Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Moldova

One in every 5,366 babies in the world is born here: about 24,998 a year, 0.048 a minute.

Population: 2,360,527
Births a year: 24,998
Life expectancy: 71.2
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 16.5

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
75.7
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
66.7
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
15.1
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
16.5
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
19
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.9
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
29
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
11.1
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
7.3
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
2.5
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
1.73
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
12
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
86
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
99
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
75
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
29
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$17,087
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
27
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
0
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
1.5
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
51
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
72
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
27
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
44
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
93
World: 91
Internet users (%)
77
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.85
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.25
World: 0.34

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 59.2 → 2026: 71.2 → 2050: 74.9

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 87 → 2026: 15 → 2050: 12

World

Children per woman

1960: 3.3 → 2026: 1.7 → 2050: 1.7

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 23 → 2026: 43 → 2050: 46

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Moldova comes up about once in every 5,366 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.