Moldova Population 2024

Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, borders Ukraine to the north, east, south and Romania to the west. Moldova population in 2024 is estimated to be 2.41 million, covers country area of 33,843.5 sq km (13,067.0 sq mi), ranks one-hundred-thirty-fifth country by area and the one-hundred-forty-third most populous country in the world. The capital and largest city is Chișinău, and other popular cities are Tiraspol, Bălți, Bender, Rîbnița and Ungheni. Country code is MDA, According to statistica, Life expectancy of Moldova is 66.80 years for male and 75.10 years for female. The official language is Romanian also called Moldo van language, other spoken languages include Gagauz, Russian and Ukrainian.

According to statistica, 680.3 thousand or 26.2 percent are aged between 14 to 34 years ,in these distribution 49.4 percent are female and 50.6 percent are male. 584 thousand of people aged 60 years and over were living in the Moldova at the beginning of year 2021, which represents 22.5 percent of the Moldova population. out of these 349.5 thousand were women, and 61.2 thousand were people over the age of 80. 75.1% Moldovan[a] 7.0% Romanian 6.6% Ukrainian 4.6% Gagauz 4.1% Russian 1.9% Bulgarian 0.36% Romani 0.07% Poles

Year	Population
1960	2,043,664
1965	2,269,399
1970	2,445,328
1975	2,611,616
1980	2,728,099
1985	2,867,878
1990	2,969,097
1995	2,952,307
2000	2,923,783
2005	2,888,111
2010	2,861,487
2015	2,834,530
2020	2,620,495

Moldova Population Growth

Moldova population in 1960 is 2,043,664, by 1970 the population is increased by 401,664 totaling to 2,445,328, by 1980 the population is increased to 2,728,099, and by 1990 the total increase of 2,969,097 in 30 years from 1960 to 1990 resulting to 2,969,097. From 1990 to 2000, population increased to 2,923,783, and from 2000 to 2010 the population of Moldova decrease by -62,296 with a change of -2.13 percent and decline of population from 2010 to 2020 by -240,992 with a change of -8.42 percent and make up to 2,620,495. Moldova population in 2023 is estimated to be 2.47 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 2.53 million, Population of Moldova in January 2021 is estimated as 2.59 million.

Moldova Population by Districts

Moldova is divided into 32 districts and 3 municipalities, grouped into three regions, Gagauzia is the Autonomous Territorial Unit, it lies in the Southern Region of Moldova.

Region	Municipality/City	Population (2020)	Urban	Rural
	Municipiul Chişinău	832,865	756,745	76,120
Nord / Север / North		974,558	356,509	618,049
	Municipiul Bălţi	151,791	146,850	4,941
	Briceni	71,447	15,093	56,354
	Donduşeni	41,719	10,098	31,621
	Drochia	85,558	20,295	65,263
	Edineţ	79,160	25,774	53,386
	Făleşti	90,275	16,824	73,451
	Floreşti	85,643	19,596	66,047
	Glodeni	58,691	11,223	47,468
	Ocniţa	52,948	19,089	33,859
	Râşcani	66,498	15,111	51,387
	Sângerei	91,412	18,646	72,766
	Soroca	99,416	37,910	61,506
Centru / Центр / Center		1,047,681	207,445	840,236
	Anenii Noi	82,998	8,783	74,215
	Călăraşi	76,551	16,065	60,486
	Criuleni	73,371	8,483	64,888
	Dubăsari	34,969	-	34,969
	Hânceşti	118,619	17,258	101,361
	Ialoveni	101,797	16,790	85,007
	Nisporeni	64,797	14,319	50,478
	Orhei	124,007	34,149	89,858
	Rezina	49,891	12,873	37,018
	Străşeni	92,052	22,175	69,877
	Şoldăneşti	40,942	7,440	33,502
	Teleneşti	70,982	8,063	62,919
	Ungheni	116,705	41,047	75,658
Sud / Юг / South		525,928	140,842	385,086
	Basarabeasca	27,997	12,412	15,585
	Cahul	124,091	39,431	84,660
	Cantemir	61,317	5,746	55,571
	Căuşeni	89,356	24,500	64,856
	Cimişlia	58,604	14,197	44,407
	Leova	51,990	15,367	36,623
	Ştefan Vodă	69,394	8,463	60,931
	Taraclia	43,179	20,726	22,453
UTA Găgăuzia		161,676	65,942	95,734

Maldova Population by Age Group

Age Group	Total	Male	Female
0-4	156,026	80,675	75,351
5-9	164,761	84,751	80,010
10-14	155,520	79,916	75,604
15-19	135,063	69,355	65,708
20-24	133,206	68,105	65,101
25-29	172,629	86,045	86,584
30-34	210,268	105,577	104,691
35-39	199,939	99,870	100,069
40-44	174,697	86,225	88,472
45-49	168,710	82,417	86,293
50-54	161,459	78,280	83,179
55-59	180,819	84,211	96,608
60-64	196,733	87,451	109,282
65-69	160,579	66,416	94,163
70-74	110,880	42,798	68,082
75-79	54,652	19,097	35,555
80-84	39,497	12,225	27,272
85+	21,669	6,491	15,178

History of Moldova

The name Moldova is derived from the Moldova River. Moldova formerly known as Bessarabia, was an integral part of the Romanian of Moldavia until 1812, ceded to Russia by Ottoman empire, remained as province of Russia till first world war, became part of Greater Romania, again became part of Russia in second world war, finally in 1991 Moldova gained independence from Soviet Union.