Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Chișinău
- Region
- Europe, Eastern Europe
- Population
- 2,360,527 (2025)
- Area
- 33,843 km²
- Currency
- Moldovan leu (MDL)
- Languages
- Romanian, Russian, Gagauz, Turkish
- Calling code
- +373
- Internet domain
- .md
- ISO codes
- MD, MDA, 498
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- MD-#### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Moldova covers about 33,843 square kilometres. By area it ranks 141st among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Taiwan and a little larger than Belgium. It shares a land border with 2 neighbours: Romania, Ukraine. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 47° north, 29° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 2.36 million people live in Moldova (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 146th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 70 people to each square kilometre. About 44 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 71 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Romanian, Russian, Gagauz, Turkish. A person from Moldova is called Moldovan.
Money and economy
The currency is the Moldovan leu (code MDL, symbol L). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 20.4 billion (2025), which is about US$ 8,622 for each person (2025).
Time
Moldova uses one time zone, UTC+2:00 (Europe/Chisinau). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
Time now: loading
Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Chisinau | 635,994 |
| Tiraspol | 157,000 |
| Bălţi | 125,000 |
| Bender | 110,175 |
| Rîbniţa | 55,455 |
| Cahul | 34,492 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Eastern Europe
Belarus, Russia. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.