Population in Moldova compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Sierra Leone	Moldova	Sierra Leone
1960	2,058,020	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,103,327	2,304,227	2.2%	1.58%
1962	2,147,227	2,342,242	2.09%	1.65%
1963	2,188,895	2,382,258	1.94%	1.71%
1964	2,228,000	2,424,390	1.79%	1.77%
1965	2,265,287	2,468,666	1.67%	1.83%
1966	2,301,871	2,514,638	1.61%	1.86%
1967	2,337,695	2,562,384	1.56%	1.9%
1968	2,373,073	2,611,532	1.51%	1.92%
1969	2,408,469	2,661,365	1.49%	1.91%
1970	2,437,590	2,712,286	1.21%	1.91%
1971	2,460,611	2,763,222	0.94%	1.88%
1972	2,484,742	2,814,388	0.98%	1.85%
1973	2,510,584	2,866,955	1.04%	1.87%
1974	2,538,164	2,920,459	1.1%	1.87%
1975	2,566,998	2,974,657	1.14%	1.86%
1976	2,596,491	3,028,820	1.15%	1.82%
1977	2,626,298	3,085,354	1.15%	1.87%
1978	2,656,211	3,145,517	1.14%	1.95%
1979	2,683,035	3,207,499	1.01%	1.97%
1980	2,708,675	3,272,089	0.96%	2.01%
1981	2,735,987	3,338,940	1.01%	2.04%
1982	2,763,101	3,408,183	0.99%	2.07%
1983	2,791,207	3,481,646	1.02%	2.16%
1984	2,820,518	3,558,758	1.05%	2.21%
1985	2,850,787	3,638,438	1.07%	2.24%
1986	2,883,057	3,728,380	1.13%	2.47%
1987	2,916,306	3,829,718	1.15%	2.72%
1988	2,948,891	3,934,517	1.12%	2.74%
1989	2,970,039	4,034,037	0.72%	2.53%
1990	2,977,912	4,196,828	0.27%	4.04%
1991	2,981,566	4,246,267	0.12%	1.18%
1992	2,980,965	4,166,366	-0.02%	-1.88%
1993	2,975,966	4,157,130	-0.17%	-0.22%
1994	2,966,745	4,173,105	-0.31%	0.38%
1995	2,953,200	4,179,179	-0.46%	0.15%
1996	2,947,293	4,199,210	-0.2%	0.48%
1997	2,936,413	4,253,716	-0.37%	1.3%
1998	2,935,227	4,295,785	-0.04%	0.99%
1999	2,930,622	4,318,043	-0.16%	0.52%
2000	2,924,668	4,423,611	-0.2%	2.44%
2001	2,918,135	4,692,716	-0.22%	6.08%
2002	2,911,385	4,971,435	-0.23%	5.94%
2003	2,903,198	5,177,687	-0.28%	4.15%
2004	2,896,023	5,355,717	-0.25%	3.44%
2005	2,888,985	5,501,712	-0.24%	2.73%
2006	2,880,967	5,624,466	-0.28%	2.23%
2007	2,874,299	5,749,352	-0.23%	2.22%
2008	2,868,833	5,894,722	-0.19%	2.53%
2009	2,865,213	6,055,646	-0.13%	2.73%
2010	2,862,354	6,222,714	-0.1%	2.76%
2011	2,860,699	6,387,251	-0.06%	2.64%
2012	2,860,324	6,551,080	-0.01%	2.56%
2013	2,859,558	6,714,051	-0.03%	2.49%
2014	2,857,815	6,876,385	-0.06%	2.42%
2015	2,835,978	7,037,655	-0.76%	2.35%
2016	2,803,186	7,205,328	-1.16%	2.38%
2017	2,755,189	7,379,299	-1.71%	2.41%
2018	2,707,203	7,554,563	-1.74%	2.38%
2019	2,664,224	7,731,991	-1.59%	2.35%
2020	2,635,130	7,912,558	-1.09%	2.34%
2021	2,595,809	8,094,602	-1.49%	2.3%
2022	2,528,654	8,276,807	-2.59%	2.25%
2023	2,457,783	8,460,512	-2.8%	2.22%
2024	2,389,275	8,642,022	-2.79%	2.15%
2025	2,358,679	8,819,789	-1.28%	2.06%
2026	2,331,249	8,996,743	-1.16%	2.01%
2027	2,308,519	9,174,695	-0.97%	1.98%
2028	2,285,773	9,349,021	-0.99%	1.9%
2029	2,262,909	9,520,811	-1%	1.84%
2030	2,239,915	9,694,851	-1.02%	1.83%
2031	2,217,099	9,870,295	-1.02%	1.81%
2032	2,194,590	10,047,193	-1.02%	1.79%
2033	2,172,083	10,221,006	-1.03%	1.73%
2034	2,149,558	10,391,485	-1.04%	1.67%
2035	2,127,153	10,563,163	-1.04%	1.65%
2036	2,105,178	10,734,341	-1.03%	1.62%
2037	2,083,762	10,902,263	-1.02%	1.56%
2038	2,062,803	11,066,143	-1.01%	1.5%
2039	2,042,214	11,230,060	-1%	1.48%
2040	2,022,294	11,398,391	-0.98%	1.5%
2041	2,003,296	11,566,213	-0.94%	1.47%
2042	1,984,924	11,728,787	-0.92%	1.41%
2043	1,966,961	11,887,934	-0.9%	1.36%
2044	1,949,608	12,049,424	-0.88%	1.36%
2045	1,932,647	12,208,872	-0.87%	1.32%
2046	1,915,982	12,363,446	-0.86%	1.27%
2047	1,899,781	12,512,739	-0.85%	1.21%
2048	1,883,795	12,659,609	-0.84%	1.17%
2049	1,867,636	12,805,136	-0.86%	1.15%
2050	1,851,456	12,948,320	-0.87%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.