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	2,389,275	21,314,956	-2.79%	2.85%
2025	2,358,679	21,913,869	-1.28%	2.81%
2026	2,331,249	22,521,905	-1.16%	2.77%
2027	2,308,519	23,138,716	-0.97%	2.74%
2028	2,285,773	23,761,368	-0.99%	2.69%
2029	2,262,909	24,389,681	-1%	2.64%
2030	2,239,915	25,024,887	-1.02%	2.6%
2031	2,217,099	25,666,496	-1.02%	2.56%
2032	2,194,590	26,311,946	-1.02%	2.51%
2033	2,172,083	26,960,073	-1.03%	2.46%
2034	2,149,558	27,611,621	-1.04%	2.42%
2035	2,127,153	28,266,887	-1.04%	2.37%
2036	2,105,178	28,925,103	-1.03%	2.33%
2037	2,083,762	29,583,482	-1.02%	2.28%
2038	2,062,803	30,240,549	-1.01%	2.22%
2039	2,042,214	30,895,586	-1%	2.17%
2040	2,022,294	31,550,394	-0.98%	2.12%
2041	2,003,296	32,204,340	-0.94%	2.07%
2042	1,984,924	32,856,596	-0.92%	2.03%
2043	1,966,961	33,510,500	-0.9%	1.99%
2044	1,949,608	34,165,920	-0.88%	1.96%
2045	1,932,647	34,821,101	-0.87%	1.92%
2046	1,915,982	35,475,795	-0.86%	1.88%
2047	1,899,781	36,129,270	-0.85%	1.84%
2048	1,883,795	36,782,260	-0.84%	1.81%
2049	1,867,636	37,434,667	-0.86%	1.77%
2050	1,851,456	38,083,369	-0.87%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Moldova decreased by 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Moldova lost -477,299 (a 16.8% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Moldova was ranked 134th most populous country in 2005 and is 145th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.