Population in Moldova compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	United States	Moldova	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	2,058,020	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,103,327	183,691,481	2.2%	1.67%
1962	2,147,227	186,537,737	2.09%	1.55%
1963	2,188,895	189,241,798	1.94%	1.45%
1964	2,228,000	191,888,791	1.79%	1.4%
1965	2,265,287	194,302,963	1.67%	1.26%
1966	2,301,871	196,560,338	1.61%	1.16%
1967	2,337,695	198,712,056	1.56%	1.09%
1968	2,373,073	200,706,052	1.51%	1%
1969	2,408,469	202,676,946	1.49%	0.98%
1970	2,437,590	205,052,174	1.21%	1.17%
1971	2,460,611	207,660,677	0.94%	1.27%
1972	2,484,742	209,896,021	0.98%	1.08%
1973	2,510,584	211,908,788	1.04%	0.96%
1974	2,538,164	213,853,928	1.1%	0.92%
1975	2,566,998	215,973,199	1.14%	0.99%
1976	2,596,491	218,035,164	1.15%	0.95%
1977	2,626,298	220,239,425	1.15%	1.01%
1978	2,656,211	222,584,545	1.14%	1.06%
1979	2,683,035	225,055,487	1.01%	1.11%
1980	2,708,675	226,542,250	0.96%	0.66%
1981	2,735,987	229,465,744	1.01%	1.29%
1982	2,763,101	231,664,432	0.99%	0.96%
1983	2,791,207	233,792,014	1.02%	0.92%
1984	2,820,518	235,824,908	1.05%	0.87%
1985	2,850,787	237,923,734	1.07%	0.89%
1986	2,883,057	240,132,831	1.13%	0.93%
1987	2,916,306	242,288,936	1.15%	0.9%
1988	2,948,891	244,499,004	1.12%	0.91%
1989	2,970,039	246,819,222	0.72%	0.95%
1990	2,977,912	250,131,894	0.27%	1.34%
1991	2,981,566	253,492,503	0.12%	1.34%
1992	2,980,965	256,894,189	-0.02%	1.34%
1993	2,975,966	260,255,352	-0.17%	1.31%
1994	2,966,745	263,435,673	-0.31%	1.22%
1995	2,953,200	266,557,091	-0.46%	1.18%
1996	2,947,293	269,667,391	-0.2%	1.17%
1997	2,936,413	272,911,760	-0.37%	1.2%
1998	2,935,227	276,115,288	-0.04%	1.17%
1999	2,930,622	279,294,713	-0.16%	1.15%
2000	2,924,668	282,162,411	-0.2%	1.03%
2001	2,918,135	284,968,955	-0.22%	0.99%
2002	2,911,385	287,625,193	-0.23%	0.93%
2003	2,903,198	290,107,933	-0.28%	0.86%
2004	2,896,023	292,805,298	-0.25%	0.93%
2005	2,888,985	295,516,599	-0.24%	0.93%
2006	2,880,967	298,379,912	-0.28%	0.97%
2007	2,874,299	301,231,207	-0.23%	0.96%
2008	2,868,833	304,093,966	-0.19%	0.95%
2009	2,865,213	306,771,529	-0.13%	0.88%
2010	2,862,354	309,327,143	-0.1%	0.83%
2011	2,860,699	311,583,481	-0.06%	0.73%
2012	2,860,324	313,877,662	-0.01%	0.74%
2013	2,859,558	316,059,947	-0.03%	0.7%
2014	2,857,815	318,386,329	-0.06%	0.74%
2015	2,835,978	320,738,994	-0.76%	0.74%
2016	2,803,186	323,071,755	-1.16%	0.73%
2017	2,755,189	325,122,128	-1.71%	0.63%
2018	2,707,203	326,838,199	-1.74%	0.53%
2019	2,664,224	328,329,953	-1.59%	0.46%
2020	2,635,130	331,526,933	-1.09%	0.97%
2021	2,595,809	331,893,745	-1.49%	0.11%
2022	2,528,654	333,271,411	-2.59%	0.42%
2023	2,457,783	334,914,895	-2.8%	0.49%
2024	2,389,275	340,110,988	-2.79%	1.55%
2025	2,358,679	341,931,772	-1.28%	0.54%
2026	2,331,249	343,664,369	-1.16%	0.51%
2027	2,308,519	345,331,185	-0.97%	0.49%
2028	2,285,773	346,981,137	-0.99%	0.48%
2029	2,262,909	348,601,982	-1%	0.47%
2030	2,239,915	350,176,974	-1.02%	0.45%
2031	2,217,099	351,725,612	-1.02%	0.44%
2032	2,194,590	353,249,060	-1.02%	0.43%
2033	2,172,083	354,749,644	-1.03%	0.42%
2034	2,149,558	356,234,239	-1.04%	0.42%
2035	2,127,153	357,694,316	-1.04%	0.41%
2036	2,105,178	359,119,002	-1.03%	0.4%
2037	2,083,762	360,517,853	-1.02%	0.39%
2038	2,062,803	361,895,407	-1.01%	0.38%
2039	2,042,214	363,229,908	-1%	0.37%
2040	2,022,294	364,512,364	-0.98%	0.35%
2041	2,003,296	365,753,139	-0.94%	0.34%
2042	1,984,924	366,969,419	-0.92%	0.33%
2043	1,966,961	368,146,925	-0.9%	0.32%
2044	1,949,608	369,258,123	-0.88%	0.3%
2045	1,932,647	370,318,770	-0.87%	0.29%
2046	1,915,982	371,328,255	-0.86%	0.27%
2047	1,899,781	372,299,116	-0.85%	0.26%
2048	1,883,795	373,230,539	-0.84%	0.25%
2049	1,867,636	374,119,803	-0.86%	0.24%
2050	1,851,456	374,986,259	-0.87%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.