Demographics of Moldova

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date19 May 2024

There are 1.58 million males and 1.75 million females in Moldova. The percentage of the male population is 47.59%, compared to 52.41% of the female population. Moldova has 160k more females than males. The sex ratio in Moldova in 2024 will be 90.818 males per 100 females. Moldova is in the 22nd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Moldova population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,370,3112.47
19552,714,7142.93
19603,133,2672.64
19653,476,7961.58
19703,711,1401.10
19753,913,5861.06
19804,103,2400.87
19854,300,6950.92
19904,480,1990.36
19954,461,231-0.56
20004,251,573-1.18
20054,001,382-1.27
20103,678,186-2.18
20153,277,388-1.74
20203,084,847-0.66
20213,061,506-0.86
20223,272,99613.75
20233,435,931-3.59
20243,329,865-2.66
  • Total
  • Crude

Moldova death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195036,30169,79415.37329.556
195535,38281,80113.11030.309
196034,32288,93711.00328.511
196533,86873,4839.76321.183
197037,81272,17310.19719.463
197542,83181,52510.94720.837
198045,94185,63411.18920.857
198550,59196,45911.75422.410
199047,51378,50710.58817.496
199560,10859,98013.43913.410
200055,52849,80412.99311.654
200550,34550,77012.50112.607
201046,81953,08012.58214.265
201546,73549,27014.13314.899
202044,65538,58414.44512.481
202150,20038,14616.36012.432
202250,50936,94316.60912.148
202347,88849,66713.68014.189
202439,75945,32011.77613.423
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Moldova

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950433,0841,907,91318.500
1955542,7422,084,26720.660
1960703,5562,300,00323.424
1965919,5032,416,12827.566
19701,152,6732,441,84532.068
19751,390,5312,448,37936.222
19801,619,4452,390,39340.387
19851,861,9952,352,92144.176
19902,040,7692,323,34746.762
19952,008,7262,330,35646.294
20001,873,2402,327,84944.589
20051,778,4402,379,25942.775
20101,740,7912,343,69042.620
20151,727,6532,338,32742.490
20201,721,5402,296,14742.849
20211,721,9932,282,83842.998
20221,723,0062,267,96943.173
20231,724,5622,251,55143.373
20241,726,6372,233,59443.599
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Moldova population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 110,305 104,460 214,765 6.45 105.595
05-09 116,490 110,834 227,323 6.83 105.103
10-14 104,830 101,804 206,634 6.21 102.972
15-19 98,353 98,678 197,031 5.92 99.671
20-24 105,276 105,120 210,395 6.32 100.148
25-29 120,135 120,102 240,237 7.21 100.027
30-34 141,375 139,355 280,730 8.43 101.450
35-39 151,276 147,545 298,822 8.97 102.529
40-44 122,794 124,565 247,359 7.43 98.578
45-49 102,601 107,843 210,444 6.32 95.139
50-54 88,341 96,922 185,263 5.56 91.146
55-59 78,909 92,579 171,489 5.15 85.234
60-64 84,542 110,895 195,437 5.87 76.236
65-69 71,778 106,627 178,405 5.36 67.317
70-74 50,883 88,058 138,940 4.17 57.784
75-79 21,695 42,392 64,087 1.92 51.177
80-84 10,213 26,684 36,898 1.11 38.274
85-89 3,897 14,229 18,127 0.54 27.388
90-94 989 4,953 5,942 0.18 19.968
95-99 122 1,237 1,359 0.04 9.863
100+ 8 170 178 0.01 4.706
Total 1,584,812 1,745,052 3,329,865 90.817