Rural population fell 1.02% to 1.49 mil in Moldova in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population in Moldova reached an all time high of 1.67 mil in 1967 and an all time low of 1.49 mil in 2021. When compared to Moldova's main peers, rural population in Bulgaria amounted to 1.65 mil, 8.73 mil in Romania, 36.0 mil in Russia and 13.2 mil in Ukraine in 2021.
Moldova has been ranked 114th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bulgaria | mil | 1.87 | 1.83 | 1.79 | 1.76 | 1.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 614 | 600 | 587 | 573 | 559 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 18.6 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 2.38 | 2.33 | 2.29 | 2.25 | 2.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | mil | 2.90 | 2.87 | 2.83 | 2.80 | 2.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | mil | 1.63 | 1.61 | 1.58 | 1.55 | 1.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil | 9.14 | 9.08 | 9.02 | 8.96 | 8.89 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 37.4 | 37.3 | 37.1 | 36.9 | 36.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil | 3.14 | 3.12 | 3.09 | 3.07 | 3.04 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 21.0 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 20.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 58.8 | 58.6 | 58.3 | 58.0 | 57.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
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