Moldova
Life expectancy in Moldova
Life expectancy in Moldova: 54 years in 1950 and 71.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 71.2 years
- Since 1950
- +17.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 155 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 81.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 81.9 years in 2100, between 69.6 years and 89.7 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 71.6 years in 2022, the lowest 54 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Moldova | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 71.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 71.6 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 69 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 69.9 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 70.2 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 70.2 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 70.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 70.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 70.1 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 70.2 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 70.3 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 70.3 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 70.2 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 69.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 69.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 69 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 68.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 68.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 68.2 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 68 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 67.9 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 67.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 67.7 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 67.5 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 67.2 | 66 |
| 1998 | 66.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 66.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 66.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 66.2 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 66.3 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 66.7 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 66.8 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 67.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 67.9 | 64 |
| 1989 | 68.2 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 68.2 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 67.9 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 67.4 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 66.9 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 66.4 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 66.2 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 65.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 65.6 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 65.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 64.8 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 64.5 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 64.2 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 64 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 63.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 63.4 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 63.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 62.9 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 62.7 | 56 |
| 1970 | 62.4 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 62.2 | 56 |
| 1968 | 62 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 61.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 61.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 61.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | 61 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 60.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 60.3 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 59.9 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 59.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 59 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 58.5 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 58 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 57.4 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 56.9 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 56.3 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 55.7 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 55.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 54.5 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 54 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Moldova | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 71.370–72.7 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 71.569.6–73.3 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 71.669.3–73.7 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 71.769.1–74.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 71.969–74.7 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 7268.9–75.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 72.268.8–75.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 72.368.7–75.7 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 72.468.4–75.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 72.668.5–76.3 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 72.768.5–76.7 | 75 |
| 2035 | 72.968.5–76.8 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 7368.4–77.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 73.168.4–77.5 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 73.368.2–77.9 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 73.468.1–78.1 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 73.668.1–78.5 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 73.768.2–78.6 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 73.968.1–78.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 7468.1–79.1 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 74.168.1–79.2 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 74.368.2–79.4 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 74.468.3–79.8 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 74.668.3–80.1 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 74.768.3–80.5 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 74.968.2–80.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 7568.1–80.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 75.267.7–81 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 75.367.9–81.5 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 75.467.9–81.6 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 75.667.8–81.8 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 75.768.1–82.1 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 75.968–82.1 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 7668.1–82.3 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 76.168.1–82.5 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 76.368.1–82.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 76.468.1–83.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 76.668.2–83.4 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 76.768.3–83.7 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 76.968.3–83.8 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 7768.4–83.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 77.168.3–84 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 77.368.2–84.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 77.468–84.3 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 77.668.1–84.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 77.768.3–84.6 | 79 |
| 2070 | 77.868.3–84.9 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 7868.2–85 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 78.168–85 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 78.368.2–85.2 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 78.468.3–85.4 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 78.668.2–85.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 78.768.3–85.7 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 78.868.4–85.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 7968.2–86.2 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 79.168.4–86.2 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 79.368–86.5 | 80 |
| 2081 | 79.468.2–86.8 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 79.568.2–87 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 79.768.5–87.1 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 79.868.3–87.3 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 79.968.4–87.4 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 80.168.5–87.6 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 80.268.2–87.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 80.368.4–87.9 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 80.568.4–88.1 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 80.668.7–88.2 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 80.768.7–88.5 | 81 |
| 2092 | 80.968.6–88.7 | 81 |
| 2093 | 8169.1–88.6 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 81.169.2–88.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 81.369.5–89 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 81.469.2–88.9 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 81.569.3–89.2 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 81.769.5–89.2 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 81.869.6–89.5 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 81.969.6–89.7 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$103M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel6,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports12 million TIV in 2011