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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Moldova	Zambia	Moldova	Zambia
1960	2,058,020	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,103,327	3,254,086	2.2%	3.18%
1962	2,147,227	3,358,099	2.09%	3.2%
1963	2,188,895	3,465,907	1.94%	3.21%
1964	2,228,000	3,577,017	1.79%	3.21%
1965	2,265,287	3,692,086	1.67%	3.22%
1966	2,301,871	3,812,003	1.61%	3.25%
1967	2,337,695	3,936,343	1.56%	3.26%
1968	2,373,073	4,065,593	1.51%	3.28%
1969	2,408,469	4,197,116	1.49%	3.24%
1970	2,437,590	4,321,718	1.21%	2.97%
1971	2,460,611	4,442,525	0.94%	2.8%
1972	2,484,742	4,569,309	0.98%	2.85%
1973	2,510,584	4,702,693	1.04%	2.92%
1974	2,538,164	4,842,746	1.1%	2.98%
1975	2,566,998	4,990,086	1.14%	3.04%
1976	2,596,491	5,143,842	1.15%	3.08%
1977	2,626,298	5,302,480	1.15%	3.08%
1978	2,656,211	5,465,374	1.14%	3.07%
1979	2,683,035	5,631,728	1.01%	3.04%
1980	2,708,675	5,802,833	0.96%	3.04%
1981	2,735,987	5,983,289	1.01%	3.11%
1982	2,763,101	6,178,637	0.99%	3.26%
1983	2,791,207	6,381,038	1.02%	3.28%
1984	2,820,518	6,580,490	1.05%	3.13%
1985	2,850,787	6,780,953	1.07%	3.05%
1986	2,883,057	6,986,471	1.13%	3.03%
1987	2,916,306	7,191,282	1.15%	2.93%
1988	2,948,891	7,391,440	1.12%	2.78%
1989	2,970,039	7,589,216	0.72%	2.68%
1990	2,977,912	7,786,169	0.27%	2.6%
1991	2,981,566	7,981,650	0.12%	2.51%
1992	2,980,965	8,176,680	-0.02%	2.44%
1993	2,975,966	8,373,921	-0.17%	2.41%
1994	2,966,745	8,576,269	-0.31%	2.42%
1995	2,953,200	8,785,763	-0.46%	2.44%
1996	2,947,293	9,004,053	-0.2%	2.48%
1997	2,936,413	9,237,063	-0.37%	2.59%
1998	2,935,227	9,482,408	-0.04%	2.66%
1999	2,930,622	9,740,005	-0.16%	2.72%
2000	2,924,668	10,017,631	-0.2%	2.85%
2001	2,918,135	10,325,185	-0.22%	3.07%
2002	2,911,385	10,647,949	-0.23%	3.13%
2003	2,903,198	10,983,595	-0.28%	3.15%
2004	2,896,023	11,338,198	-0.25%	3.23%
2005	2,888,985	11,718,819	-0.24%	3.36%
2006	2,880,967	12,129,553	-0.28%	3.5%
2007	2,874,299	12,565,085	-0.23%	3.59%
2008	2,868,833	13,021,324	-0.19%	3.63%
2009	2,865,213	13,490,389	-0.13%	3.6%
2010	2,862,354	13,965,594	-0.1%	3.52%
2011	2,860,699	14,437,796	-0.06%	3.38%
2012	2,860,324	14,913,629	-0.01%	3.3%
2013	2,859,558	15,398,997	-0.03%	3.25%
2014	2,857,815	15,895,315	-0.06%	3.22%
2015	2,835,978	16,399,089	-0.76%	3.17%
2016	2,803,186	16,914,423	-1.16%	3.14%
2017	2,755,189	17,441,320	-1.71%	3.12%
2018	2,707,203	17,973,569	-1.74%	3.05%
2019	2,664,224	18,513,839	-1.59%	3.01%
2020	2,635,130	19,059,395	-1.09%	2.95%
2021	2,595,809	19,603,607	-1.49%	2.86%
2022	2,528,654	20,152,938	-2.59%	2.8%
2023	2,457,783	20,723,965	-2.8%	2.83%
2024	2,402,306	21,314,956	-2.26%	2.85%
2025	2,371,543	21,913,869	-1.28%	2.81%
2026	2,343,963	22,521,905	-1.16%	2.77%
2027	2,321,110	23,138,716	-0.97%	2.74%
2028	2,298,239	23,761,368	-0.99%	2.69%
2029	2,275,251	24,389,681	-1%	2.64%
2030	2,252,131	25,024,887	-1.02%	2.6%
2031	2,229,191	25,666,496	-1.02%	2.56%
2032	2,206,559	26,311,946	-1.02%	2.51%
2033	2,183,929	26,960,073	-1.03%	2.46%
2034	2,161,282	27,611,621	-1.04%	2.42%
2035	2,138,754	28,266,887	-1.04%	2.37%
2036	2,116,659	28,925,103	-1.03%	2.33%
2037	2,095,127	29,583,482	-1.02%	2.28%
2038	2,074,054	30,240,549	-1.01%	2.22%
2039	2,053,352	30,895,586	-1%	2.17%
2040	2,033,323	31,550,394	-0.98%	2.12%
2041	2,014,222	32,204,340	-0.94%	2.07%
2042	1,995,750	32,856,596	-0.92%	2.03%
2043	1,977,688	33,510,500	-0.9%	1.99%
2044	1,960,241	34,165,920	-0.88%	1.96%
2045	1,943,187	34,821,101	-0.87%	1.92%
2046	1,926,432	35,475,795	-0.86%	1.88%
2047	1,910,142	36,129,270	-0.85%	1.84%
2048	1,894,069	36,782,260	-0.84%	1.81%
2049	1,877,822	37,434,667	-0.86%	1.77%
2050	1,861,554	38,083,369	-0.87%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Moldova decreased by 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Moldova lost -459,223 (a 16.4% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2006 and is 144th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.