Editing Demographics of Moldova (section)

===Moldova under central government control===
*Source: [[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova|National Bureau of Statistics]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statistica.gov.md/index.php/ro|title=Biroul Național de Statistică al Republicii Moldova|website=Biroul Național de Statistică al Republicii Moldova|access-date=10 May 2023|archive-date=25 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525185941/https://statistica.gov.md/index.php/ro|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="70pt"|Average population 
! width="70pt"|Live births
! width="70pt"|Deaths
! width="70pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude migration rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Total fertility rate (TFR)
! width="60pt"|Urban TFR 
! width="60pt"|Rural TFR 
! width="80pt"|Life Expectancy<br />(total)
! width="80pt"|Life Expectancy<br />(male)
! width="80pt"|Life Expectancy<br />(female)
|-
| 1997
|3,654,000
|45,583||42,957||2,626
|12.5||11.8||0.7
|
|1.73||1.36||style="color: blue" | 2.09
|66.61||62.86||70.30
|-
| 1998
|3,652,000
|41,332||39,922||1,410
|11.3||10.9||0.4
| -0.9
|1.67||1.32||2.03
|67.77||64.03||71.39
|-
| 1999
|3,647,000
|38,501||41,315|| style="color: red" | −2,814
|10.6||11.3||style="color: red" | −0.8
| -0.6
|1.61||1.26||1.97
|67.44||63.74||71.04
|-
| 2000
|3,640,000
|36,939||41,224|| style="color: red" | −4,285
|10.2||11.3||style="color: red" | −1.2
| -0.7
|1.57||1.23||1.95
|67.59||63.87||71.22
|-
| 2001
|3,631,000
|36,448||40,075|| style="color: red" | −3,627
|10.0||11.0||style="color: red" | −1.0
| -1.5
|1.48||1.21||1.92
|68.20||64.50||71.75
|-
| 2002
|3,623,000
|35,705||41,852|| style="color: red" | −6,147
|9.9||11.6||style="color: red" | −1.7
| -0.5
||1.41||1.13||1.89
|68.13||64.40||71.71
|-
| 2003
|3,613,000
|36,471||43,079|| style="color: red" | −6,608
|10.1||11.9||style="color: red" | −1.8
| -1.0 
|1.47||1.18||1.88
|68.13||64.47||71.64
|-
| 2004
|3,604,000
|38,272||41,668|| style="color: red" | −3,396
|10.6||11.6||style="color: red" | −0.9
| -1.6
|1.50||1.19||1.91
|68.38||64.50||72.16
|-
| 2005
|3,595,000
|37,695||44,689|| style="color: red" | −6,994
|10.5||12.4||style="color: red" | −1.9
| -0.6
|style="color: red"|1.219||style="color: red" |0.94||style="color: red" | 1.301
|67.85||63.84||71.66
|-
| 2006
|3,586,000
|37,587||43,137|| style="color: red" | −5,550
|10.5||12.0||style="color: red" | −1.5
| -1.0
|1.228||1.025||1.387
|68.40||64.57||72.23
|-
| 2007
|3,577,000
|37,973||43,050|| style="color: red" | −5,077
|10.6||12.0||style="color: red" | −1.4
| -1.1
|1.256||0.973||1.543
|68.79||65.04||72.56
|-
| 2008
|3,570,000
|39,018||41,948|| style="color: red" | −2,930
|10.9||11.7||style="color: red" | −0.8
| -1.2
|1.277||1.018||1.533
|69.36||65.55||73.17
|-
| 2009
|3,566,000
|40,803||42,139|| style="color: red" | −1,336
|11.4||11.8||style="color: red" | −0.4
| -0.7
|1.326||1.048||1.582
|69.31||65.31||73.37
|-
| 2010
|3,563,000
|40,474||43,631|| style="color: red" | −3,157
|11.4||12.3||style="color: red" | −0.9
| 0.1
|1.309||1.055||1.531
|69.11||65.00||73.41
|-
| 2011
|3,560,000
|39,182||39,249|| style="color: red" | −67
|11.0||11.0||style="color: red" | −0.0
| -0.8
|1.266||1.009||1.482
|70.88||66.82||74.93
|-
| 2012
| 3,560,000
| 39,435||39,560|| style="color: red" | −125
| 11.0||11.1|| style="color: red" | −0.1
