Moldova vs Romania: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 43.7% in Moldova and 52.2% in Romania, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 8.4 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Moldova.

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% of people · UN

MoldovaRomaniaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Romania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Moldova ranked 172 and Romania ranked 157 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Moldova at 46.3% and Romania at 55.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Moldova	Romania
2025	43.7	52.2
2024	43.5	52.2
2023	43	52.2
2022	42.4	52.2
2021	41.8	52.2
2020	41.3	52.6
2019	40.8	52.9
2018	40.3	53.1
2017	40	53.4
2016	39.7	53.6
2015	39.7	53.7
2014	39.6	53.8
2013	39.4	53.9
2012	39.4	54
2011	39.4	54
2010	39.3	53.9
2009	39.3	53.8
2008	39.4	53.6
2007	39.4	53.5
2006	39.2	53.3
2005	39.4	53.1
2004	39.5	52.9
2003	39.6	52.8
2002	39.6	52.8
2001	39.7	52.8
2000	40.4	52.9
1999	40.5	53
1998	40.7	53.2
1997	44.9	53.5
1996	45.1	53.7
1995	45.7	53.9
1994	45.9	54.1
1993	46.1	54.2
1992	46.4	54.3
1991	46.9	54.3
1990	47	54.2
1989	47.2	54
1988	46.4	53.8
1987	45.3	53.4
1986	44.3	53
1985	43.5	52.6
1984	42.8	52
1983	41.9	51.5
1982	41.2	50.9
1981	40.6	50.3
1980	40	49.7
1979	39.5	49
1978	38.8	48.4
1977	38	47.8
1976	37.2	47.2
1975	36.4	46.5
1974	35.5	45.7
1973	34.8	44.8
1972	33.8	43.9
1971	32.8	43
1970	32	42
1969	31.1	41.1
1968	30.1	40.2
1967	29.2	39.3
1966	28.5	38.5
1965	27.2	37.7
1964	25.8	37
1963	25.1	36.3
1962	24.5	35.7
1961	24	35.1
1960	23.2	34.4
1959	22.6	33.8
1958	22	33.1
1957	21.3	32.4
1956	20.7	31.6
1955	20.1	30.7
1954	19.5	29.7
1953	19	28.5
1952	18.4	27.2
1951	17.9	26
1950	17.3	25

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Moldova	Romania
2026	43.9	52.2
2027	44.1	52.2
2028	44.3	52.2
2029	44.5	52.2
2030	44.7	52.3
2031	44.8	52.3
2032	45	52.3
2033	45.1	52.4
2034	45.3	52.5
2035	45.4	52.5
2036	45.5	52.6
2037	45.6	52.7
2038	45.7	52.8
2039	45.8	52.9
2040	45.9	53.1
2041	46	53.2
2042	46.1	53.4
2043	46.1	53.5
2044	46.2	53.7
2045	46.2	53.9
2046	46.3	54.2
2047	46.3	54.4
2048	46.3	54.7
2049	46.3	55
2050	46.3	55.3

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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