Population in Moldova compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Sri Lanka	Moldova	Sri Lanka
1960	2,058,020	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,103,327	9,899,372	2.2%	2.46%
1962	2,147,227	10,143,754	2.09%	2.47%
1963	2,188,895	10,395,040	1.94%	2.48%
1964	2,228,000	10,653,397	1.79%	2.49%
1965	2,265,287	10,916,965	1.67%	2.47%
1966	2,301,871	11,183,928	1.61%	2.45%
1967	2,337,695	11,457,328	1.56%	2.44%
1968	2,373,073	11,736,088	1.51%	2.43%
1969	2,408,469	12,013,858	1.49%	2.37%
1970	2,437,590	12,287,110	1.21%	2.27%
1971	2,460,611	12,551,910	0.94%	2.16%
1972	2,484,742	12,809,205	0.98%	2.05%
1973	2,510,584	13,060,916	1.04%	1.97%
1974	2,538,164	13,305,693	1.1%	1.87%
1975	2,566,998	13,548,984	1.14%	1.83%
1976	2,596,491	13,796,770	1.15%	1.83%
1977	2,626,298	14,049,371	1.15%	1.83%
1978	2,656,211	14,310,128	1.14%	1.86%
1979	2,683,035	14,579,614	1.01%	1.88%
1980	2,708,675	14,847,974	0.96%	1.84%
1981	2,735,987	15,099,414	1.01%	1.69%
1982	2,763,101	15,286,567	0.99%	1.24%
1983	2,791,207	15,388,794	1.02%	0.67%
1984	2,820,518	15,441,860	1.05%	0.34%
1985	2,850,787	15,544,154	1.07%	0.66%
1986	2,883,057	15,731,256	1.13%	1.2%
1987	2,916,306	15,916,576	1.15%	1.18%
1988	2,948,891	16,078,621	1.12%	1.02%
1989	2,970,039	16,248,557	0.72%	1.06%
1990	2,977,912	16,352,458	0.27%	0.64%
1991	2,981,566	16,475,354	0.12%	0.75%
1992	2,980,965	16,739,284	-0.02%	1.6%
1993	2,975,966	17,025,918	-0.17%	1.71%
1994	2,966,745	17,275,773	-0.31%	1.47%
1995	2,953,200	17,564,068	-0.46%	1.67%
1996	2,947,293	17,905,018	-0.2%	1.94%
1997	2,936,413	18,248,200	-0.37%	1.92%
1998	2,935,227	18,596,003	-0.04%	1.91%
1999	2,930,622	18,944,731	-0.16%	1.88%
2000	2,924,668	19,293,054	-0.2%	1.84%
2001	2,918,135	19,600,362	-0.22%	1.59%
2002	2,911,385	19,805,752	-0.23%	1.05%
2003	2,903,198	19,951,521	-0.28%	0.74%
2004	2,896,023	20,087,605	-0.25%	0.68%
2005	2,888,985	20,216,524	-0.24%	0.64%
2006	2,880,967	20,352,411	-0.28%	0.67%
2007	2,874,299	20,492,545	-0.23%	0.69%
2008	2,868,833	20,629,378	-0.19%	0.67%
2009	2,865,213	20,756,435	-0.13%	0.62%
2010	2,862,354	20,879,089	-0.1%	0.59%
2011	2,860,699	21,009,048	-0.06%	0.62%
2012	2,860,324	21,169,458	-0.01%	0.76%
2013	2,859,558	20,585,000	-0.03%	-2.76%
2014	2,857,815	20,778,000	-0.06%	0.94%
2015	2,835,978	20,970,000	-0.76%	0.92%
2016	2,803,186	21,209,000	-1.16%	1.14%
2017	2,755,189	21,453,000	-1.71%	1.15%
2018	2,707,203	21,670,000	-1.74%	1.01%
2019	2,664,224	21,803,000	-1.59%	0.61%
2020	2,635,130	21,919,000	-1.09%	0.53%
2021	2,595,809	22,156,000	-1.49%	1.08%
2022	2,528,654	22,181,000	-2.59%	0.11%
2023	2,457,783	22,037,000	-2.8%	-0.65%
2024	2,389,275	21,916,000	-2.79%	-0.55%
2025	2,358,679	22,035,440	-1.28%	0.54%
2026	2,331,249	22,148,172	-1.16%	0.51%
2027	2,308,519	22,255,601	-0.97%	0.49%
2028	2,285,773	22,357,682	-0.99%	0.46%
2029	2,262,909	22,453,922	-1%	0.43%
2030	2,239,915	22,546,245	-1.02%	0.41%
2031	2,217,099	22,635,106	-1.02%	0.39%
2032	2,194,590	22,720,118	-1.02%	0.38%
2033	2,172,083	22,802,043	-1.03%	0.36%
2034	2,149,558	22,879,527	-1.04%	0.34%
2035	2,127,153	22,952,739	-1.04%	0.32%
2036	2,105,178	23,022,027	-1.03%	0.3%
2037	2,083,762	23,088,877	-1.02%	0.29%
2038	2,062,803	23,152,480	-1.01%	0.28%
2039	2,042,214	23,211,633	-1%	0.26%
2040	2,022,294	23,265,986	-0.98%	0.23%
2041	2,003,296	23,315,260	-0.94%	0.21%
2042	1,984,924	23,359,578	-0.92%	0.19%
2043	1,966,961	23,398,752	-0.9%	0.17%
2044	1,949,608	23,433,096	-0.88%	0.15%
2045	1,932,647	23,464,943	-0.87%	0.14%
2046	1,915,982	23,492,738	-0.86%	0.12%
2047	1,899,781	23,512,629	-0.85%	0.08%
2048	1,883,795	23,525,953	-0.84%	0.06%
2049	1,867,636	23,533,940	-0.86%	0.03%
2050	1,851,456	23,538,230	-0.87%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.