The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,402,306 in 2024 vs 18,501,984 people in Senegal in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,343,963 people compared to 19,371,362 in Senegal.
Population statistics:
- Senegal's population is 8.26 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Moldova is ranked the 144th most populous country in the world, while Senegal is the 68th.
- The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.03% for Moldova vs 0.23% for Senegal.
- For the last 10 years, Moldova has had an average growth rate of -1.57% per year vs +2.76% in Senegal.
- Since 2006, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.88M people to 2.34M (18.6% decline), while Senegal has grown from 11.5M to 19.4M (68.4% growth).
- Senegal is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 47M 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 Senegal: live population counter
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| Current population |
2343963
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19371362
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| Population rank | 144/197 | 68/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
9.47 minutes
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1.24 minutes
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| One birth every |
19.9 minutes
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59.3 seconds
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| One death every |
15.7 minutes
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5.21 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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51 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -27,088 | -10,307 |
| Daily growth/decline | -152 | +1,163 |
| Annual growth/decline | -55,477 | +424,411 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -2.26% | +2.35% |
| Population growth rate rank | 196/197 | 35/197 |
Moldova and Senegal: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,058,020 | 3,340,907 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,103,327 | 3,436,375 | 2.2% | 2.86% |
| 1962 | 2,147,227 | 3,534,686 | 2.09% | 2.86% |
| 1963 | 2,188,895 | 3,635,876 | 1.94% | 2.86% |
| 1964 | 2,228,000 | 3,740,535 | 1.79% | 2.88% |
| 1965 | 2,265,287 | 3,849,788 | 1.67% | 2.92% |
| 1966 | 2,301,871 | 3,964,299 | 1.61% | 2.97% |
| 1967 | 2,337,695 | 4,083,870 | 1.56% | 3.02% |
| 1968 | 2,373,073 | 4,207,587 | 1.51% | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 2,408,469 | 4,334,974 | 1.49% | 3.03% |
| 1970 | 2,437,590 | 4,466,328 | 1.21% | 3.03% |
| 1971 | 2,460,611 | 4,601,864 | 0.94% | 3.03% |
| 1972 | 2,484,742 | 4,741,631 | 0.98% | 3.04% |
| 1973 | 2,510,584 | 4,885,181 | 1.04% | 3.03% |
| 1974 | 2,538,164 | 5,029,437 | 1.1% | 2.95% |
| 1975 | 2,566,998 | 5,170,810 | 1.14% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 2,596,491 | 5,308,564 | 1.15% | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 2,626,298 | 5,439,549 | 1.15% | 2.47% |
| 1978 | 2,656,211 | 5,568,096 | 1.14% | 2.36% |
| 1979 | 2,683,035 | 5,702,895 | 1.01% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 2,708,675 | 5,845,638 | 0.96% | 2.5% |
| 1981 | 2,735,987 | 5,997,160 | 1.01% | 2.59% |
| 1982 | 2,763,101 | 6,156,961 | 0.99% | 2.66% |
| 1983 | 2,791,207 | 6,324,504 | 1.02% | 2.72% |
| 1984 | 2,820,518 | 6,499,364 | 1.05% | 2.76% |
| 1985 | 2,850,787 | 6,683,287 | 1.07% | 2.83% |
| 1986 | 2,883,057 | 6,878,192 | 1.13% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 2,916,306 | 7,081,530 | 1.15% | 2.96% |
| 1988 | 2,948,891 | 7,289,618 | 1.12% | 2.94% |
| 1989 | 2,970,039 | 7,502,207 | 0.72% | 2.92% |
| 1990 | 2,977,912 | 7,720,523 | 0.27% | 2.91% |
| 1991 | 2,981,566 | 7,943,085 | 0.12% | 2.88% |
| 1992 | 2,980,965 | 8,168,395 | -0.02% | 2.84% |
