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	2,402,306	11,943,408	-2.26%	4.01%
2025	2,371,543	12,188,793	-1.28%	2.05%
2026	2,343,963	12,436,036	-1.16%	2.03%
2027	2,321,110	12,687,301	-0.97%	2.02%
2028	2,298,239	12,941,503	-0.99%	2%
2029	2,275,251	13,198,080	-1%	1.98%
2030	2,252,131	13,457,446	-1.02%	1.97%
2031	2,229,191	13,725,413	-1.02%	1.99%
2032	2,206,559	13,996,343	-1.02%	1.97%
2033	2,183,929	14,261,762	-1.03%	1.9%
2034	2,161,282	14,527,550	-1.04%	1.86%
2035	2,138,754	14,798,602	-1.04%	1.87%
2036	2,116,659	15,070,098	-1.03%	1.83%
2037	2,095,127	15,335,700	-1.02%	1.76%
2038	2,074,054	15,595,968	-1.01%	1.7%
2039	2,053,352	15,850,696	-1%	1.63%
2040	2,033,323	16,101,470	-0.98%	1.58%
2041	2,014,222	16,350,149	-0.94%	1.54%
2042	1,995,750	16,593,361	-0.92%	1.49%
2043	1,977,688	16,829,209	-0.9%	1.42%
2044	1,960,241	17,060,176	-0.88%	1.37%
2045	1,943,187	17,286,412	-0.87%	1.33%
2046	1,926,432	17,509,693	-0.86%	1.29%
2047	1,910,142	17,728,331	-0.85%	1.25%
2048	1,894,069	17,938,437	-0.84%	1.19%
2049	1,877,822	18,142,893	-0.86%	1.14%
2050	1,861,554	18,341,968	-0.87%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.