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	2,389,275	35,300,280	-2.79%	4.74%
2025	2,358,679	35,927,625	-1.28%	1.78%
2026	2,331,249	36,550,694	-1.16%	1.73%
2027	2,308,519	37,167,513	-0.97%	1.69%
2028	2,285,773	37,775,810	-0.99%	1.64%
2029	2,262,909	38,364,377	-1%	1.56%
2030	2,239,915	38,918,375	-1.02%	1.44%
2031	2,217,099	39,450,880	-1.02%	1.37%
2032	2,194,590	39,983,934	-1.02%	1.35%
2033	2,172,083	40,517,599	-1.03%	1.33%
2034	2,149,558	41,052,423	-1.04%	1.32%
2035	2,127,153	41,588,429	-1.04%	1.31%
2036	2,105,178	42,125,184	-1.03%	1.29%
2037	2,083,762	42,661,908	-1.02%	1.27%
2038	2,062,803	43,198,420	-1.01%	1.26%
2039	2,042,214	43,734,316	-1%	1.24%
2040	2,022,294	44,269,571	-0.98%	1.22%
2041	2,003,296	44,804,338	-0.94%	1.21%
2042	1,984,924	45,338,111	-0.92%	1.19%
2043	1,966,961	45,870,896	-0.9%	1.18%
2044	1,949,608	46,403,116	-0.88%	1.16%
2045	1,932,647	46,934,822	-0.87%	1.15%
2046	1,915,982	47,465,267	-0.86%	1.13%
2047	1,899,781	47,993,976	-0.85%	1.11%
2048	1,883,795	48,521,364	-0.84%	1.1%
2049	1,867,636	49,047,461	-0.86%	1.08%
2050	1,851,456	49,572,202	-0.87%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.