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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,389,275 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,358,679 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Moldova's population is 3.66 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Moldova is ranked the 145th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.03% for Moldova vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Moldova has had an average growth rate of -1.62% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.89M people to 2.36M (18.4% decline), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Suriname is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 753K people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.17M people by 2100.

Moldova vs Suriname: live population counter

Moldova Suriname
Current population
2358679
644193
Population rank 145/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.008%
One net population change
7.67 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
19.9 minutes
48.3 minutes
One death every
15.7 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
19.4 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change -27,088 -1,166
Daily growth/decline -188 +15
Annual growth/decline -68,508 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate -2.79% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 196/197 110/197

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

Moldova
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
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 2,389,275 634,431 -2.79% 0.88%
2025 2,358,679 639,852 -1.28% 0.85%
2026 2,331,249 645,257 -1.16% 0.84%
2027 2,308,519 650,564 -0.97% 0.82%
2028 2,285,773 655,783 -0.99% 0.8%
2029 2,262,909 660,793 -1% 0.76%
2030 2,239,915 665,650 -1.02% 0.74%
2031 2,217,099 670,421 -1.02% 0.72%
2032 2,194,590 675,070 -1.02% 0.69%
2033 2,172,083 679,573 -1.03% 0.67%
2034 2,149,558 683,911 -1.04% 0.64%
2035 2,127,153 688,189 -1.04% 0.63%
2036 2,105,178 692,343 -1.03% 0.6%
2037 2,083,762 696,213 -1.02% 0.56%
2038 2,062,803 699,908 -1.01% 0.53%
2039 2,042,214 703,569 -1% 0.52%
2040 2,022,294 707,156 -0.98% 0.51%
2041 2,003,296 710,619 -0.94% 0.49%
2042 1,984,924 713,900 -0.92% 0.46%
2043 1,966,961 716,999 -0.9% 0.43%
2044 1,949,608 719,920 -0.88% 0.41%
2045 1,932,647 722,759 -0.87% 0.39%
2046 1,915,982 725,322 -0.86% 0.35%
2047 1,899,781 727,726 -0.85% 0.33%
2048 1,883,795 730,038 -0.84% 0.32%
2049 1,867,636 732,021 -0.86% 0.27%
2050 1,851,456 733,898 -0.87% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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