Population in Moldova compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	South Africa	Moldova	South Africa
1960	2,058,020	16,440,172	-	-
1961	2,103,327	16,908,035	2.2%	2.85%
1962	2,147,227	17,418,522	2.09%	3.02%
1963	2,188,895	17,954,564	1.94%	3.08%
1964	2,228,000	18,511,361	1.79%	3.1%
1965	2,265,287	19,089,380	1.67%	3.12%
1966	2,301,871	19,690,087	1.61%	3.15%
1967	2,337,695	20,314,066	1.56%	3.17%
1968	2,373,073	20,957,287	1.51%	3.17%
1969	2,408,469	21,614,676	1.49%	3.14%
1970	2,437,590	22,279,984	1.21%	3.08%
1971	2,460,611	22,942,143	0.94%	2.97%
1972	2,484,742	23,609,456	0.98%	2.91%
1973	2,510,584	24,294,263	1.04%	2.9%
1974	2,538,164	24,989,108	1.1%	2.86%
1975	2,566,998	25,690,940	1.14%	2.81%
1976	2,596,491	26,395,450	1.15%	2.74%
1977	2,626,298	27,118,952	1.15%	2.74%
1978	2,656,211	27,869,507	1.14%	2.77%
1979	2,683,035	28,634,162	1.01%	2.74%
1980	2,708,675	29,518,857	0.96%	3.09%
1981	2,735,987	30,541,044	1.01%	3.46%
1982	2,763,101	31,615,339	0.99%	3.52%
1983	2,791,207	32,739,304	1.02%	3.56%
1984	2,820,518	33,892,788	1.05%	3.52%
1985	2,850,787	35,042,093	1.07%	3.39%
1986	2,883,057	36,180,515	1.13%	3.25%
1987	2,916,306	37,326,190	1.15%	3.17%
1988	2,948,891	38,480,649	1.12%	3.09%
1989	2,970,039	39,628,575	0.72%	2.98%
1990	2,977,912	40,746,268	0.27%	2.82%
1991	2,981,566	41,687,898	0.12%	2.31%
1992	2,980,965	42,443,509	-0.02%	1.81%
1993	2,975,966	43,297,156	-0.17%	2.01%
1994	2,966,745	44,004,139	-0.31%	1.63%
1995	2,953,200	44,541,554	-0.46%	1.22%
1996	2,947,293	45,123,018	-0.2%	1.31%
1997	2,936,413	45,666,838	-0.37%	1.21%
1998	2,935,227	46,223,880	-0.04%	1.22%
1999	2,930,622	46,730,335	-0.16%	1.1%
2000	2,924,668	47,159,719	-0.2%	0.92%
2001	2,918,135	47,566,800	-0.22%	0.86%
2002	2,911,385	48,019,415	-0.23%	0.95%
2003	2,903,198	48,500,348	-0.28%	1%
2004	2,896,023	48,991,421	-0.25%	1.01%
2005	2,888,985	49,490,033	-0.24%	1.02%
2006	2,880,967	49,998,277	-0.28%	1.03%
2007	2,874,299	50,528,584	-0.23%	1.06%
2008	2,868,833	51,114,599	-0.19%	1.16%
2009	2,865,213	51,728,516	-0.13%	1.2%
2010	2,862,354	52,344,051	-0.1%	1.19%
2011	2,860,699	52,995,205	-0.06%	1.24%
2012	2,860,324	53,782,567	-0.01%	1.49%
2013	2,859,558	54,678,791	-0.03%	1.67%
2014	2,857,815	55,594,838	-0.06%	1.68%
2015	2,835,978	56,723,537	-0.76%	2.03%
2016	2,803,186	57,259,551	-1.16%	0.94%
2017	2,755,189	57,635,162	-1.71%	0.66%
2018	2,707,203	58,613,001	-1.74%	1.7%
2019	2,664,224	59,587,885	-1.59%	1.66%
2020	2,635,130	60,562,381	-1.09%	1.64%
2021	2,595,809	61,502,603	-1.49%	1.55%
2022	2,528,654	62,378,410	-2.59%	1.42%
2023	2,457,783	63,212,384	-2.8%	1.34%
2024	2,389,275	64,007,187	-2.79%	1.26%
2025	2,358,679	64,747,317	-1.28%	1.16%
2026	2,331,249	65,453,086	-1.16%	1.09%
2027	2,308,519	66,143,018	-0.97%	1.05%
2028	2,285,773	66,830,384	-0.99%	1.04%
2029	2,262,909	67,506,850	-1%	1.01%
2030	2,239,915	68,161,357	-1.02%	0.97%
2031	2,217,099	68,798,574	-1.02%	0.93%
2032	2,194,590	69,426,441	-1.02%	0.91%
2033	2,172,083	70,040,484	-1.03%	0.88%
2034	2,149,558	70,641,572	-1.04%	0.86%
2035	2,127,153	71,234,749	-1.04%	0.84%
2036	2,105,178	71,816,372	-1.03%	0.82%
2037	2,083,762	72,387,807	-1.02%	0.8%
2038	2,062,803	72,949,611	-1.01%	0.78%
2039	2,042,214	73,496,152	-1%	0.75%
2040	2,022,294	74,035,615	-0.98%	0.73%
2041	2,003,296	74,575,444	-0.94%	0.73%
2042	1,984,924	75,111,899	-0.92%	0.72%
2043	1,966,961	75,641,512	-0.9%	0.71%
2044	1,949,608	76,164,461	-0.88%	0.69%
2045	1,932,647	76,681,448	-0.87%	0.68%
2046	1,915,982	77,199,542	-0.86%	0.68%
2047	1,899,781	77,716,650	-0.85%	0.67%
2048	1,883,795	78,215,323	-0.84%	0.64%
2049	1,867,636	78,699,584	-0.86%	0.62%
2050	1,851,456	79,177,329	-0.87%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.