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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Samoa	Moldova	Samoa
1960	2,058,020	112,490	-	-
1961	2,103,327	115,496	2.2%	2.67%
1962	2,147,227	118,597	2.09%	2.68%
1963	2,188,895	121,764	1.94%	2.67%
1964	2,228,000	124,894	1.79%	2.57%
1965	2,265,287	127,978	1.67%	2.47%
1966	2,301,871	131,073	1.61%	2.42%
1967	2,337,695	133,764	1.56%	2.05%
1968	2,373,073	136,020	1.51%	1.69%
1969	2,408,469	138,233	1.49%	1.63%
1970	2,437,590	140,400	1.21%	1.57%
1971	2,460,611	142,503	0.94%	1.5%
1972	2,484,742	144,538	0.98%	1.43%
1973	2,510,584	146,516	1.04%	1.37%
1974	2,538,164	149,431	1.1%	1.99%
1975	2,566,998	153,344	1.14%	2.62%
1976	2,596,491	157,113	1.15%	2.46%
1977	2,626,298	159,753	1.15%	1.68%
1978	2,656,211	161,375	1.14%	1.02%
1979	2,683,035	162,882	1.01%	0.93%
1980	2,708,675	164,322	0.96%	0.88%
1981	2,735,987	165,678	1.01%	0.83%
1982	2,763,101	166,484	0.99%	0.49%
1983	2,791,207	166,714	1.02%	0.14%
1984	2,820,518	166,796	1.05%	0.05%
1985	2,850,787	166,849	1.07%	0.03%
1986	2,883,057	167,061	1.13%	0.13%
1987	2,916,306	167,661	1.15%	0.36%
1988	2,948,891	168,346	1.12%	0.41%
1989	2,970,039	168,768	0.72%	0.25%
1990	2,977,912	169,042	0.27%	0.16%
1991	2,981,566	169,368	0.12%	0.19%
1992	2,980,965	170,331	-0.02%	0.57%
1993	2,975,966	171,774	-0.17%	0.85%
1994	2,966,745	173,159	-0.31%	0.81%
1995	2,953,200	174,571	-0.46%	0.82%
1996	2,947,293	176,071	-0.2%	0.86%
1997	2,936,413	177,547	-0.37%	0.84%
1998	2,935,227	178,905	-0.04%	0.76%
1999	2,930,622	180,275	-0.16%	0.77%
2000	2,924,668	181,685	-0.2%	0.78%
2001	2,918,135	183,166	-0.22%	0.82%
2002	2,911,385	184,471	-0.23%	0.71%
2003	2,903,198	185,430	-0.28%	0.52%
2004	2,896,023	186,249	-0.25%	0.44%
2005	2,888,985	186,978	-0.24%	0.39%
2006	2,880,967	187,709	-0.28%	0.39%
2007	2,874,299	188,753	-0.23%	0.56%
2008	2,868,833	190,107	-0.19%	0.72%
2009	2,865,213	191,513	-0.13%	0.74%
2010	2,862,354	193,023	-0.1%	0.79%
2011	2,860,699	194,713	-0.06%	0.88%
2012	2,860,324	196,498	-0.01%	0.92%
2013	2,859,558	198,268	-0.03%	0.9%
2014	2,857,815	200,037	-0.06%	0.89%
2015	2,835,978	201,782	-0.76%	0.87%
2016	2,803,186	203,499	-1.16%	0.85%
2017	2,755,189	205,415	-1.71%	0.94%
2018	2,707,203	207,582	-1.74%	1.05%
2019	2,664,224	209,780	-1.59%	1.06%
2020	2,635,130	211,944	-1.09%	1.03%
2021	2,595,809	213,779	-1.49%	0.87%
2022	2,528,654	215,261	-2.59%	0.69%
2023	2,457,783	216,663	-2.8%	0.65%
2024	2,389,275	218,019	-2.79%	0.63%
2025	2,358,679	219,302	-1.28%	0.59%
2026	2,331,249	220,530	-1.16%	0.56%
2027	2,308,519	221,772	-0.97%	0.56%
2028	2,285,773	223,104	-0.99%	0.6%
2029	2,262,909	224,504	-1%	0.63%
2030	2,239,915	225,968	-1.02%	0.65%
2031	2,217,099	227,581	-1.02%	0.71%
2032	2,194,590	229,298	-1.02%	0.75%
2033	2,172,083	231,110	-1.03%	0.79%
2034	2,149,558	233,061	-1.04%	0.84%
2035	2,127,153	235,172	-1.04%	0.91%
2036	2,105,178	237,415	-1.03%	0.95%
2037	2,083,762	239,730	-1.02%	0.98%
2038	2,062,803	242,155	-1.01%	1.01%
2039	2,042,214	244,653	-1%	1.03%
2040	2,022,294	247,196	-0.98%	1.04%
2041	2,003,296	249,796	-0.94%	1.05%
2042	1,984,924	252,427	-0.92%	1.05%
2043	1,966,961	255,023	-0.9%	1.03%
2044	1,949,608	257,609	-0.88%	1.01%
2045	1,932,647	260,250	-0.87%	1.03%
2046	1,915,982	262,849	-0.86%	1%
2047	1,899,781	265,365	-0.85%	0.96%
2048	1,883,795	267,836	-0.84%	0.93%
2049	1,867,636	270,291	-0.86%	0.92%
2050	1,851,456	272,711	-0.87%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.