Population in Moldova compared to Suriname: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and Suriname: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Suriname	Moldova	Suriname
1960	2,058,020	263,918	-	-
1961	2,103,327	272,791	2.2%	3.36%
1962	2,147,227	283,912	2.09%	4.08%
1963	2,188,895	297,034	1.94%	4.62%
1964	2,228,000	309,041	1.79%	4.04%
1965	2,265,287	320,000	1.67%	3.55%
1966	2,301,871	331,135	1.61%	3.48%
1967	2,337,695	342,679	1.56%	3.49%
1968	2,373,073	354,616	1.51%	3.48%
1969	2,408,469	366,906	1.49%	3.47%
1970	2,437,590	379,442	1.21%	3.42%
1971	2,460,611	391,932	0.94%	3.29%
1972	2,484,742	397,413	0.98%	1.4%
1973	2,510,584	395,772	1.04%	-0.41%
1974	2,538,164	393,676	1.1%	-0.53%
1975	2,566,998	391,170	1.14%	-0.64%
1976	2,596,491	388,289	1.15%	-0.74%
1977	2,626,298	385,067	1.15%	-0.83%
1978	2,656,211	381,502	1.14%	-0.93%
1979	2,683,035	377,602	1.01%	-1.02%
1980	2,708,675	375,377	0.96%	-0.59%
1981	2,735,987	375,459	1.01%	0.02%
1982	2,763,101	376,555	0.99%	0.29%
1983	2,791,207	378,746	1.02%	0.58%
1984	2,820,518	382,193	1.05%	0.91%
1985	2,850,787	386,972	1.07%	1.25%
1986	2,883,057	392,330	1.13%	1.38%
1987	2,916,306	396,911	1.15%	1.17%
1988	2,948,891	402,227	1.12%	1.34%
1989	2,970,039	408,409	0.72%	1.54%
1990	2,977,912	412,493	0.27%	1%
1991	2,981,566	415,013	0.12%	0.61%
1992	2,980,965	417,589	-0.02%	0.62%
1993	2,975,966	419,352	-0.17%	0.42%
1994	2,966,745	422,375	-0.31%	0.72%
1995	2,953,200	429,606	-0.46%	1.71%
1996	2,947,293	438,830	-0.2%	2.15%
1997	2,936,413	448,067	-0.37%	2.1%
1998	2,935,227	457,406	-0.04%	2.08%
1999	2,930,622	466,916	-0.16%	2.08%
2000	2,924,668	476,643	-0.2%	2.08%
2001	2,918,135	486,560	-0.22%	2.08%
2002	2,911,385	496,551	-0.23%	2.05%
2003	2,903,198	506,414	-0.28%	1.99%
2004	2,896,023	513,923	-0.25%	1.48%
2005	2,888,985	519,313	-0.24%	1.05%
2006	2,880,967	524,997	-0.28%	1.09%
2007	2,874,299	531,016	-0.23%	1.15%
2008	2,868,833	537,245	-0.19%	1.17%
2009	2,865,213	543,568	-0.13%	1.18%
2010	2,862,354	549,923	-0.1%	1.17%
2011	2,860,699	556,269	-0.06%	1.15%
2012	2,860,324	562,633	-0.01%	1.14%
2013	2,859,558	569,020	-0.03%	1.14%
2014	2,857,815	575,373	-0.06%	1.12%
2015	2,835,978	581,627	-0.76%	1.09%
2016	2,803,186	587,757	-1.16%	1.05%
2017	2,755,189	593,713	-1.71%	1.01%
2018	2,707,203	599,513	-1.74%	0.98%
2019	2,664,224	605,768	-1.59%	1.04%
2020	2,635,130	612,317	-1.09%	1.08%
2021	2,595,809	617,896	-1.49%	0.91%
2022	2,528,654	623,164	-2.59%	0.85%
2023	2,457,783	628,886	-2.8%	0.92%
2024	2,402,306	634,431	-2.26%	0.88%
2025	2,371,543	639,852	-1.28%	0.85%
2026	2,343,963	645,257	-1.16%	0.84%
2027	2,321,110	650,564	-0.97%	0.82%
2028	2,298,239	655,783	-0.99%	0.8%
2029	2,275,251	660,793	-1%	0.76%
2030	2,252,131	665,650	-1.02%	0.74%
2031	2,229,191	670,421	-1.02%	0.72%
2032	2,206,559	675,070	-1.02%	0.69%
2033	2,183,929	679,573	-1.03%	0.67%
2034	2,161,282	683,911	-1.04%	0.64%
2035	2,138,754	688,189	-1.04%	0.63%
2036	2,116,659	692,343	-1.03%	0.6%
2037	2,095,127	696,213	-1.02%	0.56%
2038	2,074,054	699,908	-1.01%	0.53%
2039	2,053,352	703,569	-1%	0.52%
2040	2,033,323	707,156	-0.98%	0.51%
2041	2,014,222	710,619	-0.94%	0.49%
2042	1,995,750	713,900	-0.92%	0.46%
2043	1,977,688	716,999	-0.9%	0.43%
2044	1,960,241	719,920	-0.88%	0.41%
2045	1,943,187	722,759	-0.87%	0.39%
2046	1,926,432	725,322	-0.86%	0.35%
2047	1,910,142	727,726	-0.85%	0.33%
2048	1,894,069	730,038	-0.84%	0.32%
2049	1,877,822	732,021	-0.86%	0.27%
2050	1,861,554	733,898	-0.87%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.