1. PopulationMoldova

   Moldova: 31% fewer residents than in 1991

   4.46M people lived there in 1991 and 3.07M in 2023 (UN estimates). The population has been growing again in recent years. UN medium variant: 2.35M in 2050, 1.49M in 2100.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Moldova: more people now die than are born
• Moldova: women outlive men by 8.9 years, 1.6 times the world average
• Moldova: the IMF counts 612k fewer people than the UN
• Moldova: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more people than there are
• Moldova: 68% fewer births than in 1987
• Moldova: fertility has been falling since 2016, from 1.89 to 1.73 children per woman

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