Demographic profile
Moldova is the 145th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.03% of everyone alive. Within Eastern Europe, it ranks 10 of 10.
Each day brings roughly 62 births and 96 deaths — a net decline of about 12,418 people a year. At -0.47% annually, the population would halve in roughly 149 years if the trend held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Transnistria, holding an estimated 64.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 2 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 99.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 26.0%, with life expectancy at about 64.5 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Moldova in 2026? Approximately 2,605,237 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Moldova shrinking? About -0.47% per year — roughly 62 births and 96 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Moldova? Around 0.03% — ranked 145 worldwide by population.