Population in Moldova compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Saudi Arabia	Moldova	Saudi Arabia
1960	2,058,020	2,435,403	-	-
1961	2,103,327	2,526,347	2.2%	3.73%
1962	2,147,227	2,620,910	2.09%	3.74%
1963	2,188,895	2,719,341	1.94%	3.76%
1964	2,228,000	2,821,968	1.79%	3.77%
1965	2,265,287	2,928,771	1.67%	3.78%
1966	2,301,871	3,039,887	1.61%	3.79%
1967	2,337,695	3,157,242	1.56%	3.86%
1968	2,373,073	3,282,711	1.51%	3.97%
1969	2,408,469	3,417,114	1.49%	4.09%
1970	2,437,590	3,562,470	1.21%	4.25%
1971	2,460,611	3,724,031	0.94%	4.54%
1972	2,484,742	3,905,722	0.98%	4.88%
1973	2,510,584	4,106,344	1.04%	5.14%
1974	2,538,164	4,323,632	1.1%	5.29%
1975	2,566,998	4,556,287	1.14%	5.38%
1976	2,596,491	4,807,933	1.15%	5.52%
1977	2,626,298	5,083,048	1.15%	5.72%
1978	2,656,211	5,381,902	1.14%	5.88%
1979	2,683,035	5,703,698	1.01%	5.98%
1980	2,708,675	6,047,997	0.96%	6.04%
1981	2,735,987	6,420,551	1.01%	6.16%
1982	2,763,101	6,824,486	0.99%	6.29%
1983	2,791,207	7,252,941	1.02%	6.28%
1984	2,820,518	7,697,307	1.05%	6.13%
1985	2,850,787	8,151,779	1.07%	5.9%
1986	2,883,057	8,628,639	1.13%	5.85%
1987	2,916,306	9,130,194	1.15%	5.81%
1988	2,948,891	9,629,165	1.12%	5.47%
1989	2,970,039	10,128,394	0.72%	5.18%
1990	2,977,912	10,640,691	0.27%	5.06%
1991	2,981,566	11,160,744	0.12%	4.89%
1992	2,980,965	11,686,676	-0.02%	4.71%
1993	2,975,966	12,215,862	-0.17%	4.53%
1994	2,966,745	12,750,040	-0.31%	4.37%
1995	2,953,200	13,289,245	-0.46%	4.23%
1996	2,947,293	13,831,009	-0.2%	4.08%
1997	2,936,413	14,374,943	-0.37%	3.93%
1998	2,935,227	14,922,185	-0.04%	3.81%
1999	2,930,622	15,472,075	-0.16%	3.69%
2000	2,924,668	16,177,722	-0.2%	4.56%
2001	2,918,135	17,041,397	-0.22%	5.34%
2002	2,911,385	17,910,910	-0.23%	5.1%
2003	2,903,198	18,786,767	-0.28%	4.89%
2004	2,896,023	19,669,480	-0.25%	4.7%
2005	2,888,985	20,559,890	-0.24%	4.53%
2006	2,880,967	21,459,144	-0.28%	4.37%
2007	2,874,299	22,368,313	-0.23%	4.24%
2008	2,868,833	23,287,877	-0.19%	4.11%
2009	2,865,213	24,217,654	-0.13%	3.99%
2010	2,862,354	23,978,487	-0.1%	-0.99%
2011	2,860,699	25,091,867	-0.06%	4.64%
2012	2,860,324	26,168,861	-0.01%	4.29%
2013	2,859,558	27,624,004	-0.03%	5.56%
2014	2,857,815	28,309,273	-0.06%	2.48%
2015	2,835,978	29,816,382	-0.76%	5.32%
2016	2,803,186	30,954,198	-1.16%	3.82%
2017	2,755,189	30,977,355	-1.71%	0.07%
2018	2,707,203	30,196,281	-1.74%	-2.52%
2019	2,664,224	30,063,799	-1.59%	-0.44%
2020	2,635,130	31,552,510	-1.09%	4.95%
2021	2,595,809	30,784,383	-1.49%	-2.43%
2022	2,528,654	32,175,224	-2.59%	4.52%
2023	2,457,783	33,702,731	-2.8%	4.75%
2024	2,402,306	35,300,280	-2.26%	4.74%
2025	2,371,543	35,927,625	-1.28%	1.78%
2026	2,343,963	36,550,694	-1.16%	1.73%
2027	2,321,110	37,167,513	-0.97%	1.69%
2028	2,298,239	37,775,810	-0.99%	1.64%
2029	2,275,251	38,364,377	-1%	1.56%
2030	2,252,131	38,918,375	-1.02%	1.44%
2031	2,229,191	39,450,880	-1.02%	1.37%
2032	2,206,559	39,983,934	-1.02%	1.35%
2033	2,183,929	40,517,599	-1.03%	1.33%
2034	2,161,282	41,052,423	-1.04%	1.32%
2035	2,138,754	41,588,429	-1.04%	1.31%
2036	2,116,659	42,125,184	-1.03%	1.29%
2037	2,095,127	42,661,908	-1.02%	1.27%
2038	2,074,054	43,198,420	-1.01%	1.26%
2039	2,053,352	43,734,316	-1%	1.24%
2040	2,033,323	44,269,571	-0.98%	1.22%
2041	2,014,222	44,804,338	-0.94%	1.21%
2042	1,995,750	45,338,111	-0.92%	1.19%
2043	1,977,688	45,870,896	-0.9%	1.18%
2044	1,960,241	46,403,116	-0.88%	1.16%
2045	1,943,187	46,934,822	-0.87%	1.15%
2046	1,926,432	47,465,267	-0.86%	1.13%
2047	1,910,142	47,993,976	-0.85%	1.11%
2048	1,894,069	48,521,364	-0.84%	1.1%
2049	1,877,822	49,047,461	-0.86%	1.08%
2050	1,861,554	49,572,202	-0.87%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.