| 1977 | 2,626,298 | 2,992,534 | 1.15% | 3.05% |
| 1978 | 2,656,211 | 3,080,314 | 1.14% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 2,683,035 | 3,164,525 | 1.01% | 2.73% |
| 1980 | 2,708,675 | 3,252,403 | 0.96% | 2.78% |
| 1981 | 2,735,987 | 3,345,674 | 1.01% | 2.87% |
| 1982 | 2,763,101 | 3,438,745 | 0.99% | 2.78% |
| 1983 | 2,791,207 | 3,530,282 | 1.02% | 2.66% |
| 1984 | 2,820,518 | 3,619,104 | 1.05% | 2.52% |
| 1985 | 2,850,787 | 3,706,479 | 1.07% | 2.41% |
| 1986 | 2,883,057 | 3,794,157 | 1.13% | 2.37% |
| 1987 | 2,916,306 | 3,882,164 | 1.15% | 2.32% |
| 1988 | 2,948,891 | 3,972,320 | 1.12% | 2.32% |
| 1989 | 2,970,039 | 4,066,476 | 0.72% | 2.37% |
| 1990 | 2,977,912 | 4,162,559 | 0.27% | 2.36% |
| 1991 | 2,981,566 | 4,259,637 | 0.12% | 2.33% |
| 1992 | 2,980,965 | 4,357,026 | -0.02% | 2.29% |
| 1993 | 2,975,966 | 4,453,732 | -0.17% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 2,966,745 | 4,549,316 | -0.31% | 2.15% |
| 1995 | 2,953,200 | 4,642,931 | -0.46% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 2,947,293 | 4,729,974 | -0.2% | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 2,936,413 | 4,809,573 | -0.37% | 1.68% |
| 1998 | 2,935,227 | 4,883,655 | -0.04% | 1.54% |
| 1999 | 2,930,622 | 4,954,018 | -0.16% | 1.44% |
| 2000 | 2,924,668 | 5,022,633 | -0.2% | 1.39% |
| 2001 | 2,918,135 | 5,087,825 | -0.22% | 1.3% |
| 2002 | 2,911,385 | 5,149,909 | -0.23% | 1.22% |
| 2003 | 2,903,198 | 5,210,963 | -0.28% | 1.19% |
| 2004 | 2,896,023 | 5,272,912 | -0.25% | 1.19% |
| 2005 | 2,888,985 | 5,342,105 | -0.24% | 1.31% |
| 2006 | 2,880,967 | 5,418,855 | -0.28% | 1.44% |
| 2007 | 2,874,299 | 5,497,243 | -0.23% | 1.45% |
| 2008 | 2,868,833 | 5,576,593 | -0.19% | 1.44% |
| 2009 | 2,865,213 | 5,656,601 | -0.13% | 1.43% |
| 2010 | 2,862,354 | 5,737,450 | -0.1% | 1.43% |
| 2011 | 2,860,699 | 5,819,051 | -0.06% | 1.42% |
| 2012 | 2,860,324 | 5,901,287 | -0.01% | 1.41% |
| 2013 | 2,859,558 | 5,983,845 | -0.03% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 2,857,815 | 6,066,492 | -0.06% | 1.38% |
| 2015 | 2,835,978 | 6,149,417 | -0.76% | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 2,803,186 | 6,232,666 | -1.16% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 2,755,189 | 6,316,231 | -1.71% | 1.34% |
| 2018 | 2,707,203 | 6,400,080 | -1.74% | 1.33% |
| 2019 | 2,664,224 | 6,483,657 | -1.59% | 1.31% |
| 2020 | 2,635,130 | 6,565,267 | -1.09% | 1.26% |
| 2021 | 2,595,809 | 6,644,741 | -1.49% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 2,528,654 | 6,730,654 | -2.59% | 1.29% |
| 2023 | 2,457,783 | 6,823,613 | -2.8% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 2,402,306 | 6,916,140 | -2.26% | 1.36% |
| 2025 | 2,371,543 | 7,007,511 | -1.28% | 1.32% |
| 2026 | 2,343,963 | 7,097,335 | -1.16% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 2,321,110 | 7,185,724 | -0.97% | 1.25% |
| 2028 | 2,298,239 | 7,272,691 | -0.99% | 1.21% |
| 2029 | 2,275,251 | 7,358,003 | -1% | 1.17% |
| 2030 | 2,252,131 | 7,441,612 | -1.02% | 1.14% |
| 2031 | 2,229,191 | 7,523,773 | -1.02% | 1.1% |
| 2032 | 2,206,559 | 7,604,398 | -1.02% | 1.07% |
| 2033 | 2,183,929 | 7,683,391 | -1.03% | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 2,161,282 | 7,760,901 | -1.04% | 1.01% |
| 2035 | 2,138,754 | 7,836,706 | -1.04% | 0.98% |
| 2036 | 2,116,659 | 7,910,787 | -1.03% | 0.95% |
| 2037 | 2,095,127 | 7,983,295 | -1.02% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 2,074,054 | 8,054,140 | -1.01% | 0.89% |
| 2039 | 2,053,352 | 8,122,959 | -1% | 0.85% |
| 2040 | 2,033,323 | 8,189,916 | -0.98% | 0.82% |
| 2041 | 2,014,222 | 8,255,163 | -0.94% | 0.8% |
| 2042 | 1,995,750 | 8,318,515 | -0.92% | 0.77% |
| 2043 | 1,977,688 | 8,380,014 | -0.9% | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 1,960,241 | 8,439,720 | -0.88% | 0.71% |
| 2045 | 1,943,187 | 8,497,618 | -0.87% | 0.69% |
| 2046 | 1,926,432 | 8,553,413 | -0.86% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 1,910,142 | 8,607,283 | -0.85% | 0.63% |
| 2048 | 1,894,069 | 8,659,292 | -0.84% | 0.6% |
| 2049 | 1,877,822 | 8,708,929 | -0.86% | 0.57% |
| 2050 | 1,861,554 | 8,756,439 | -0.87% | 0.55% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).
Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.
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Population differences between Moldova and Nicaragua
|
Moldova
|
Nicaragua
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 71.6 years | 75.4 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 29.3 years |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 26.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46:54 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| Population density | 188.9 ppl/mi² | 148.9 ppl/mi² |
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