Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Moldova

Population growth in Moldova in 2025 — -1.75%. Ranked 215 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 3.93 pp.

2025 -1.75% +0.53 pp vs 2024
World rank 215of 217
Period maximum 2.18%1961
Period minimum -2.84%2023

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Moldova, 1961–2025-4-202419611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.18%1963: 1.92%1965: 1.66%1967: 1.54%1969: 1.48%1971: 0.94%1973: 1.03%1975: 1.13%1977: 1.14%1979: 1%1981: 1%1983: 1.01%1985: 1.07%1987: 1.15%1989: 0.71%1991: 0.12%1993: -0.17%1995: -0.46%1997: -0.37%1999: -0.16%2001: -0.22%2003: -0.28%2005: -0.24%2007: -0.23%2009: -0.13%2011: -0.06%2013: -0.03%2015: -0.77%2017: -1.73%2019: -1.6%2021: -1.5%2023: -2.84%2025: -1.75%
Change over the period: −3.93 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Moldova

Moldova -1.75%
World 0.91%
Eastern Europe computed 0.23%
Population growth — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -1.75 +0.53 pp
2024 -2.28 +0.56 pp
2023 -2.84 −0.22 pp
2022 -2.62 −1.12 pp
2021 -1.5 −0.41 pp
2020 -1.1 +0.5 pp
2019 -1.6 +0.16 pp
2018 -1.76 −0.03 pp
2017 -1.73 −0.56 pp
2016 -1.16 −0.4 pp
2015 -0.77 −0.71 pp
2014 -0.06 −0.03 pp
2013 -0.03 −0.01 pp
2012 -0.01 +0.04 pp
2011 -0.06 +0.04 pp
2010 -0.1 +0.03 pp
2009 -0.13 +0.06 pp
2008 -0.19 +0.04 pp
2007 -0.23 +0.05 pp
2006 -0.28 −0.03 pp
2005 -0.24 +0 pp
2004 -0.25 +0.03 pp
2003 -0.28 −0.05 pp
2002 -0.23 −0.01 pp
2001 -0.22 −0.02 pp
2000 -0.2 −0.05 pp
1999 -0.16 −0.12 pp
1998 -0.04 +0.33 pp
1997 -0.37 −0.17 pp
1996 -0.2 +0.26 pp
1995 -0.46 −0.15 pp
1994 -0.31 −0.14 pp
1993 -0.17 −0.15 pp
1992 -0.02 −0.14 pp
1991 0.12 −0.14 pp
1990 0.26 −0.45 pp
1989 0.71 −0.4 pp
1988 1.11 −0.04 pp
1987 1.15 +0.02 pp
1986 1.13 +0.06 pp
1985 1.07 +0.02 pp
1984 1.04 +0.03 pp
1983 1.01 +0.03 pp
1982 0.99 −0.02 pp
1981 1 +0.05 pp
1980 0.95 −0.05 pp
1979 1 −0.13 pp
1978 1.13 −0.01 pp
1977 1.14 −0 pp
1976 1.14 +0.01 pp
1975 1.13 +0.04 pp
1974 1.09 +0.06 pp
1973 1.03 +0.06 pp
1972 0.98 +0.04 pp
1971 0.94 −0.26 pp
1970 1.2 −0.28 pp
1969 1.48 −0.02 pp
1968 1.5 −0.04 pp
1967 1.54 −0.06 pp
1966 1.6 −0.06 pp
1965 1.66 −0.11 pp
1964 1.77 −0.15 pp
1963 1.92 −0.14 pp
1962 2.07 −0.11 pp
1961 2.18

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.