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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Tonga	Moldova	Tonga
1960	2,058,020	66,170	-	-
1961	2,103,327	68,037	2.2%	2.82%
1962	2,147,227	69,940	2.09%	2.8%
1963	2,188,895	71,885	1.94%	2.78%
1964	2,228,000	73,879	1.79%	2.77%
1965	2,265,287	75,924	1.67%	2.77%
1966	2,301,871	78,002	1.61%	2.74%
1967	2,337,695	79,814	1.56%	2.32%
1968	2,373,073	81,353	1.51%	1.93%
1969	2,408,469	82,885	1.49%	1.88%
1970	2,437,590	84,401	1.21%	1.83%
1971	2,460,611	85,896	0.94%	1.77%
1972	2,484,742	87,356	0.98%	1.7%
1973	2,510,584	88,805	1.04%	1.66%
1974	2,538,164	90,683	1.1%	2.11%
1975	2,566,998	93,017	1.14%	2.57%
1976	2,596,491	95,325	1.15%	2.48%
1977	2,626,298	96,725	1.15%	1.47%
1978	2,656,211	97,204	1.14%	0.5%
1979	2,683,035	97,544	1.01%	0.35%
1980	2,708,675	97,769	0.96%	0.23%
1981	2,735,987	97,909	1.01%	0.14%
1982	2,763,101	97,980	0.99%	0.07%
1983	2,791,207	97,998	1.02%	0.02%
1984	2,820,518	97,990	1.05%	-0.008%
1985	2,850,787	97,984	1.07%	-0.006%
1986	2,883,057	98,010	1.13%	0.03%
1987	2,916,306	98,376	1.15%	0.37%
1988	2,948,891	98,969	1.12%	0.6%
1989	2,970,039	99,403	0.72%	0.44%
1990	2,977,912	99,700	0.27%	0.3%
1991	2,981,566	99,895	0.12%	0.2%
1992	2,980,965	100,022	-0.02%	0.13%
1993	2,975,966	100,103	-0.17%	0.08%
1994	2,966,745	100,166	-0.31%	0.06%
1995	2,953,200	100,225	-0.46%	0.06%
1996	2,947,293	100,275	-0.2%	0.05%
1997	2,936,413	100,674	-0.37%	0.4%
1998	2,935,227	101,388	-0.04%	0.71%
1999	2,930,622	102,046	-0.16%	0.65%
2000	2,924,668	102,677	-0.2%	0.62%
2001	2,918,135	103,288	-0.22%	0.6%
2002	2,911,385	103,874	-0.23%	0.57%
2003	2,903,198	104,464	-0.28%	0.57%
2004	2,896,023	105,071	-0.25%	0.58%
2005	2,888,985	105,671	-0.24%	0.57%
2006	2,880,967	106,253	-0.28%	0.55%
2007	2,874,299	106,726	-0.23%	0.45%
2008	2,868,833	107,020	-0.19%	0.28%
2009	2,865,213	107,203	-0.13%	0.17%
2010	2,862,354	107,400	-0.1%	0.18%
2011	2,860,699	107,570	-0.06%	0.16%
2012	2,860,324	107,460	-0.01%	-0.1%
2013	2,859,558	107,078	-0.03%	-0.36%
2014	2,857,815	106,609	-0.06%	-0.44%
2015	2,835,978	106,095	-0.76%	-0.48%
2016	2,803,186	105,524	-1.16%	-0.54%
2017	2,755,189	105,356	-1.71%	-0.16%
2018	2,707,203	105,567	-1.74%	0.2%
2019	2,664,224	105,669	-1.59%	0.1%
2020	2,635,130	105,704	-1.09%	0.03%
2021	2,595,809	105,490	-1.49%	-0.2%
2022	2,528,654	105,042	-2.59%	-0.42%
2023	2,457,783	104,597	-2.8%	-0.42%
2024	2,389,275	104,175	-2.79%	-0.4%
2025	2,358,679	103,744	-1.28%	-0.41%
2026	2,331,249	103,290	-1.16%	-0.44%
2027	2,308,519	102,899	-0.97%	-0.38%
2028	2,285,773	102,568	-0.99%	-0.32%
2029	2,262,909	102,280	-1%	-0.28%
2030	2,239,915	102,069	-1.02%	-0.21%
2031	2,217,099	101,927	-1.02%	-0.14%
2032	2,194,590	101,837	-1.02%	-0.09%
2033	2,172,083	101,807	-1.03%	-0.03%
2034	2,149,558	101,806	-1.04%	-0.001%
2035	2,127,153	101,833	-1.04%	0.03%
2036	2,105,178	101,895	-1.03%	0.06%
2037	2,083,762	101,993	-1.02%	0.1%
2038	2,062,803	102,173	-1.01%	0.18%
2039	2,042,214	102,367	-1%	0.19%
2040	2,022,294	102,568	-0.98%	0.2%
2041	2,003,296	102,805	-0.94%	0.23%
2042	1,984,924	103,038	-0.92%	0.23%
2043	1,966,961	103,306	-0.9%	0.26%
2044	1,949,608	103,612	-0.88%	0.3%
2045	1,932,647	103,928	-0.87%	0.3%
2046	1,915,982	104,232	-0.86%	0.29%
2047	1,899,781	104,502	-0.85%	0.26%
2048	1,883,795	104,744	-0.84%	0.23%
2049	1,867,636	104,975	-0.86%	0.22%
2050	1,851,456	105,193	-0.87%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.