What is the difference in population between Moldova and Uruguay?

321,010 people, with Uruguay ahead.

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

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 Uruguay: Population

Moldova

3.07 million people

in 2023

Uruguay

3.39 million people

in 2023

Moldova rank

138th

Uruguay rank

135th

Population over time

Moldova
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 3.39 million people against 3.07 million people in Moldova, a difference of 321,010 people.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Moldova's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Moldova ahead.

Moldova ranks 138th and Uruguay ranks 135th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Moldova	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	104,000 people	14,091 people	89,909 people	Moldova
1100s	156,000 people	15,670 people	140,330 people	Moldova
1200s	234,000 people	17,428 people	216,572 people	Moldova
1300s	234,000 people	19,386 people	214,614 people	Moldova
1400s	234,000 people	21,566 people	212,434 people	Moldova
1500s	312,000 people	23,995 people	288,005 people	Moldova
1600s	390,000 people	26,701 people	363,299 people	Moldova
1700s	520,000 people	29,719 people	490,281 people	Moldova
1710s	342,854 people	31,284 people	311,570 people	Moldova
1720s	371,426 people	32,930 people	338,496 people	Moldova
1730s	402,378 people	34,663 people	367,715 people	Moldova
1740s	435,909 people	36,488 people	399,421 people	Moldova
1750s	472,235 people	38,408 people	433,827 people	Moldova
1760s	511,588 people	40,430 people	471,158 people	Moldova
1770s	554,220 people	42,557 people	511,663 people	Moldova
1780s	600,406 people	44,797 people	555,609 people	Moldova
1790s	650,439 people	47,155 people	603,284 people	Moldova
1800s	712,558 people	55,000 people	657,558 people	Moldova
1810s	712,689 people	55,033 people	657,656 people	Moldova
1820s	743,294 people	63,118 people	680,176 people	Moldova
1830s	813,823 people	84,338 people	729,485 people	Moldova
1840s	891,665 people	112,982 people	778,683 people	Moldova
1850s	977,260 people	169,884 people	807,376 people	Moldova
1860s	1.07 million people	273,980 people	797,488 people	Moldova
1870s	1.17 million people	396,887 people	777,873 people	Moldova
1880s	1.29 million people	562,422 people	725,585 people	Moldova
1890s	1.41 million people	791,888 people	620,284 people	Moldova
1900s	1.55 million people	999,894 people	548,410 people	Moldova
1910s	1.70 million people	1.23 million people	471,884 people	Moldova
1920s	1.86 million people	1.54 million people	316,971 people	Moldova
1930s	2.04 million people	1.85 million people	186,311 people	Moldova
1940s	2.23 million people	2.10 million people	134,692 people	Moldova
1950s	2.76 million people	2.36 million people	398,460 people	Moldova
1960s	3.35 million people	2.66 million people	688,759 people	Moldova
1970s	3.82 million people	2.86 million people	955,735 people	Moldova
1980s	4.24 million people	3.01 million people	1.23 million people	Moldova
1990s	4.40 million people	3.18 million people	1.22 million people	Moldova
2000s	4.00 million people	3.29 million people	709,046 people	Moldova
2010s	3.34 million people	3.36 million people	20,182 people	Uruguay
2020s	3.05 million people	3.39 million people	343,668 people	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Moldova or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 3.39 million people against 3.07 million people in Moldova as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Moldova and Uruguay?: 321,010 people, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Uruguay?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Moldova and Uruguay rank globally for population?: Moldova ranks 138th and Uruguay ranks 135th 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.