Demographics of Moldova

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Moldova is projected at 4.02 million, down by 0.25% compared with 4.03 million in 2020. Moldova is ranked 131st in terms of population and 216th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 38.6 thousand births in Moldova in 2021. That is 106 per day, which is ranked 142nd. The crude birth rate is 9.6 per 1000 people. There are 47.7 thousand deaths in Moldova in 2021. That is 131 per day, which is ranked 107th. The crude death rate is 11.86 per 1000 people.

1.72 million people are living in urban areas, which is 43% of Moldova population. Moldova is ranked 176th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Moldova in 2021 is 91.79 males per 100 females. There are 1.93 million males and 2.10 million females in Moldova. The percentage of female population is 52.14% compare to 47.86% male population. Moldova has 0.17 million more females than males. Moldova is at 21st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Moldova population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,341,009	-
1955	2,627,008	2.76
1960	3,004,446	2.55
1965	3,336,593	1.84
1970	3,595,549	1.41
1975	3,840,046	1.14
1980	4,011,085	0.89
1985	4,216,244	0.97
1990	4,365,562	0.41
1995	4,340,602	-0.42
2000	4,202,659	-0.55
2005	4,159,296	-0.21
2010	4,086,090	-0.28
2015	4,070,705	-0.07
2016	4,066,013	-0.12
2017	4,059,687	-0.16
2018	4,051,950	-0.19
2019	4,043,258	-0.21
2020	4,033,963	-0.23
2021	4,024,025	-0.25

Total
Crude

Moldova death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	35,269	69,306	14.91	29.56
1955	34,989	79,497	13.22	29.96
1960	34,917	82,969	11.65	27.70
1965	34,020	75,488	10.23	22.73
1970	34,263	70,751	9.51	19.62
1975	37,693	76,073	9.85	19.88
1980	43,664	84,772	10.85	21.06
1985	45,166	92,157	10.74	21.88
1990	44,985	80,575	10.35	18.57
1995	48,802	61,243	11.29	14.15
2000	49,507	47,764	11.71	11.30
2005	49,683	42,875	11.98	10.35
2010	48,317	45,330	11.79	11.06
2015	46,338	43,132	11.40	10.61
2020	47,484	39,360	11.78	9.76
2021	47,700	38,598	11.86	9.60

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Moldova

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	433,084	1,907,913	-	18.500
1955	542,742	2,084,267	5.02	20.660
1960	703,556	2,300,003	6.06	23.424
1965	919,503	2,416,128	5.13	27.566
1970	1,152,673	2,441,845	4.26	32.068
1975	1,390,531	2,448,379	3.57	36.222
1980	1,619,445	2,390,393	2.79	40.387
1985	1,861,995	2,352,921	2.74	44.176
1990	2,040,769	2,323,347	0.21	46.762
1995	2,008,726	2,330,356	-0.62	46.294
2000	1,873,240	2,327,849	-1.44	44.589
2005	1,778,440	2,379,259	-0.71	42.775
2010	1,740,791	2,343,690	-0.35	42.620
2015	1,727,653	2,338,327	-0.11	42.490
2020	1,721,540	2,296,147	-0.01	42.849
2021	1,721,993	2,282,838	0.03	42.998

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Moldova population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	100,676	96,032	196,708	4.89	104.836
05-09	113,537	106,432	219,969	5.47	106.676
10-14	112,814	106,793	219,607	5.46	105.638
15-19	104,425	97,632	202,057	5.02	106.958
20-24	116,760	111,525	228,285	5.67	104.694
25-29	157,113	151,626	308,739	7.67	103.619
30-34	208,360	202,423	410,783	10.21	102.933
35-39	188,159	182,329	370,488	9.21	103.198
40-44	154,304	155,897	310,201	7.71	98.978
45-49	129,564	137,789	267,353	6.64	94.031
50-54	108,500	122,283	230,783	5.74	88.729
55-59	124,987	151,127	276,114	6.86	82.703
60-64	112,562	146,354	258,916	6.43	76.911
65-69	96,047	140,402	236,449	5.88	68.409
70-74	46,740	73,072	119,812	2.98	63.964
75-79	26,150	50,518	76,668	1.91	51.764
80-84	15,557	37,672	53,229	1.32	41.296
85-89	7,324	19,457	26,781	0.67	37.642
90-94	2,026	7,392	9,418	0.23	27.408
95-99	226	1,355	1,581	0.04	16.679
100+	9	75	84	0.00	12.000
Total	1,925,840	2,098,185	4,024,025		91.786