Population of Moldova

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Moldova is 3,999,676 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Moldova is projected at 4,024,019 or 4.02 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Moldova is projected at 4,033,963 or 4.03 million people for the year 2020. Moldova ranks number 131th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Moldova is ranked 28th among 48 countries in Europe.

Moldova's population peaked in 1992 with 4.37 mn people after Moldova's population decreased year by year. The Moldova population is projected to reach 3.88 million in 2030 and decrease further to 3.36 million in 2050 and 2.01 million by 2100. Moldova accounts for 0.051 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.099% of 1967 and is projected to decline at 0.018% by 2100.

Moldova was at 101st position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 149th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Moldova population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,340,997	-	-	0.092
1951	2,381,300	40,303	1.72	0.092
1952	2,431,885	50,585	2.12	0.092
1953	2,490,866	58,981	2.43	0.093
1954	2,556,457	65,591	2.63	0.094
1955	2,627,012	70,555	2.76	0.095
1956	2,700,973	73,961	2.82	0.096
1957	2,776,927	75,954	2.81	0.097
1958	2,853,572	76,645	2.76	0.098
1959	2,929,738	76,166	2.67	0.098
1960	3,004,452	74,714	2.55	0.099
1961	3,076,902	72,450	2.41	0.100
1962	3,146,542	69,640	2.26	0.100
1963	3,213,088	66,546	2.11	0.100
1964	3,276,427	63,339	1.97	0.100
1965	3,336,592	60,165	1.84	0.100
1966	3,393,051	56,459	1.69	0.100
1967	3,445,833	52,782	1.56	0.099
1968	3,496,133	50,300	1.46	0.098
1969	3,545,650	49,517	1.42	0.098
1970	3,595,555	49,905	1.41	0.097
1971	3,646,571	51,016	1.42	0.097
1972	3,698,226	51,655	1.42	0.096
1973	3,749,014	50,788	1.37	0.095
1974	3,796,764	47,750	1.27	0.095
1975	3,840,045	43,281	1.14	0.094
1976	3,878,105	38,060	0.99	0.093
1977	3,911,815	33,710	0.87	0.092
1978	3,943,336	31,521	0.81	0.092
1979	3,975,721	32,385	0.82	0.091
1980	4,011,076	35,355	0.89	0.090
1981	4,049,877	38,801	0.97	0.089
1982	4,091,129	41,252	1.02	0.089
1983	4,133,737	42,608	1.04	0.088
1984	4,175,933	42,196	1.02	0.087
1985	4,216,249	40,316	0.97	0.087
1986	4,254,520	38,271	0.91	0.086
1987	4,290,487	35,967	0.85	0.085
1988	4,322,337	31,850	0.74	0.084
1989	4,347,878	25,541	0.59	0.083
1990	4,365,564	17,686	0.41	0.082
1991	4,375,050	9,486	0.22	0.081
1992	4,376,793	1,743	0.04	0.080
1993	4,371,146	-5,647	-0.13	0.078
1994	4,358,785	-12,361	-0.28	0.077
1995	4,340,597	-18,188	-0.42	0.076
1996	4,316,223	-24,374	-0.56	0.074
1997	4,286,472	-29,751	-0.69	0.073
1998	4,254,836	-31,636	-0.74	0.071
1999	4,225,829	-29,007	-0.68	0.070
2000	4,202,658	-23,171	-0.55	0.068
2001	4,187,093	-15,565	-0.37	0.067
2002	4,178,230	-8,863	-0.21	0.066
2003	4,173,274	-4,956	-0.12	0.065
2004	4,167,959	-5,315	-0.13	0.065
2005	4,159,293	-8,666	-0.21	0.064
2006	4,146,265	-13,028	-0.31	0.063
2007	4,130,136	-16,129	-0.39	0.062
2008	4,112,891	-17,245	-0.42	0.061
2009	4,097,518	-15,373	-0.37	0.060
2010	4,086,081	-11,437	-0.28	0.059
2011	4,079,164	-6,917	-0.17	0.058
2012	4,075,808	-3,356	-0.08	0.057
2013	4,074,591	-1,217	-0.03	0.057
2014	4,073,407	-1,184	-0.03	0.056
2015	4,070,700	-2,707	-0.07	0.055
2016	4,066,009	-4,691	-0.12	0.054
2017	4,059,684	-6,325	-0.16	0.054
2018	4,051,944	-7,740	-0.19	0.053
2019	4,043,263	-8,681	-0.21	0.052

