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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Nicaragua	Moldova	Nicaragua
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	2,389,275	6,916,140	-2.79%	1.36%
2025	2,358,679	7,007,511	-1.28%	1.32%
2026	2,331,249	7,097,335	-1.16%	1.28%
2027	2,308,519	7,185,724	-0.97%	1.25%
2028	2,285,773	7,272,691	-0.99%	1.21%
2029	2,262,909	7,358,003	-1%	1.17%
2030	2,239,915	7,441,612	-1.02%	1.14%
2031	2,217,099	7,523,773	-1.02%	1.1%
2032	2,194,590	7,604,398	-1.02%	1.07%
2033	2,172,083	7,683,391	-1.03%	1.04%
2034	2,149,558	7,760,901	-1.04%	1.01%
2035	2,127,153	7,836,706	-1.04%	0.98%
2036	2,105,178	7,910,787	-1.03%	0.95%
2037	2,083,762	7,983,295	-1.02%	0.92%
2038	2,062,803	8,054,140	-1.01%	0.89%
2039	2,042,214	8,122,959	-1%	0.85%
2040	2,022,294	8,189,916	-0.98%	0.82%
2041	2,003,296	8,255,163	-0.94%	0.8%
2042	1,984,924	8,318,515	-0.92%	0.77%
2043	1,966,961	8,380,014	-0.9%	0.74%
2044	1,949,608	8,439,720	-0.88%	0.71%
2045	1,932,647	8,497,618	-0.87%	0.69%
2046	1,915,982	8,553,413	-0.86%	0.66%
2047	1,899,781	8,607,283	-0.85%	0.63%
2048	1,883,795	8,659,292	-0.84%	0.6%
2049	1,867,636	8,708,929	-0.86%	0.57%
2050	1,851,456	8,756,439	-0.87%	0.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Nicaragua gained 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Nicaragua's population increased by 930,247 (a 15.1% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Nicaragua was ranked 110th in 2005 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.7% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.