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How many babies are born in Moldova?

30 thousand babies born in Moldova in 2026. That is 0.02% of all births worldwide, and the 146th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Moldova: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Moldova’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~2.1K ~52K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~4.4K ~100K 42.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~13K ~310K 42.8 Modelled estimate
1800 ~31.5K ~713K 44.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~65K ~1.48M 43.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 79.4K 2.53M 31.4 UN estimate
2000 49.6K 4.23M 11.7 UN estimate
2023 33K 3.07M 10.8 UN estimate
2026 30K 2.96M 10.1 UN projection
2050 25.6K 2.35M 10.9 UN projection
2075 18.3K 1.84M 10.0 UN projection
2100 12.6K 1.49M 8.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Moldova among estimates through 2023 were in 1987, at about 102K. That is roughly 48 times the estimated ~2.13K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.72 children per woman, fertility in Moldova is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Moldova each year?

An estimated 30 thousand babies are born in Moldova in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 82 a day and 0.02% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Moldova?

Moldova has an estimated 10.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.72 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.