Editing Demographics of Moldova (section)

=== Native language ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Mother Tongues in Censuses (%)
!
!2004
!2014
!2024
|-
!Moldovan
|60.2
|56.9
|49.2
|-
!Romanian
|16.6
|23.2
|31.3
|-
!Ukrainian
|5.5
|4.0
|2.9
|-
!Russian
|11.3
|9.9
|11.1
|-
!Gagauzian
|4.1
|4.0
|3.8
|-
!Bulgarian
|1.6
|1.5
|1.2
|-
!Romani / Gypsy
| rowspan="2" |0.6
|0.3
|0.3
|-
!Other languages
|0.2
|0.2
|-
| colspan="4" |<small>Note: The table excludes the population</small> 
<small>who did not declare a mother tongue.</small>
|}
Census statistics excludes the brake-away region of [[Transnistria]].

Of the total population that declared its mother tongue ({{lang|ro|limba maternă}}; distinct from the usually spoken language) in the 2024 census, 49.2% declared "[[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]" and 31.3% declared [[Romanian language|Romanian]], with both adding up to 80.5%. The share of the population that declared Romanian as its mother tongue increased by 8.1% compared to the 2014 census (23.2%), and the share that declared "Moldovan" decreased by 7.8% (56.9% in the 2014 census). Among other languages declared as mother tongues, [[Russian language|Russian]] stood out with 11.1% of the population, followed by [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]] with 3.8%, [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] with 2.9%, [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] with 1.2%, [[Romani language|Romani/Gypsy]] with 0.3% and other languages with 0.2%.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://statistica.gov.md/ro/rezultatele-preliminare-ale-recensamantului-populatiei-si-locuintelor-2024-10077_61626.html|title=Rezultatele preliminare ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]]|date=30 January 2025|language=ro}}</ref>