Population in Moldova compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Moldova and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Vatican	Moldova	Vatican
1960	2,058,020	-	-	-
1961	2,103,327	-	2.2%	-
1962	2,147,227	-	2.09%	-
1963	2,188,895	-	1.94%	-
1964	2,228,000	-	1.79%	-
1965	2,265,287	-	1.67%	-
1966	2,301,871	-	1.61%	-
1967	2,337,695	-	1.56%	-
1968	2,373,073	-	1.51%	-
1969	2,408,469	-	1.49%	-
1970	2,437,590	-	1.21%	-
1971	2,460,611	-	0.94%	-
1972	2,484,742	-	0.98%	-
1973	2,510,584	-	1.04%	-
1974	2,538,164	-	1.1%	-
1975	2,566,998	-	1.14%	-
1976	2,596,491	-	1.15%	-
1977	2,626,298	-	1.15%	-
1978	2,656,211	-	1.14%	-
1979	2,683,035	-	1.01%	-
1980	2,708,675	-	0.96%	-
1981	2,735,987	-	1.01%	-
1982	2,763,101	-	0.99%	-
1983	2,791,207	-	1.02%	-
1984	2,820,518	-	1.05%	-
1985	2,850,787	-	1.07%	-
1986	2,883,057	-	1.13%	-
1987	2,916,306	-	1.15%	-
1988	2,948,891	-	1.12%	-
1989	2,970,039	-	0.72%	-
1990	2,977,912	-	0.27%	-
1991	2,981,566	-	0.12%	-
1992	2,980,965	-	-0.02%	-
1993	2,975,966	-	-0.17%	-
1994	2,966,745	-	-0.31%	-
1995	2,953,200	-	-0.46%	-
1996	2,947,293	-	-0.2%	-
1997	2,936,413	-	-0.37%	-
1998	2,935,227	-	-0.04%	-
1999	2,930,622	-	-0.16%	-
2000	2,924,668	880	-0.2%	-
2001	2,918,135	890	-0.22%	1.14%
2002	2,911,385	900	-0.23%	1.12%
2003	2,903,198	911	-0.28%	1.22%
2004	2,896,023	921	-0.25%	1.1%
2005	2,888,985	921	-0.24%	0%
2006	2,880,967	932	-0.28%	1.19%
2007	2,874,299	821	-0.23%	-11.9%
2008	2,868,833	824	-0.19%	0.37%
2009	2,865,213	826	-0.13%	0.24%
2010	2,862,354	829	-0.1%	0.36%
2011	2,860,699	832	-0.06%	0.36%
2012	2,860,324	836	-0.01%	0.48%
2013	2,859,558	839	-0.03%	0.36%
2014	2,857,815	842	-0.06%	0.36%
2015	2,835,978	1,000	-0.76%	18.8%
2016	2,803,186	-	-1.16%	0%
2017	2,755,189	1,000	-1.71%	0%
2018	2,707,203	-	-1.74%	0%
2019	2,664,224	1,000	-1.59%	0%
2020	2,635,130	987	-1.09%	-1.29%
2021	2,595,809	970	-1.49%	-1.68%
2022	2,528,654	944	-2.59%	-2.66%
2023	2,457,783	922	-2.8%	-2.34%
2024	2,402,306	933	-2.26%	1.2%
2025	2,371,543	939	-1.28%	0.59%
2026	2,343,963	952	-1.16%	1.37%
2027	2,321,110	974	-0.97%	2.32%
2028	2,298,239	985	-0.99%	1.13%
2029	2,275,251	983	-1%	-0.19%
2030	2,252,131	976	-1.02%	-0.75%
2031	2,229,191	968	-1.02%	-0.75%
2032	2,206,559	968	-1.02%	0%
2033	2,183,929	988	-1.03%	2.09%
2034	2,161,282	992	-1.04%	0.37%
2035	2,138,754	1,000	-1.04%	0.74%
2036	2,116,659	998	-1.03%	-0.18%
2037	2,095,127	1,003	-1.02%	0.55%
2038	2,074,054	1,022	-1.01%	1.83%
2039	2,053,352	1,060	-1%	3.78%
2040	2,033,323	1,095	-0.98%	3.3%
2041	2,014,222	1,127	-0.94%	2.86%
2042	1,995,750	1,149	-0.92%	1.96%
2043	1,977,688	1,169	-0.9%	1.76%
2044	1,960,241	1,186	-0.88%	1.42%
2045	1,943,187	1,209	-0.87%	2.02%
2046	1,926,432	1,224	-0.86%	1.22%
2047	1,910,142	1,248	-0.85%	1.95%
2048	1,894,069	1,272	-0.84%	1.92%
2049	1,877,822	1,296	-0.86%	1.88%
2050	1,861,554	1,325	-0.87%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Moldova's population will shrink by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people with a rank change from 144th to 150th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.