The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,402,306 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,343,963 people compared to 4,626,304 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Panama's population is 1.97 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Moldova is ranked the 144th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.03% for Moldova vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Moldova has had an average growth rate of -1.57% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2006, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.88M people to 2.34M (18.6% decline), while Panama has grown from 3.38M to 4.63M (37.1% growth).
- Panama is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 6.03M 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 Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
2343963
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4626304
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| Population rank | 144/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
9.47 minutes
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
19.9 minutes
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
15.7 minutes
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | -27,088 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | -152 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | -55,477 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -2.26% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 196/197 | 84/197 |
Moldova and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,058,020 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,103,327 | 1,159,870 | 2.2% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 2,147,227 | 1,195,301 | 2.09% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 2,188,895 | 1,232,124 | 1.94% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 2,228,000 | 1,270,065 | 1.79% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 2,265,287 | 1,308,835 | 1.67% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 2,301,871 | 1,348,388 | 1.61% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 2,337,695 | 1,388,628 | 1.56% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 2,373,073 | 1,429,447 | 1.51% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 2,408,469 | 1,470,886 | 1.49% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 2,437,590 | 1,513,070 | 1.21% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 2,460,611 | 1,556,081 | 0.94% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 2,484,742 | 1,599,723 | 0.98% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 2,510,584 | 1,643,690 | 1.04% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 2,538,164 | 1,687,926 | 1.1% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 2,566,998 | 1,732,389 | 1.14% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 2,596,491 | 1,776,935 | 1.15% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 2,626,298 | 1,821,543 | 1.15% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 2,656,211 | 1,866,311 | 1.14% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 2,683,035 | 1,911,552 | 1.01% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 2,708,675 | 1,957,534 | 0.96% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 2,735,987 | 2,004,418 | 1.01% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 2,763,101 | 2,052,271 | 0.99% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 2,791,207 | 2,101,106 | 1.02% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 2,820,518 | 2,150,782 | 1.05% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 2,850,787 | 2,200,915 | 1.07% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 2,883,057 | 2,251,325 | 1.13% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 2,916,306 | 2,301,970 | 1.15% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 2,948,891 | 2,352,848 | 1.12% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 2,970,039 | 2,403,820 | 0.72% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 2,977,912 | 2,455,583 | 0.27% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 2,981,566 | 2,508,265 | 0.12% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 2,980,965 | 2,561,336 | -0.02% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 2,975,966 | 2,615,099 | -0.17% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,966,745 | 2,669,546 | -0.31% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 2,953,200 | 2,724,557 | -0.46% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 2,947,293 | 2,780,227 | -0.2% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 2,936,413 | 2,836,695 | -0.37% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 2,935,227 | 2,893,914 | -0.04% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 2,930,622 | 2,951,822 | -0.16% | 2% |
| 2000 | 2,924,668 | 3,010,369 | -0.2% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 2,918,135 | 3,069,537 | -0.22% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 2,911,385 | 3,129,344 | -0.23% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 2,903,198 | 3,189,807 | -0.28% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 2,896,023 | 3,251,155 | -0.25% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 2,888,985 | 3,313,026 | -0.24% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 2,880,967 | 3,375,024 | -0.28% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 2,874,299 | 3,437,490 | -0.23% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 2,868,833 | 3,500,648 | -0.19% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 2,865,213 | 3,564,381 | -0.13% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 2,862,354 | 3,628,535 | -0.1% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 2,860,699 | 3,693,505 | -0.06% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 2,860,324 | 3,759,256 | -0.01% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 2,859,558 | 3,825,329 | -0.03% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 2,857,815 | 3,892,101 | -0.06% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 2,835,978 | 3,960,035 | -0.76% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 2,803,186 | 4,029,086 | -1.16% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 2,755,189 | 4,098,707 | -1.71% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 2,707,203 | 4,167,860 | -1.74% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 2,664,224 | 4,234,700 | -1.59% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,635,130 | 4,293,261 | -1.09% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 2,595,809 | 4,345,405 | -1.49% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 2,528,654 | 4,400,773 | -2.59% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 2,457,783 | 4,458,759 | -2.8% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 2,402,306 | 4,515,577 | -2.26% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 2,371,543 | 4,571,195 | -1.28% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 2,343,963 | 4,625,720 | -1.16% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 2,321,110 | 4,679,241 | -0.97% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 2,298,239 | 4,731,818 | -0.99% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 2,275,251 | 4,783,378 | -1% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 2,252,131 | 4,833,856 | -1.02% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 2,229,191 | 4,883,390 | -1.02% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 2,206,559 | 4,932,075 | -1.02% | 1% |
| 2033 | 2,183,929 | 4,979,812 | -1.03% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 2,161,282 | 5,026,494 | -1.04% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 2,138,754 | 5,072,267 | -1.04% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 2,116,659 | 5,117,124 | -1.03% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 2,095,127 | 5,161,085 | -1.02% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 2,074,054 | 5,204,053 | -1.01% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 2,053,352 | 5,245,902 | -1% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 2,033,323 | 5,286,595 | -0.98% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 2,014,222 | 5,326,183 | -0.94% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 1,995,750 | 5,364,671 | -0.92% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 1,977,688 | 5,402,037 | -0.9% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 1,960,241 | 5,438,259 | -0.88% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 1,943,187 | 5,473,283 | -0.87% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 1,926,432 | 5,507,148 | -0.86% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 1,910,142 | 5,539,873 | -0.85% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 1,894,069 | 5,571,404 | -0.84% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 1,877,822 | 5,601,670 | -0.86% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 1,861,554 | 5,630,681 | -0.87% | 0.52% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).
Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Panama was ranked 128th in 2006 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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Population differences between Moldova and Panama
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| Life expectancy | 71.6 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46:54 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 188.9 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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