Population in Moldova compared to North Macedonia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	North Macedonia	Moldova	North Macedonia
1960	2,058,020	1,435,059	-	-
1961	2,103,327	1,455,171	2.2%	1.4%
1962	2,147,227	1,471,745	2.09%	1.14%
1963	2,188,895	1,488,737	1.94%	1.15%
1964	2,228,000	1,510,900	1.79%	1.49%
1965	2,265,287	1,533,466	1.67%	1.49%
1966	2,301,871	1,557,349	1.61%	1.56%
1967	2,337,695	1,582,492	1.56%	1.61%
1968	2,373,073	1,608,930	1.51%	1.67%
1969	2,408,469	1,636,345	1.49%	1.7%
1970	2,437,590	1,664,208	1.21%	1.7%
1971	2,460,611	1,691,216	0.94%	1.62%
1972	2,484,742	1,717,395	0.98%	1.55%
1973	2,510,584	1,743,816	1.04%	1.54%
1974	2,538,164	1,770,545	1.1%	1.53%
1975	2,566,998	1,797,972	1.14%	1.55%
1976	2,596,491	1,825,830	1.15%	1.55%
1977	2,626,298	1,853,138	1.15%	1.5%
1978	2,656,211	1,879,847	1.14%	1.44%
1979	2,683,035	1,906,523	1.01%	1.42%
1980	2,708,675	1,933,038	0.96%	1.39%
1981	2,735,987	1,959,065	1.01%	1.35%
1982	2,763,101	1,978,956	0.99%	1.02%
1983	2,791,207	1,991,901	1.02%	0.65%
1984	2,820,518	2,003,399	1.05%	0.58%
1985	2,850,787	2,014,331	1.07%	0.55%
1986	2,883,057	2,024,732	1.13%	0.52%
1987	2,916,306	2,035,157	1.15%	0.51%
1988	2,948,891	2,045,737	1.12%	0.52%
1989	2,970,039	2,055,649	0.72%	0.48%
1990	2,977,912	2,063,689	0.27%	0.39%
1991	2,981,566	2,055,994	0.12%	-0.37%
1992	2,980,965	2,032,523	-0.02%	-1.14%
1993	2,975,966	2,006,854	-0.17%	-1.26%
1994	2,966,745	1,992,666	-0.31%	-0.71%
1995	2,953,200	1,998,534	-0.46%	0.29%
1996	2,947,293	2,012,553	-0.2%	0.7%
1997	2,936,413	1,996,869	-0.37%	-0.78%
1998	2,935,227	2,007,523	-0.04%	0.53%
1999	2,930,622	2,017,142	-0.16%	0.48%
2000	2,924,668	2,026,350	-0.2%	0.46%
2001	2,918,135	2,034,882	-0.22%	0.42%
2002	2,911,385	2,020,157	-0.23%	-0.72%
2003	2,903,198	2,022,725	-0.28%	0.13%
2004	2,896,023	2,016,186	-0.25%	-0.32%
2005	2,888,985	2,005,330	-0.24%	-0.54%
2006	2,880,967	1,994,287	-0.28%	-0.55%
2007	2,874,299	1,982,933	-0.23%	-0.57%
2008	2,868,833	1,971,493	-0.19%	-0.58%
2009	2,865,213	1,958,782	-0.13%	-0.64%
2010	2,862,354	1,946,298	-0.1%	-0.64%
2011	2,860,699	1,937,398	-0.06%	-0.46%
2012	2,860,324	1,929,821	-0.01%	-0.39%
2013	2,859,558	1,922,716	-0.03%	-0.37%
2014	2,857,815	1,917,557	-0.06%	-0.27%
2015	2,835,978	1,912,430	-0.76%	-0.27%
2016	2,803,186	1,906,313	-1.16%	-0.32%
2017	2,755,189	1,898,657	-1.71%	-0.4%
2018	2,707,203	1,889,051	-1.74%	-0.51%
2019	2,664,224	1,876,262	-1.59%	-0.68%
2020	2,635,130	1,856,124	-1.09%	-1.07%
2021	2,595,809	1,837,114	-1.49%	-1.02%
2022	2,528,654	1,831,712	-2.59%	-0.29%
2023	2,457,783	1,827,816	-2.8%	-0.21%
2024	2,389,275	1,792,179	-2.79%	-1.95%
2025	2,358,679	1,783,115	-1.28%	-0.51%
2026	2,331,249	1,773,550	-1.16%	-0.54%
2027	2,308,519	1,763,753	-0.97%	-0.55%
2028	2,285,773	1,753,839	-0.99%	-0.56%
2029	2,262,909	1,743,553	-1%	-0.59%
2030	2,239,915	1,732,679	-1.02%	-0.62%
2031	2,217,099	1,721,421	-1.02%	-0.65%
2032	2,194,590	1,710,089	-1.02%	-0.66%
2033	2,172,083	1,698,723	-1.03%	-0.66%
2034	2,149,558	1,687,185	-1.04%	-0.68%
2035	2,127,153	1,675,373	-1.04%	-0.7%
2036	2,105,178	1,663,329	-1.03%	-0.72%
2037	2,083,762	1,651,095	-1.02%	-0.74%
2038	2,062,803	1,638,881	-1.01%	-0.74%
2039	2,042,214	1,626,617	-1%	-0.75%
2040	2,022,294	1,614,140	-0.98%	-0.77%
2041	2,003,296	1,601,579	-0.94%	-0.78%
2042	1,984,924	1,588,898	-0.92%	-0.79%
2043	1,966,961	1,576,060	-0.9%	-0.81%
2044	1,949,608	1,563,352	-0.88%	-0.81%
2045	1,932,647	1,550,675	-0.87%	-0.81%
2046	1,915,982	1,537,866	-0.86%	-0.83%
2047	1,899,781	1,525,180	-0.85%	-0.82%
2048	1,883,795	1,512,637	-0.84%	-0.82%
2049	1,867,636	1,499,950	-0.86%	-0.84%
2050	1,851,456	1,487,102	-0.87%	-0.86%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.