Moldova
Moldova
Capital Chișinău
33,851 km² · 2,360,527 people (2025) · Moldovan leu
Landlocked, mostly rolling steppe, and largely covered in fertile black-earth chernozem soil. The wine cellars at Mileștii Mici run about 200 km of underground limestone galleries and hold the largest wine collection in the world by bottle count.
The facts
- Capital
- Chișinău
- Area
- 33,851 km² — 13,070 sq mi
- Population
- 2,360,527 (2025)
- Density
- 69.7 people per km²
- Currency
- Moldovan leu (MDL, L)
- Official language
- Romanian
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +373
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- MD · MDA
- Continent
- Europe
How it compares
- By area
- 137 of 200
- By population
- 146 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 | 2,249,515 |
| Taiwan | 35,980 | 23,600,776 |
| Moldova ← | 33,851 | 2,360,527 |
| Belgium | 30,528 | 11,941,781 |
| Lesotho | 30,355 | 2,363,325 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Moldova?
- Chișinău
- What currency does Moldova use?
- The Moldovan leu (MDL).
- How big is Moldova?
- 33,851 km², or 13,070 square miles — 137 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Moldova drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)