The latest officially reported population of Moldova was 2,402,306 in 2024 vs 28,405,543 people in Venezuela in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Moldova's population is 2,343,963 people compared to 28,635,082 in Venezuela.
Population statistics:
- Venezuela's population is 12.2 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Moldova is ranked the 144th most populous country in the world, while Venezuela is the 54th.
- The countries together account for 0.37% of the world: 0.03% for Moldova vs 0.35% for Venezuela.
- For the last 10 years, Moldova has had an average growth rate of -1.57% per year vs -0.46% in Venezuela.
- Since 2006, the population of Moldova has decreased from 2.88M people to 2.34M (18.6% decline), while Venezuela has grown from 27.2M to 28.6M (5.18% growth).
- Venezuela is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 31.2M people, while Moldova's population already peaked in 1991 at 2.98M people and is projected to decrease to 1.18M people by 2100.
Moldova vs Venezuela: live population counter
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| Current population |
2343963
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28635082
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| Population rank | 144/197 | 54/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.35% |
| One net population change |
9.47 minutes
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5.02 minutes
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| One birth every |
19.9 minutes
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1.23 minutes
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| One death every |
15.7 minutes
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2.46 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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4.99 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -27,088 | -105,297 |
| Daily growth/decline | -152 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | -55,477 | +104,689 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -2.26% | +0.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 196/197 | 143/197 |
Moldova and Venezuela: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,058,020 | 8,160,090 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,103,327 | 8,455,915 | 2.2% | 3.63% |
| 1962 | 2,147,227 | 8,756,870 | 2.09% | 3.56% |
| 1963 | 2,188,895 | 9,064,021 | 1.94% | 3.51% |
| 1964 | 2,228,000 | 9,377,712 | 1.79% | 3.46% |
| 1965 | 2,265,287 | 9,697,790 | 1.67% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 2,301,871 | 10,024,854 | 1.61% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 2,337,695 | 10,358,513 | 1.56% | 3.33% |
| 1968 | 2,373,073 | 10,697,530 | 1.51% | 3.27% |
| 1969 | 2,408,469 | 11,040,280 | 1.49% | 3.2% |
| 1970 | 2,437,590 | 11,387,790 | 1.21% | 3.15% |
| 1971 | 2,460,611 | 11,741,008 | 0.94% | 3.1% |
| 1972 | 2,484,742 | 12,099,180 | 0.98% | 3.05% |
| 1973 | 2,510,584 | 12,463,537 | 1.04% | 3.01% |
| 1974 | 2,538,164 | 12,835,351 | 1.1% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 2,566,998 | 13,215,892 | 1.14% | 2.96% |
| 1976 | 2,596,491 | 13,606,284 | 1.15% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 2,626,298 | 14,006,812 | 1.15% | 2.94% |
| 1978 | 2,656,211 | 14,416,684 | 1.14% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 2,683,035 | 14,834,552 | 1.01% | 2.9% |
| 1980 | 2,708,675 | 15,258,218 | 0.96% | 2.86% |
| 1981 | 2,735,987 | 15,687,297 | 1.01% | 2.81% |
| 1982 | 2,763,101 | 16,121,874 | 0.99% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 2,791,207 | 16,562,205 | 1.02% | 2.73% |
| 1984 | 2,820,518 | 17,008,841 | 1.05% | 2.7% |
| 1985 | 2,850,787 | 17,461,434 | 1.07% | 2.66% |
| 1986 | 2,883,057 | 17,923,536 | 1.13% | 2.65% |
| 1987 | 2,916,306 | 18,394,963 | 1.15% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 2,948,891 | 18,871,020 | 1.12% | 2.59% |
| 1989 | 2,970,039 | 19,348,921 | 0.72% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 2,977,912 | 19,827,010 | 0.27% | 2.47% |
| 1991 | 2,981,566 | 20,304,896 | 0.12% | 2.41% |
| 1992 | 2,980,965 | 20,780,948 | -0.02% | 2.34% |
