The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,389,275 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,358,679 people compared to 71,619,867 in Thailand.
Population statistics:
- Thailand's population is 30.4 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Moldova is ranked the 145th most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
- The countries together account for 0.89% of the world: 0.03% for Moldova vs 0.87% for Thailand.
- For the last 10 years, Moldova has had an average growth rate of -1.62% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
- Since 2005, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.89M people to 2.36M (18.4% decline), while Thailand has grown from 66M to 71.6M (8.49% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 38.6% of the population in Moldova and 22.9% in Thailand.
Moldova vs Thailand: live population counter
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| Current population |
2358679
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71619867
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| Population rank | 145/197 | 21/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.87% |
| One net population change |
7.67 minutes
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15.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
19.9 minutes
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53.3 seconds
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| One death every |
15.7 minutes
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49.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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22.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -27,088 | +23,321 |
| Daily growth/decline | -188 | -94 |
| Annual growth/decline | -68,508 | -34,424 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -2.79% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 196/197 | 170/197 |
Moldova and Thailand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,058,020 | 26,851,747 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,103,327 | 27,650,334 | 2.2% | 2.97% |
| 1962 | 2,147,227 | 28,481,040 | 2.09% | 3% |
| 1963 | 2,188,895 | 29,342,322 | 1.94% | 3.02% |
| 1964 | 2,228,000 | 30,232,141 | 1.79% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 2,265,287 | 31,149,337 | 1.67% | 3.03% |
| 1966 | 2,301,871 | 32,086,071 | 1.61% | 3.01% |
| 1967 | 2,337,695 | 33,037,801 | 1.56% | 2.97% |
| 1968 | 2,373,073 | 34,002,560 | 1.51% | 2.92% |
| 1969 | 2,408,469 | 34,973,782 | 1.49% | 2.86% |
| 1970 | 2,437,590 | 35,954,408 | 1.21% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 2,460,611 | 36,937,387 | 0.94% | 2.73% |
| 1972 | 2,484,742 | 37,933,929 | 0.98% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 2,510,584 | 38,947,787 | 1.04% | 2.67% |
| 1974 | 2,538,164 | 39,952,891 | 1.1% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 2,566,998 | 40,940,005 | 1.14% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 2,596,491 | 41,896,504 | 1.15% | 2.34% |
| 1977 | 2,626,298 | 42,843,974 | 1.15% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 2,656,211 | 43,788,976 | 1.14% | 2.21% |
| 1979 | 2,683,035 | 44,718,434 | 1.01% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 2,708,675 | 45,650,022 | 0.96% | 2.08% |
| 1981 | 2,735,987 | 46,575,855 | 1.01% | 2.03% |
| 1982 | 2,763,101 | 47,494,577 | 0.99% | 1.97% |
| 1983 | 2,791,207 | 48,423,309 | 1.02% | 1.96% |
| 1984 | 2,820,518 | 49,351,708 | 1.05% | 1.92% |
| 1985 | 2,850,787 | 50,270,753 | 1.07% | 1.86% |
| 1986 | 2,883,057 | 51,177,834 | 1.13% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 2,916,306 | 52,074,105 | 1.15% | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 2,948,891 | 52,969,595 | 1.12% | 1.72% |
| 1989 | 2,970,039 | 53,848,956 | 0.72% | 1.66% |
| 1990 | 2,977,912 | 54,738,329 | 0.27% | 1.65% |
| 1991 | 2,981,566 | 55,637,434 | 0.12% | 1.64% |
| 1992 | 2,980,965 | 56,528,834 | -0.02% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 2,975,966 | 57,408,198 | -0.17% | 1.56% |
| 1994 | 2,966,745 | 58,260,854 | -0.31% | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 2,953,200 | 59,098,232 | -0.46% | 1.44% |
| 1996 | 2,947,293 | 59,920,064 | -0.2% | 1.39% |
| 1997 | 2,936,413 | 60,724,584 | -0.37% | 1.34% |
| 1998 | 2,935,227 | 61,522,630 | -0.04% | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 2,930,622 | 62,299,043 | -0.16% | 1.26% |
