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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	South Sudan	Moldova	South Sudan
1960	2,058,020	2,931,559	-	-
1961	2,103,327	2,976,724	2.2%	1.54%
1962	2,147,227	3,024,308	2.09%	1.6%
1963	2,188,895	3,072,669	1.94%	1.6%
1964	2,228,000	3,129,918	1.79%	1.86%
1965	2,265,287	3,189,835	1.67%	1.91%
1966	2,301,871	3,236,423	1.61%	1.46%
1967	2,337,695	3,277,648	1.56%	1.27%
1968	2,373,073	3,321,528	1.51%	1.34%
1969	2,408,469	3,365,533	1.49%	1.32%
1970	2,437,590	3,409,614	1.21%	1.31%
1971	2,460,611	3,468,646	0.94%	1.73%
1972	2,484,742	3,542,497	0.98%	2.13%
1973	2,510,584	3,627,383	1.04%	2.4%
1974	2,538,164	3,723,259	1.1%	2.64%
1975	2,566,998	3,821,494	1.14%	2.64%
1976	2,596,491	3,921,910	1.15%	2.63%
1977	2,626,298	4,024,032	1.15%	2.6%
1978	2,656,211	4,127,657	1.14%	2.58%
1979	2,683,035	4,232,605	1.01%	2.54%
1980	2,708,675	4,339,030	0.96%	2.51%
1981	2,735,987	4,447,272	1.01%	2.49%
1982	2,763,101	4,557,686	0.99%	2.48%
1983	2,791,207	4,661,574	1.02%	2.28%
1984	2,820,518	4,750,627	1.05%	1.91%
1985	2,850,787	4,834,296	1.07%	1.76%
1986	2,883,057	4,921,240	1.13%	1.8%
1987	2,916,306	4,962,395	1.15%	0.84%
1988	2,948,891	4,848,029	1.12%	-2.3%
1989	2,970,039	4,713,229	0.72%	-2.78%
1990	2,977,912	4,737,633	0.27%	0.52%
1991	2,981,566	4,836,677	0.12%	2.09%
1992	2,980,965	4,909,749	-0.02%	1.51%
1993	2,975,966	4,956,002	-0.17%	0.94%
1994	2,966,745	5,071,184	-0.31%	2.32%
1995	2,953,200	5,225,836	-0.46%	3.05%
1996	2,947,293	5,356,925	-0.2%	2.51%
1997	2,936,413	5,509,136	-0.37%	2.84%
1998	2,935,227	5,620,068	-0.04%	2.01%
1999	2,930,622	5,771,628	-0.16%	2.7%
2000	2,924,668	6,032,267	-0.2%	4.52%
2001	2,918,135	6,308,391	-0.22%	4.58%
2002	2,911,385	6,596,806	-0.23%	4.57%
2003	2,903,198	6,903,127	-0.28%	4.64%
2004	2,896,023	7,233,041	-0.25%	4.78%
2005	2,888,985	7,590,143	-0.24%	4.94%
2006	2,880,967	7,976,526	-0.28%	5.09%
2007	2,874,299	8,388,788	-0.23%	5.17%
2008	2,868,833	8,817,647	-0.19%	5.11%
2009	2,865,213	9,243,556	-0.13%	4.83%
2010	2,862,354	9,745,953	-0.1%	5.44%
2011	2,860,699	10,288,109	-0.06%	5.56%
2012	2,860,324	10,756,240	-0.01%	4.55%
2013	2,859,558	11,166,275	-0.03%	3.81%
2014	2,857,815	11,235,073	-0.06%	0.62%
2015	2,835,978	11,107,561	-0.76%	-1.13%
2016	2,803,186	10,830,102	-1.16%	-2.5%
2017	2,755,189	10,259,154	-1.71%	-5.27%
2018	2,707,203	10,122,977	-1.74%	-1.33%
2019	2,664,224	10,423,384	-1.59%	2.97%
2020	2,635,130	10,698,467	-1.09%	2.64%
2021	2,595,809	10,865,780	-1.49%	1.56%
2022	2,528,654	11,021,177	-2.59%	1.43%
2023	2,457,783	11,483,374	-2.8%	4.19%
2024	2,389,275	11,943,408	-2.79%	4.01%
2025	2,358,679	12,188,793	-1.28%	2.05%
2026	2,331,249	12,436,036	-1.16%	2.03%
2027	2,308,519	12,687,301	-0.97%	2.02%
2028	2,285,773	12,941,503	-0.99%	2%
2029	2,262,909	13,198,080	-1%	1.98%
2030	2,239,915	13,457,446	-1.02%	1.97%
2031	2,217,099	13,725,413	-1.02%	1.99%
2032	2,194,590	13,996,343	-1.02%	1.97%
2033	2,172,083	14,261,762	-1.03%	1.9%
2034	2,149,558	14,527,550	-1.04%	1.86%
2035	2,127,153	14,798,602	-1.04%	1.87%
2036	2,105,178	15,070,098	-1.03%	1.83%
2037	2,083,762	15,335,700	-1.02%	1.76%
2038	2,062,803	15,595,968	-1.01%	1.7%
2039	2,042,214	15,850,696	-1%	1.63%
2040	2,022,294	16,101,470	-0.98%	1.58%
2041	2,003,296	16,350,149	-0.94%	1.54%
2042	1,984,924	16,593,361	-0.92%	1.49%
2043	1,966,961	16,829,209	-0.9%	1.42%
2044	1,949,608	17,060,176	-0.88%	1.37%
2045	1,932,647	17,286,412	-0.87%	1.33%
2046	1,915,982	17,509,693	-0.86%	1.29%
2047	1,899,781	17,728,331	-0.85%	1.25%
2048	1,883,795	17,938,437	-0.84%	1.19%
2049	1,867,636	18,142,893	-0.86%	1.14%
2050	1,851,456	18,341,968	-0.87%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.