Population in Moldova

The population of Moldova was 2,360,527 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1967.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Moldova, 2025 2,360,527 People
Change from 2024 −1.7% 2024: 2,402,306 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 145th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Moldova over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period MoldovaWorld
2025 2,360,527 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 2,402,306 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 2,457,783 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 2,528,654 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 2,595,809 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 2,635,130 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 2,664,224 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 2,707,203 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 2,755,189 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 2,803,186 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 2,835,978 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 2,857,815 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 2,859,558 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 2,860,324 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 2,860,699 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 2,862,354 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 2,865,213 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 2,868,833 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 2,874,299 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 2,880,967 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 2,888,985 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 2,896,023 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 2,903,198 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 2,911,385 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 2,918,135 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.7% from 2,402,306 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2,835,978 people, the figure has changed by −16.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Moldova has the 145th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Moldova
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects