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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Switzerland	Moldova	Switzerland
1960	2,058,020	5,327,827	-	-
1961	2,103,327	5,434,294	2.2%	2%
1962	2,147,227	5,573,815	2.09%	2.57%
1963	2,188,895	5,694,247	1.94%	2.16%
1964	2,228,000	5,789,228	1.79%	1.67%
1965	2,265,287	5,856,472	1.67%	1.16%
1966	2,301,871	5,918,002	1.61%	1.05%
1967	2,337,695	5,991,785	1.56%	1.25%
1968	2,373,073	6,067,714	1.51%	1.27%
1969	2,408,469	6,136,387	1.49%	1.13%
1970	2,437,590	6,180,877	1.21%	0.73%
1971	2,460,611	6,213,399	0.94%	0.53%
1972	2,484,742	6,260,956	0.98%	0.77%
1973	2,510,584	6,307,347	1.04%	0.74%
1974	2,538,164	6,341,405	1.1%	0.54%
1975	2,566,998	6,338,632	1.14%	-0.04%
1976	2,596,491	6,302,504	1.15%	-0.57%
1977	2,626,298	6,281,174	1.15%	-0.34%
1978	2,656,211	6,281,738	1.14%	0.009%
1979	2,683,035	6,294,365	1.01%	0.2%
1980	2,708,675	6,319,408	0.96%	0.4%
1981	2,735,987	6,354,074	1.01%	0.55%
1982	2,763,101	6,391,309	0.99%	0.59%
1983	2,791,207	6,418,773	1.02%	0.43%
1984	2,820,518	6,441,865	1.05%	0.36%
1985	2,850,787	6,470,365	1.07%	0.44%
1986	2,883,057	6,504,124	1.13%	0.52%
1987	2,916,306	6,545,106	1.15%	0.63%
1988	2,948,891	6,593,386	1.12%	0.74%
1989	2,970,039	6,646,912	0.72%	0.81%
1990	2,977,912	6,715,519	0.27%	1.03%
1991	2,981,566	6,799,978	0.12%	1.26%
1992	2,980,965	6,875,364	-0.02%	1.11%
1993	2,975,966	6,938,265	-0.17%	0.91%
1994	2,966,745	6,993,795	-0.31%	0.8%
1995	2,953,200	7,040,687	-0.46%	0.67%
1996	2,947,293	7,071,850	-0.2%	0.44%
1997	2,936,413	7,088,906	-0.37%	0.24%
1998	2,935,227	7,110,001	-0.04%	0.3%
1999	2,930,622	7,143,991	-0.16%	0.48%
2000	2,924,668	7,184,250	-0.2%	0.56%
2001	2,918,135	7,229,854	-0.22%	0.63%
2002	2,911,385	7,284,753	-0.23%	0.76%
2003	2,903,198	7,339,001	-0.28%	0.74%
2004	2,896,023	7,389,625	-0.25%	0.69%
2005	2,888,985	7,437,115	-0.24%	0.64%
2006	2,880,967	7,483,934	-0.28%	0.63%
2007	2,874,299	7,551,117	-0.23%	0.9%
2008	2,868,833	7,647,675	-0.19%	1.28%
2009	2,865,213	7,743,831	-0.13%	1.26%
2010	2,862,354	7,824,909	-0.1%	1.05%
2011	2,860,699	7,912,398	-0.06%	1.12%
2012	2,860,324	7,996,861	-0.01%	1.07%
2013	2,859,558	8,089,346	-0.03%	1.16%
2014	2,857,815	8,188,649	-0.06%	1.23%
2015	2,835,978	8,282,396	-0.76%	1.14%
2016	2,803,186	8,373,338	-1.16%	1.1%
2017	2,755,189	8,451,840	-1.71%	0.94%
2018	2,707,203	8,514,329	-1.74%	0.74%
2019	2,664,224	8,575,280	-1.59%	0.72%
2020	2,635,130	8,638,167	-1.09%	0.73%
2021	2,595,809	8,704,546	-1.49%	0.77%
2022	2,528,654	8,777,088	-2.59%	0.83%
2023	2,457,783	8,888,093	-2.8%	1.26%
2024	2,389,275	9,034,102	-2.79%	1.64%
2025	2,358,679	9,080,106	-1.28%	0.51%
2026	2,331,249	9,120,994	-1.16%	0.45%
2027	2,308,519	9,157,559	-0.97%	0.4%
2028	2,285,773	9,190,572	-0.99%	0.36%
2029	2,262,909	9,219,373	-1%	0.31%
2030	2,239,915	9,245,030	-1.02%	0.28%
2031	2,217,099	9,269,063	-1.02%	0.26%
2032	2,194,590	9,289,991	-1.02%	0.23%
2033	2,172,083	9,307,909	-1.03%	0.19%
2034	2,149,558	9,324,938	-1.04%	0.18%
2035	2,127,153	9,340,145	-1.04%	0.16%
2036	2,105,178	9,352,822	-1.03%	0.14%
2037	2,083,762	9,364,126	-1.02%	0.12%
2038	2,062,803	9,373,988	-1.01%	0.11%
2039	2,042,214	9,382,808	-1%	0.09%
2040	2,022,294	9,392,748	-0.98%	0.11%
2041	2,003,296	9,401,829	-0.94%	0.1%
2042	1,984,924	9,410,286	-0.92%	0.09%
2043	1,966,961	9,418,963	-0.9%	0.09%
2044	1,949,608	9,426,166	-0.88%	0.08%
2045	1,932,647	9,432,561	-0.87%	0.07%
2046	1,915,982	9,438,518	-0.86%	0.06%
2047	1,899,781	9,445,091	-0.85%	0.07%
2048	1,883,795	9,452,109	-0.84%	0.07%
2049	1,867,636	9,457,335	-0.86%	0.06%
2050	1,851,456	9,459,997	-0.87%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.