Population of Moldova

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 Aug 2021

The current population of Moldova is 4,003,218 as of May 31, 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 projections

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
20204,033,963-9,300-0.230.052
20214,024,019-9,944-0.250.051
20224,013,171-10,848-0.270.050
20234,001,344-11,827-0.290.050
20243,988,395-12,949-0.320.049
20253,974,249-14,146-0.350.049
20263,958,890-15,359-0.390.048
20273,942,343-16,547-0.420.047
20283,924,631-17,712-0.450.047
20293,905,800-18,831-0.480.046
20303,885,896-19,904-0.510.045
20313,864,946-20,950-0.540.045
20323,842,993-21,953-0.570.044
20333,820,109-22,884-0.600.044
20343,796,408-23,701-0.620.043
20353,771,974-24,434-0.640.042
20363,746,851-25,123-0.670.042
20373,721,117-25,734-0.690.041
20383,694,852-26,265-0.710.041
20393,668,181-26,671-0.720.040
20403,641,185-26,996-0.740.040
20413,613,936-27,249-0.750.039
20423,586,448-27,488-0.760.038
20433,558,765-27,683-0.770.038
20443,530,880-27,885-0.780.037
20453,502,819-28,061-0.790.037
20463,474,592-28,227-0.810.036
20473,446,222-28,370-0.820.036
20483,417,703-28,519-0.830.035
20493,389,030-28,673-0.840.035
20503,360,177-28,853-0.850.035
20513,331,160-29,017-0.860.034
20523,301,968-29,192-0.880.034
20533,272,579-29,389-0.890.033
20543,242,939-29,640-0.910.033
20553,213,024-29,915-0.920.032
20563,182,840-30,184-0.940.032
20573,152,375-30,465-0.960.031
20583,121,610-30,765-0.980.031
20593,090,502-31,108-1.000.031
20603,059,035-31,467-1.020.030
20613,027,218-31,817-1.040.030
20622,995,079-32,139-1.060.029
20632,962,648-32,431-1.080.029
20642,929,961-32,687-1.100.028
20652,897,081-32,880-1.120.028
20662,864,030-33,051-1.140.028
20672,830,870-33,160-1.160.027
20682,797,674-33,196-1.170.027
20692,764,540-33,134-1.180.026
20702,731,563-32,977-1.190.026
20712,698,793-32,770-1.200.026
20722,666,289-32,504-1.200.025
20732,634,153-32,136-1.210.025
20742,602,507-31,646-1.200.025
20752,571,441-31,066-1.190.024
20762,541,000-30,441-1.180.024
20772,511,227-29,773-1.170.024
20782,482,188-29,039-1.160.023
20792,453,919-28,269-1.140.023
20802,426,478-27,441-1.120.023
20812,399,871-26,607-1.100.022
20822,374,095-25,776-1.070.022
20832,349,153-24,942-1.050.022
20842,325,004-24,149-1.030.022
20852,301,613-23,391-1.010.021
20862,278,954-22,659-0.980.021
20872,257,027-21,927-0.960.021
20882,235,742-21,285-0.940.021
20892,215,056-20,686-0.930.021
20902,194,885-20,171-0.910.020
20912,175,185-19,700-0.900.020
20922,155,907-19,278-0.890.020
20932,137,020-18,887-0.880.020
20942,118,490-18,530-0.870.020
20952,100,269-18,221-0.860.019
20962,082,296-17,973-0.860.019
20972,064,526-17,770-0.850.019
20982,046,863-17,663-0.860.019
20992,029,243-17,620-0.860.019
21002,011,567-17,676-0.870.018

Moldova population estimates

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
19502,340,997--0.092
19512,381,30040,3031.720.092
19522,431,88550,5852.120.092
19532,490,86658,9812.430.093
19542,556,45765,5912.630.094
19552,627,01270,5552.760.095
19562,700,97373,9612.820.096
19572,776,92775,9542.810.097
19582,853,57276,6452.760.098
19592,929,73876,1662.670.098
19603,004,45274,7142.550.099
19613,076,90272,4502.410.100
19623,146,54269,6402.260.100
19633,213,08866,5462.110.100
19643,276,42763,3391.970.100
19653,336,59260,1651.840.100
19663,393,05156,4591.690.100
19673,445,83352,7821.560.099
19683,496,13350,3001.460.098
19693,545,65049,5171.420.098
19703,595,55549,9051.410.097
19713,646,57151,0161.420.097
19723,698,22651,6551.420.096
19733,749,01450,7881.370.095
19743,796,76447,7501.270.095
19753,840,04543,2811.140.094
19763,878,10538,0600.990.093
19773,911,81533,7100.870.092
19783,943,33631,5210.810.092
19793,975,72132,3850.820.091
19804,011,07635,3550.890.090
19814,049,87738,8010.970.089
19824,091,12941,2521.020.089
19834,133,73742,6081.040.088
19844,175,93342,1961.020.087
19854,216,24940,3160.970.087
19864,254,52038,2710.910.086
19874,290,48735,9670.850.085
19884,322,33731,8500.740.084
19894,347,87825,5410.590.083
19904,365,56417,6860.410.082
19914,375,0509,4860.220.081
19924,376,7931,7430.040.080
19934,371,146-5,647-0.130.078
19944,358,785-12,361-0.280.077
19954,340,597-18,188-0.420.076
19964,316,223-24,374-0.560.074
19974,286,472-29,751-0.690.073
19984,254,836-31,636-0.740.071
19994,225,829-29,007-0.680.070
20004,202,658-23,171-0.550.068
20014,187,093-15,565-0.370.067
20024,178,230-8,863-0.210.066
20034,173,274-4,956-0.120.065
20044,167,959-5,315-0.130.065
20054,159,293-8,666-0.210.064
20064,146,265-13,028-0.310.063
20074,130,136-16,129-0.390.062
20084,112,891-17,245-0.420.061
20094,097,518-15,373-0.370.060
20104,086,081-11,437-0.280.059
20114,079,164-6,917-0.170.058
20124,075,808-3,356-0.080.057
20134,074,591-1,217-0.030.057
20144,073,407-1,184-0.030.056
20154,070,700-2,707-0.070.055
20164,066,009-4,691-0.120.054
20174,059,684-6,325-0.160.054
20184,051,944-7,740-0.190.053
20194,043,263-8,681-0.210.052