What is the difference in population between Moldova and Qatar?

87,980 people, with Moldova ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Qatar?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

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.

Moldova vs Qatar: Population

Moldova

3.07 million people

in 2023

Qatar

2.98 million people

in 2023

Moldova rank

138th

Qatar rank

139th

Population over time

Moldova
Qatar

How they compare

Moldova currently reports 3.07 million people against 2.98 million people in Qatar, a difference of 87,980 people.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Moldova has been ahead every year.

Moldova ranks 138th and Qatar ranks 139th of 239 countries.

Moldova has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Moldova	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1000s	104,000 people	533 people	103,467 people	Moldova
1100s	156,000 people	552 people	155,448 people	Moldova
1200s	234,000 people	571 people	233,429 people	Moldova
1300s	234,000 people	590 people	233,410 people	Moldova
1400s	234,000 people	611 people	233,389 people	Moldova
1500s	312,000 people	632 people	311,368 people	Moldova
1600s	390,000 people	654 people	389,346 people	Moldova
1700s	520,000 people	676 people	519,324 people	Moldova
1710s	342,854 people	710 people	342,144 people	Moldova
1720s	371,426 people	746 people	370,680 people	Moldova
1730s	402,378 people	783 people	401,595 people	Moldova
1740s	435,909 people	822 people	435,087 people	Moldova
1750s	472,235 people	863 people	471,372 people	Moldova
1760s	511,588 people	906 people	510,682 people	Moldova
1770s	554,220 people	952 people	553,268 people	Moldova
1780s	600,406 people	999 people	599,407 people	Moldova
1790s	650,439 people	1,049 people	649,390 people	Moldova
1800s	712,558 people	14,092 people	698,466 people	Moldova
1810s	712,689 people	14,092 people	698,597 people	Moldova
1820s	743,294 people	14,092 people	729,202 people	Moldova
1830s	813,823 people	14,092 people	799,731 people	Moldova
1840s	891,665 people	14,092 people	877,573 people	Moldova
1850s	977,260 people	14,032 people	963,228 people	Moldova
1860s	1.07 million people	13,900 people	1.06 million people	Moldova
1870s	1.17 million people	14,148 people	1.16 million people	Moldova
1880s	1.29 million people	14,867 people	1.27 million people	Moldova
1890s	1.41 million people	15,628 people	1.40 million people	Moldova
1900s	1.55 million people	16,427 people	1.53 million people	Moldova
1910s	1.70 million people	17,469 people	1.68 million people	Moldova
1920s	1.86 million people	18,954 people	1.84 million people	Moldova
1930s	2.04 million people	20,627 people	2.02 million people	Moldova
1940s	2.23 million people	22,473 people	2.21 million people	Moldova
1950s	2.76 million people	28,414 people	2.73 million people	Moldova
1960s	3.35 million people	64,020 people	3.29 million people	Moldova
1970s	3.82 million people	186,144 people	3.63 million people	Moldova
1980s	4.24 million people	354,096 people	3.89 million people	Moldova
1990s	4.40 million people	513,564 people	3.89 million people	Moldova
2000s	4.00 million people	957,202 people	3.04 million people	Moldova
2010s	3.34 million people	2.30 million people	1.04 million people	Moldova
2020s	3.05 million people	2.87 million people	177,512 people	Moldova

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Moldova or Qatar?: Moldova, at 3.07 million people against 2.98 million people in Qatar as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Moldova and Qatar?: 87,980 people, with Moldova ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Qatar?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Moldova and Qatar rank globally for population?: Moldova ranks 138th and Qatar ranks 139th of 239 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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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: 18 September 2026

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