Moldova population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	4,033,963	-9,300	-0.23	0.052
2021	4,024,019	-9,944	-0.25	0.051
2022	4,013,171	-10,848	-0.27	0.050
2023	4,001,344	-11,827	-0.29	0.050
2024	3,988,395	-12,949	-0.32	0.049
2025	3,974,249	-14,146	-0.35	0.049
2026	3,958,890	-15,359	-0.39	0.048
2027	3,942,343	-16,547	-0.42	0.047
2028	3,924,631	-17,712	-0.45	0.047
2029	3,905,800	-18,831	-0.48	0.046
2030	3,885,896	-19,904	-0.51	0.045
2031	3,864,946	-20,950	-0.54	0.045
2032	3,842,993	-21,953	-0.57	0.044
2033	3,820,109	-22,884	-0.60	0.044
2034	3,796,408	-23,701	-0.62	0.043
2035	3,771,974	-24,434	-0.64	0.042
2036	3,746,851	-25,123	-0.67	0.042
2037	3,721,117	-25,734	-0.69	0.041
2038	3,694,852	-26,265	-0.71	0.041
2039	3,668,181	-26,671	-0.72	0.040
2040	3,641,185	-26,996	-0.74	0.040
2041	3,613,936	-27,249	-0.75	0.039
2042	3,586,448	-27,488	-0.76	0.038
2043	3,558,765	-27,683	-0.77	0.038
2044	3,530,880	-27,885	-0.78	0.037
2045	3,502,819	-28,061	-0.79	0.037
2046	3,474,592	-28,227	-0.81	0.036
2047	3,446,222	-28,370	-0.82	0.036
2048	3,417,703	-28,519	-0.83	0.035
2049	3,389,030	-28,673	-0.84	0.035
2050	3,360,177	-28,853	-0.85	0.035
2051	3,331,160	-29,017	-0.86	0.034
2052	3,301,968	-29,192	-0.88	0.034
2053	3,272,579	-29,389	-0.89	0.033
2054	3,242,939	-29,640	-0.91	0.033
2055	3,213,024	-29,915	-0.92	0.032
2056	3,182,840	-30,184	-0.94	0.032
2057	3,152,375	-30,465	-0.96	0.031
2058	3,121,610	-30,765	-0.98	0.031
2059	3,090,502	-31,108	-1.00	0.031
2060	3,059,035	-31,467	-1.02	0.030
2061	3,027,218	-31,817	-1.04	0.030
2062	2,995,079	-32,139	-1.06	0.029
2063	2,962,648	-32,431	-1.08	0.029
2064	2,929,961	-32,687	-1.10	0.028
2065	2,897,081	-32,880	-1.12	0.028
2066	2,864,030	-33,051	-1.14	0.028
2067	2,830,870	-33,160	-1.16	0.027
2068	2,797,674	-33,196	-1.17	0.027
2069	2,764,540	-33,134	-1.18	0.026
2070	2,731,563	-32,977	-1.19	0.026
2071	2,698,793	-32,770	-1.20	0.026
2072	2,666,289	-32,504	-1.20	0.025
2073	2,634,153	-32,136	-1.21	0.025
2074	2,602,507	-31,646	-1.20	0.025
2075	2,571,441	-31,066	-1.19	0.024
2076	2,541,000	-30,441	-1.18	0.024
2077	2,511,227	-29,773	-1.17	0.024
2078	2,482,188	-29,039	-1.16	0.023
2079	2,453,919	-28,269	-1.14	0.023
2080	2,426,478	-27,441	-1.12	0.023
2081	2,399,871	-26,607	-1.10	0.022
2082	2,374,095	-25,776	-1.07	0.022
2083	2,349,153	-24,942	-1.05	0.022
2084	2,325,004	-24,149	-1.03	0.022
2085	2,301,613	-23,391	-1.01	0.021
2086	2,278,954	-22,659	-0.98	0.021
2087	2,257,027	-21,927	-0.96	0.021
2088	2,235,742	-21,285	-0.94	0.021
2089	2,215,056	-20,686	-0.93	0.021
2090	2,194,885	-20,171	-0.91	0.020
2091	2,175,185	-19,700	-0.90	0.020
2092	2,155,907	-19,278	-0.89	0.020
2093	2,137,020	-18,887	-0.88	0.020
2094	2,118,490	-18,530	-0.87	0.020
2095	2,100,269	-18,221	-0.86	0.019
2096	2,082,296	-17,973	-0.86	0.019
2097	2,064,526	-17,770	-0.85	0.019
2098	2,046,863	-17,663	-0.86	0.019
2099	2,029,243	-17,620	-0.86	0.019
2100	2,011,567	-17,676	-0.87	0.018