| 1993 | 2,975,966 | 21,254,520 | -0.17% | 2.28% |
| 1994 | 2,966,745 | 21,725,188 | -0.31% | 2.21% |
| 1995 | 2,953,200 | 22,193,821 | -0.46% | 2.16% |
| 1996 | 2,947,293 | 22,662,113 | -0.2% | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 2,936,413 | 23,131,685 | -0.37% | 2.07% |
| 1998 | 2,935,227 | 23,601,337 | -0.04% | 2.03% |
| 1999 | 2,930,622 | 24,066,593 | -0.16% | 1.97% |
| 2000 | 2,924,668 | 24,526,708 | -0.2% | 1.91% |
| 2001 | 2,918,135 | 24,979,922 | -0.22% | 1.85% |
| 2002 | 2,911,385 | 25,435,671 | -0.23% | 1.82% |
| 2003 | 2,903,198 | 25,892,703 | -0.28% | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,896,023 | 26,340,838 | -0.25% | 1.73% |
| 2005 | 2,888,985 | 26,785,804 | -0.24% | 1.69% |
| 2006 | 2,880,967 | 27,224,686 | -0.28% | 1.64% |
| 2007 | 2,874,299 | 27,649,363 | -0.23% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 2,868,833 | 28,053,696 | -0.19% | 1.46% |
| 2009 | 2,865,213 | 28,438,298 | -0.13% | 1.37% |
| 2010 | 2,862,354 | 28,813,101 | -0.1% | 1.32% |
| 2011 | 2,860,699 | 29,185,212 | -0.06% | 1.29% |
| 2012 | 2,860,324 | 29,553,826 | -0.01% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 2,859,558 | 29,912,198 | -0.03% | 1.21% |
| 2014 | 2,857,815 | 30,254,079 | -0.06% | 1.14% |
| 2015 | 2,835,978 | 30,573,972 | -0.76% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 2,803,186 | 30,765,720 | -1.16% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 2,755,189 | 30,565,323 | -1.71% | -0.65% |
| 2018 | 2,707,203 | 29,807,592 | -1.74% | -2.48% |
| 2019 | 2,664,224 | 28,938,098 | -1.59% | -2.92% |
| 2020 | 2,635,130 | 28,444,077 | -1.09% | -1.71% |
| 2021 | 2,595,809 | 28,237,826 | -1.49% | -0.73% |
| 2022 | 2,528,654 | 28,213,017 | -2.59% | -0.09% |
| 2023 | 2,457,783 | 28,300,854 | -2.8% | 0.31% |
| 2024 | 2,402,306 | 28,405,543 | -2.26% | 0.37% |
| 2025 | 2,371,543 | 28,516,898 | -1.28% | 0.39% |
| 2026 | 2,343,963 | 28,633,718 | -1.16% | 0.41% |
| 2027 | 2,321,110 | 28,758,565 | -0.97% | 0.44% |
| 2028 | 2,298,239 | 28,885,166 | -0.99% | 0.44% |
| 2029 | 2,275,251 | 29,014,444 | -1% | 0.45% |
| 2030 | 2,252,131 | 29,151,809 | -1.02% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 2,229,191 | 29,295,744 | -1.02% | 0.49% |
| 2032 | 2,206,559 | 29,442,534 | -1.02% | 0.5% |
| 2033 | 2,183,929 | 29,587,099 | -1.03% | 0.49% |
| 2034 | 2,161,282 | 29,735,159 | -1.04% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 2,138,754 | 29,883,329 | -1.04% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 2,116,659 | 30,020,167 | -1.03% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 2,095,127 | 30,146,546 | -1.02% | 0.42% |
| 2038 | 2,074,054 | 30,268,328 | -1.01% | 0.4% |
| 2039 | 2,053,352 | 30,386,284 | -1% | 0.39% |
| 2040 | 2,033,323 | 30,495,445 | -0.98% | 0.36% |
| 2041 | 2,014,222 | 30,590,207 | -0.94% | 0.31% |
| 2042 | 1,995,750 | 30,674,532 | -0.92% | 0.28% |
| 2043 | 1,977,688 | 30,749,671 | -0.9% | 0.24% |
| 2044 | 1,960,241 | 30,813,805 | -0.88% | 0.21% |
| 2045 | 1,943,187 | 30,871,490 | -0.87% | 0.19% |
| 2046 | 1,926,432 | 30,923,463 | -0.86% | 0.17% |
| 2047 | 1,910,142 | 30,974,366 | -0.85% | 0.16% |
| 2048 | 1,894,069 | 31,021,600 | -0.84% | 0.15% |
| 2049 | 1,877,822 | 31,059,954 | -0.86% | 0.12% |
| 2050 | 1,861,554 | 31,094,884 | -0.87% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).
Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.
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 |
| Caracas | 2.25M |
| Maracaibo | 1.55M |
| Valencia | 1.48M |
| Maracay | 1.1M |
| Barquisimeto | 1.06M |
| Barinas | 874K |
| Maturin | 753K |
| Ciudad Guayana | 751K |
| Catia La Mar | 662K |
| Ciudad Bolivar | 568K |
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Population differences between Moldova and Venezuela
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| Life expectancy | 71.6 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46:54 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.73 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman |
| Population density | 188.9 ppl/mi² | 83.4 ppl/mi² |
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