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Moldova vs Puerto Rico: Population

Moldova
3.07 million people
in 2023
Puerto Rico
3.24 million people
in 2023
Moldova rank
137th
Puerto Rico rank
135th

Population over time

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How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 3.24 million people against 3.07 million people in Moldova, a difference of 174,950 people.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Moldova's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Moldova ahead.

Moldova ranks 137th and Puerto Rico ranks 135th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Moldova averaged higher in 38 and Puerto Rico in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Moldova Puerto Rico Difference Ahead
1000s 104,000 people 605 people 103,395 people Moldova
1100s 156,000 people 908 people 155,092 people Moldova
1200s 234,000 people 1,363 people 232,637 people Moldova
1300s 234,000 people 2,044 people 231,956 people Moldova
1400s 234,000 people 3,067 people 230,933 people Moldova
1500s 312,000 people 4,600 people 307,400 people Moldova
1600s 390,000 people 6,900 people 383,100 people Moldova
1700s 520,000 people 10,351 people 509,649 people Moldova
1710s 342,854 people 13,488 people 329,366 people Moldova
1720s 371,426 people 17,575 people 353,851 people Moldova
1730s 402,378 people 22,901 people 379,477 people Moldova
1740s 435,909 people 29,841 people 406,068 people Moldova
1750s 472,235 people 38,883 people 433,352 people Moldova
1760s 511,588 people 50,666 people 460,922 people Moldova
1770s 554,220 people 66,020 people 488,200 people Moldova
1780s 600,406 people 86,026 people 514,380 people Moldova
1790s 650,439 people 112,095 people 538,344 people Moldova
1800s 712,558 people 146,063 people 566,495 people Moldova
1810s 712,558 people 190,325 people 522,233 people Moldova
1820s 716,493 people 248,000 people 468,493 people Moldova
1830s 780,779 people 299,428 people 481,351 people Moldova
1840s 855,461 people 350,856 people 504,605 people Moldova
1850s 937,285 people 440,820 people 496,465 people Moldova
1860s 1.03 million people 537,637 people 490,003 people Moldova
1870s 1.13 million people 644,736 people 481,974 people Moldova
1880s 1.24 million people 753,992 people 481,328 people Moldova
1890s 1.35 million people 861,685 people 492,725 people Moldova
1900s 1.48 million people 981,410 people 503,560 people Moldova
1910s 1.63 million people 1.21 million people 418,690 people Moldova
1920s 1.78 million people 1.44 million people 347,250 people Moldova
1930s 1.96 million people 1.67 million people 289,930 people Moldova
1940s 2.14 million people 1.89 million people 248,950 people Moldova
1950s 2.76 million people 2.29 million people 463,099 people Moldova
1960s 3.35 million people 2.54 million people 814,835 people Moldova
1970s 3.82 million people 2.95 million people 875,539 people Moldova
1980s 4.24 million people 3.37 million people 868,469 people Moldova
1990s 4.40 million people 3.67 million people 725,194 people Moldova
2000s 4.00 million people 3.79 million people 210,671 people Moldova
2010s 3.34 million people 3.52 million people 175,673 people Puerto Rico
2020s 3.05 million people 3.25 million people 203,005 people Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Moldova or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 3.24 million people against 3.07 million people in Moldova as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Moldova and Puerto Rico?
174,950 people, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Puerto Rico?
106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Moldova and Puerto Rico rank globally for population?
Moldova ranks 137th and Puerto Rico ranks 135th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.