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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Russia	Moldova	Russia
1960	2,058,020	119,897,000	-	-
1961	2,103,327	121,236,000	2.2%	1.12%
1962	2,147,227	122,591,000	2.09%	1.12%
1963	2,188,895	123,960,000	1.94%	1.12%
1964	2,228,000	125,345,000	1.79%	1.12%
1965	2,265,287	126,745,000	1.67%	1.12%
1966	2,301,871	127,468,000	1.61%	0.57%
1967	2,337,695	128,196,000	1.56%	0.57%
1968	2,373,073	128,928,000	1.51%	0.57%
1969	2,408,469	129,664,000	1.49%	0.57%
1970	2,437,590	130,404,000	1.21%	0.57%
1971	2,460,611	131,155,000	0.94%	0.58%
1972	2,484,742	131,909,000	0.98%	0.57%
1973	2,510,584	132,669,000	1.04%	0.58%
1974	2,538,164	133,432,000	1.1%	0.58%
1975	2,566,998	134,200,000	1.14%	0.58%
1976	2,596,491	135,147,000	1.15%	0.71%
1977	2,626,298	136,100,000	1.15%	0.71%
1978	2,656,211	137,060,000	1.14%	0.71%
1979	2,683,035	138,027,000	1.01%	0.71%
1980	2,708,675	139,010,000	0.96%	0.71%
1981	2,735,987	139,941,000	1.01%	0.67%
1982	2,763,101	140,823,000	0.99%	0.63%
1983	2,791,207	141,668,000	1.02%	0.6%
1984	2,820,518	142,745,000	1.05%	0.76%
1985	2,850,787	143,858,000	1.07%	0.78%
1986	2,883,057	144,894,000	1.13%	0.72%
1987	2,916,306	145,908,000	1.15%	0.7%
1988	2,948,891	146,857,000	1.12%	0.65%
1989	2,970,039	147,721,000	0.72%	0.59%
1990	2,977,912	147,969,406	0.27%	0.17%
1991	2,981,566	148,394,216	0.12%	0.29%
1992	2,980,965	148,538,197	-0.02%	0.1%
1993	2,975,966	148,458,777	-0.17%	-0.05%
1994	2,966,745	148,407,912	-0.31%	-0.03%
1995	2,953,200	148,375,787	-0.46%	-0.02%
1996	2,947,293	148,160,129	-0.2%	-0.15%
1997	2,936,413	147,915,361	-0.37%	-0.17%
1998	2,935,227	147,670,784	-0.04%	-0.17%
1999	2,930,622	147,214,776	-0.16%	-0.31%
2000	2,924,668	146,596,869	-0.2%	-0.42%
2001	2,918,135	145,976,482	-0.22%	-0.42%
2002	2,911,385	145,306,497	-0.23%	-0.46%
2003	2,903,198	144,648,618	-0.28%	-0.45%
2004	2,896,023	144,067,316	-0.25%	-0.4%
2005	2,888,985	143,518,814	-0.24%	-0.38%
2006	2,880,967	143,049,637	-0.28%	-0.33%
2007	2,874,299	142,805,114	-0.23%	-0.17%
2008	2,868,833	142,742,366	-0.19%	-0.04%
2009	2,865,213	142,785,348	-0.13%	0.03%
2010	2,862,354	142,849,468	-0.1%	0.04%
2011	2,860,699	143,018,195	-0.06%	0.12%
2012	2,860,324	143,378,447	-0.01%	0.25%
2013	2,859,558	143,805,638	-0.03%	0.3%
2014	2,857,815	144,237,223	-0.06%	0.3%
2015	2,835,978	144,640,716	-0.76%	0.28%
2016	2,803,186	145,015,460	-1.16%	0.26%
2017	2,755,189	145,293,260	-1.71%	0.19%
2018	2,707,203	145,398,106	-1.74%	0.07%
2019	2,664,224	145,453,291	-1.59%	0.04%
2020	2,635,130	145,245,148	-1.09%	-0.14%
2021	2,595,809	144,746,762	-1.49%	-0.34%
2022	2,528,654	144,236,933	-2.59%	-0.35%
2023	2,457,783	143,826,130	-2.8%	-0.28%
2024	2,389,275	143,533,851	-2.79%	-0.2%
2025	2,358,679	142,718,132	-1.28%	-0.57%
2026	2,331,249	142,120,553	-1.16%	-0.42%
2027	2,308,519	141,773,330	-0.97%	-0.24%
2028	2,285,773	141,402,326	-0.99%	-0.26%
2029	2,262,909	141,021,009	-1%	-0.27%
2030	2,239,915	140,628,883	-1.02%	-0.28%
2031	2,217,099	140,218,596	-1.02%	-0.29%
2032	2,194,590	139,807,207	-1.02%	-0.29%
2033	2,172,083	139,414,947	-1.03%	-0.28%
2034	2,149,558	139,034,543	-1.04%	-0.27%
2035	2,127,153	138,666,694	-1.04%	-0.26%
2036	2,105,178	138,311,757	-1.03%	-0.26%
2037	2,083,762	137,968,177	-1.02%	-0.25%
2038	2,062,803	137,643,032	-1.01%	-0.24%
2039	2,042,214	137,336,299	-1%	-0.22%
2040	2,022,294	137,053,347	-0.98%	-0.21%
2041	2,003,296	136,795,588	-0.94%	-0.19%
2042	1,984,924	136,558,692	-0.92%	-0.17%
2043	1,966,961	136,335,849	-0.9%	-0.16%
2044	1,949,608	136,124,845	-0.88%	-0.15%
2045	1,932,647	135,933,758	-0.87%	-0.14%
2046	1,915,982	135,756,848	-0.86%	-0.13%
2047	1,899,781	135,574,181	-0.85%	-0.13%
2048	1,883,795	135,372,557	-0.84%	-0.15%
2049	1,867,636	135,156,911	-0.86%	-0.16%
2050	1,851,456	134,923,391	-0.87%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.