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

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.

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: 07 August 2026

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