| 2000 | 2,924,668 | 63,007,815 | -0.2% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 2,918,135 | 63,651,141 | -0.22% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 2,911,385 | 64,266,437 | -0.23% | 0.97% |
| 2003 | 2,903,198 | 64,868,166 | -0.28% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 2,896,023 | 65,452,047 | -0.25% | 0.9% |
| 2005 | 2,888,985 | 66,017,420 | -0.24% | 0.86% |
| 2006 | 2,880,967 | 66,567,687 | -0.28% | 0.83% |
| 2007 | 2,874,299 | 67,102,394 | -0.23% | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,868,833 | 67,619,830 | -0.19% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 2,865,213 | 68,121,080 | -0.13% | 0.74% |
| 2010 | 2,862,354 | 68,579,447 | -0.1% | 0.67% |
| 2011 | 2,860,699 | 69,007,208 | -0.06% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 2,860,324 | 69,436,098 | -0.01% | 0.62% |
| 2013 | 2,859,558 | 69,845,114 | -0.03% | 0.59% |
| 2014 | 2,857,815 | 70,216,367 | -0.06% | 0.53% |
| 2015 | 2,835,978 | 70,540,795 | -0.76% | 0.46% |
| 2016 | 2,803,186 | 70,859,841 | -1.16% | 0.45% |
| 2017 | 2,755,189 | 71,160,187 | -1.71% | 0.42% |
| 2018 | 2,707,203 | 71,376,079 | -1.74% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,664,224 | 71,522,271 | -1.59% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,635,130 | 71,641,484 | -1.09% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 2,595,809 | 71,727,332 | -1.49% | 0.12% |
| 2022 | 2,528,654 | 71,735,329 | -2.59% | 0.01% |
| 2023 | 2,457,783 | 71,702,435 | -2.8% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 2,389,275 | 71,668,011 | -2.79% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 2,358,679 | 71,619,867 | -1.28% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 2,331,249 | 71,559,621 | -1.16% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 2,308,519 | 71,488,156 | -0.97% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 2,285,773 | 71,406,996 | -0.99% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 2,262,909 | 71,316,195 | -1% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 2,239,915 | 71,215,017 | -1.02% | -0.14% |
| 2031 | 2,217,099 | 71,104,025 | -1.02% | -0.16% |
| 2032 | 2,194,590 | 70,982,286 | -1.02% | -0.17% |
| 2033 | 2,172,083 | 70,847,947 | -1.03% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 2,149,558 | 70,701,651 | -1.04% | -0.21% |
| 2035 | 2,127,153 | 70,540,884 | -1.04% | -0.23% |
| 2036 | 2,105,178 | 70,366,496 | -1.03% | -0.25% |
| 2037 | 2,083,762 | 70,180,031 | -1.02% | -0.26% |
| 2038 | 2,062,803 | 69,979,034 | -1.01% | -0.29% |
| 2039 | 2,042,214 | 69,763,928 | -1% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 2,022,294 | 69,535,003 | -0.98% | -0.33% |
| 2041 | 2,003,296 | 69,288,477 | -0.94% | -0.35% |
| 2042 | 1,984,924 | 69,025,348 | -0.92% | -0.38% |
| 2043 | 1,966,961 | 68,748,075 | -0.9% | -0.4% |
| 2044 | 1,949,608 | 68,456,533 | -0.88% | -0.42% |
| 2045 | 1,932,647 | 68,150,148 | -0.87% | -0.45% |
| 2046 | 1,915,982 | 67,827,309 | -0.86% | -0.47% |
| 2047 | 1,899,781 | 67,489,358 | -0.85% | -0.5% |
| 2048 | 1,883,795 | 67,136,737 | -0.84% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 1,867,636 | 66,767,316 | -0.86% | -0.55% |
| 2050 | 1,851,456 | 66,382,732 | -0.87% | -0.58% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).
Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Chisinau | 639K |
| Tiraspol | 134K |
| Balti | 97.9K |
| Bender | 76.2K |
| Ungheni | 30.8K |
| Cahul | 30K |
| Dubasari | 28.5K |
| Soroca | 22.2K |
| Orhei | 21.1K |
| Comrat | 19.9K |
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| City | Population |
| Bangkok | 5.68M |
| Chiang Mai | 1.2M |
| Nonthaburi | 256K |
| Pak Kret | 185K |
| Hat Yai | 159K |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 134K |
| Chaophraya Surasak | 133K |
| Surat Thani | 131K |
| Udon Thani | 130K |
| Klaeng | 130K |
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Population differences between Moldova and Thailand
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| Life expectancy | 71.5 years | 76.8 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 41.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46:54 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 1.21 births per woman |
| Population density | 187.9 ppl/mi² | 363 ppl/mi² |
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