| 0.1
| 1.279||1.030||1.483
| 71.12||67.24||74.99
|-
| 2013
| 3,559,000
| 37,871|| 38,060|| style="color: red" | −189
| 10.6|| 10.7|| style="color: red" | −0.1
| -0.2
| 1.238 ||0.975||1.449
| 71.85||68.05||75.55
|-
| 2014
| 2,857,815
| 40,709|| 39,522|| |1,187
| 14.3|| 13.8|| | 0.5
| -197.5
| 1.82 || 1.52|| 2.04
| 69.33 ||65.20||73.60
|-
| 2015
| 2,835,978
| 40,547|| 39,800|| | 747
| 14.4|| 14.1|| | 0.4
| -8.0
| 1.87 || 1.52|| style="color: blue" | 2.11
| 69.37||65.22||73.72
|-
| 2016
| 2,803,186
| 39,640|| 38,412|| | 1,228
| 14.3|| 13.7|| | 0.5
| -12.1
| 1.89 || 1.56|| style="color: blue" | 2.12
| 69.85||65.68||74.20
|-
| 2017
| 2,755,189
| 36,363||36,779|| style="color: red" | −416
| 13.2|| 13.3|| style="color: red" | −0.2
| -16.9
| 1.81 ||1.49||2.03
| 70.77||66.71||74.92
|-
| 2018
| 2,707,203
| 34,537||37,263|| style="color: red" | −2,726
| 12.8|| 13.8|| style="color: red" | −1.0
| -16.4
| 1.81 ||1.48||2.03
| 70.6||66.3||75.0
|-
| 2019
| 2,664,224
| 32,423||36,411|| style="color: red" | −3,988
| 12.2|| 13.7|| style="color: red" | −1.5
| -14.4
| 1.78|| 1.47||1.99
| 70.9||66.8||75.2
|-
| 2020
| 2,635,130
| 30,834||40,717|| style="color: red" | −9,883
| 11.7 || 15.5 || style="color: red" | −3.8
| -7.1
| 1.76 || 1.46||1.98
| 69.9||66.0||73.9
|-
| 2021
| 2,595,809
| 29,320||45,464|| style="color: red" | −16,144
| 11.3 || 17.5 || style="color: red" | −6.2
| -8.7
| 1.75 || 1.48|| 1.94
| 69.0 ||65.1||72.9 
|-
| 2022
| 2,538,894
| 27,018||36,196|| style="color: red" |–9,178
| 10.6|| 14.3 || style="color: red" | −3.6
| -18.3
| 1.69 || 1.46|| 1.87
| 71.4||67.1||75.7
|-
| 2023
| 2,492,300
| 24,033||33,733|| style="color: red" |–9,700
| 9.8 || 13.7 || style="color: red" | −3.9
| 
| 1.61 || || 
| 72.0||67.5||76.4
|}

*Starting with 2014, the sharp changes<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://statistica.gov.md/public/files/evenimente/2019/Recalculul_populatiei/Infografice.pdf Biroul Național de Statistică prezintă numărul revizuit al populației Republicii Moldova și datele despre migrația internațională | Infografice cu privire la numărul revizuit al populației și indicatori demografici] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802184318/http://statistica.gov.md/public/files/evenimente/2019/Recalculul_populatiei/Infografice.pdf |date=2 August 2019 }}</ref> in the statistics are because of the new calculation methods and according with the [[2014 Moldovan Census|latest census]], and include only data of resident people that lived in the country predominantly during the last 12 months, regardless of temporary absences (for the purpose of recreation, vacations, visits to relatives and friends, business, medical treatment, religious pilgrimages, etc.).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statistica.gov.md/ro/numarul-populatiei-cu-resedinta-obisnuita-in-republica-moldova-pe-sexe-9578_3178.html|title=Numărul populaţiei cu reședința obișnuită în Republica Moldova pe sexe şi grupe de vârstă la începutul anului 2019|date=17 July 2019|website=Numărul populaţiei cu reședința obișnuită în Republica Moldova pe sexe şi grupe de vârstă la începutul anului 2019|access-date=10 May 2023|archive-date=27 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527133739/https://statistica.gov.md/ro/numarul-populatiei-cu-resedinta-obisnuita-in-republica-moldova-pe-sexe-9578_3178.html|url-status=live}}</ref>