| 1993 | 2,975,966 | 8,396,288 | -0.17% | 2.79% |
| 1994 | 2,966,745 | 8,624,078 | -0.31% | 2.71% |
| 1995 | 2,953,200 | 8,848,101 | -0.46% | 2.6% |
| 1996 | 2,947,293 | 9,067,014 | -0.2% | 2.47% |
| 1997 | 2,936,413 | 9,283,495 | -0.37% | 2.39% |
| 1998 | 2,935,227 | 9,502,952 | -0.04% | 2.36% |
| 1999 | 2,930,622 | 9,730,887 | -0.16% | 2.4% |
| 2000 | 2,924,668 | 9,968,260 | -0.2% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 2,918,135 | 10,212,942 | -0.22% | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 2,911,385 | 10,466,214 | -0.23% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 2,903,198 | 10,721,176 | -0.28% | 2.44% |
| 2004 | 2,896,023 | 10,975,704 | -0.25% | 2.37% |
| 2005 | 2,888,985 | 11,235,472 | -0.24% | 2.37% |
| 2006 | 2,880,967 | 11,500,094 | -0.28% | 2.36% |
| 2007 | 2,874,299 | 11,770,344 | -0.23% | 2.35% |
| 2008 | 2,868,833 | 12,048,959 | -0.19% | 2.37% |
| 2009 | 2,865,213 | 12,337,389 | -0.13% | 2.39% |
| 2010 | 2,862,354 | 12,635,413 | -0.1% | 2.42% |
| 2011 | 2,860,699 | 12,958,897 | -0.06% | 2.56% |
| 2012 | 2,860,324 | 13,310,495 | -0.01% | 2.71% |
| 2013 | 2,859,558 | 13,710,849 | -0.03% | 3.01% |
| 2014 | 2,857,815 | 14,152,102 | -0.06% | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 2,835,978 | 14,593,331 | -0.76% | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 2,803,186 | 15,034,521 | -1.16% | 3.02% |
| 2017 | 2,755,189 | 15,475,002 | -1.71% | 2.93% |
| 2018 | 2,707,203 | 15,914,498 | -1.74% | 2.84% |
| 2019 | 2,664,224 | 16,352,922 | -1.59% | 2.75% |
| 2020 | 2,635,130 | 16,789,219 | -1.09% | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 2,595,809 | 17,220,867 | -1.49% | 2.57% |
| 2022 | 2,528,654 | 17,651,103 | -2.59% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 2,457,783 | 18,077,573 | -2.8% | 2.42% |
| 2024 | 2,402,306 | 18,501,984 | -2.26% | 2.35% |
| 2025 | 2,371,543 | 18,931,964 | -1.28% | 2.32% |
| 2026 | 2,343,963 | 19,366,546 | -1.16% | 2.3% |
| 2027 | 2,321,110 | 19,807,242 | -0.97% | 2.28% |
| 2028 | 2,298,239 | 20,254,562 | -0.99% | 2.26% |
| 2029 | 2,275,251 | 20,706,628 | -1% | 2.23% |
| 2030 | 2,252,131 | 21,163,189 | -1.02% | 2.2% |
| 2031 | 2,229,191 | 21,623,709 | -1.02% | 2.18% |
| 2032 | 2,206,559 | 22,085,928 | -1.02% | 2.14% |
| 2033 | 2,183,929 | 22,548,831 | -1.03% | 2.1% |
| 2034 | 2,161,282 | 23,012,018 | -1.04% | 2.05% |
| 2035 | 2,138,754 | 23,476,591 | -1.04% | 2.02% |
| 2036 | 2,116,659 | 23,942,221 | -1.03% | 1.98% |
| 2037 | 2,095,127 | 24,407,574 | -1.02% | 1.94% |
| 2038 | 2,074,054 | 24,872,512 | -1.01% | 1.9% |
| 2039 | 2,053,352 | 25,335,991 | -1% | 1.86% |
| 2040 | 2,033,323 | 25,797,506 | -0.98% | 1.82% |
| 2041 | 2,014,222 | 26,257,464 | -0.94% | 1.78% |
| 2042 | 1,995,750 | 26,716,424 | -0.92% | 1.75% |
| 2043 | 1,977,688 | 27,174,896 | -0.9% | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 1,960,241 | 27,632,997 | -0.88% | 1.69% |
| 2045 | 1,943,187 | 28,089,695 | -0.87% | 1.65% |
| 2046 | 1,926,432 | 28,546,280 | -0.86% | 1.63% |
| 2047 | 1,910,142 | 29,002,001 | -0.85% | 1.6% |
| 2048 | 1,894,069 | 29,457,233 | -0.84% | 1.57% |
| 2049 | 1,877,822 | 29,911,840 | -0.86% | 1.54% |
| 2050 | 1,861,554 | 30,364,944 | -0.87% | 1.51% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).
Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.
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Population differences between Moldova and Senegal
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| Life expectancy | 71.6 years | 69.4 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 24.5 years |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 20.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46:54 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 3.82 births per woman |
| Population density | 188.9 ppl/mi² | 248.9 ppl/mi² |
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