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Moldova: cities by population

Moldova has a population of 3,545,883, with Chisinau as its capital. The 50 largest of its 94 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Chisinau	Chișinău Municipality	635,994
2	Tiraspol	Transnistria	157,000
3	Bălţi	Bălţi	125,000
4	Bender	Bender Municipality	110,175
5	Rîbniţa	Transnistria	55,455
6	Cahul	Cahul	34,492
7	Ungheni	Ungheni	34,422
8	Soroca	Soroca District	27,423
9	Durleşti	Chișinău Municipality	26,308
10	Orhei	Orhei	24,918
11	Dubăsari	Transnistria	23,254
12	Comrat	Gagauzia	22,911
13	Edineţ	Raionul Edineţ	22,872
14	Ceadîr-Lunga	Gagauzia	22,700
15	Căuşeni	Căuşeni	21,690
16	Strășeni	Strășeni	19,225
17	Hînceşti	Hînceşti	16,900
18	Floreşti	Floreşti	16,759
19	Drochia	Drochia	16,080
20	Codru	Chișinău Municipality	15,934
21	Bilicenii Vechi	Sîngerei	15,479
22	Slobozia	Transnistria	15,356
23	Ialoveni	Ialoveni	14,915
24	Sîngerei	Sîngerei	14,600
25	Fălești	Fălești	14,377
26	Vulcăneşti	Gagauzia	14,352
27	Leova	Leova	14,301
28	Briceni	Donduşeni	14,132
29	Călăraşi	Călăraşi	14,066
30	Taraclia	Taraclia	13,512
31	Congaz	Gagauzia	13,406
32	Rîşcani	Rîşcani	12,893
33	Cimişlia	Cimişlia	12,464
34	Nisporeni	Nisporeni	11,718
35	Camenca	Transnistria	11,072
36	Basarabeasca	Basarabeasca	10,809
37	Dnestrovsc	Transnistria	10,426
38	Glodeni	Glodeni	10,146
39	Dancu	Hînceşti	10,000
40	Briceni	Briceni	9,900
41	Rezina	Rezina	9,806
42	Hryhoriopol	Transnistria	9,456
43	Donduşeni	Donduşeni	9,435
44	Ocniţa	Raionul Ocniţa	9,325
45	Mîndreşti	Teleneşti	9,280
46	Chiţcani	Căuşeni	9,000
47	Otaci	Raionul Ocniţa	8,400
48	Anenii Noi	Anenii Noi	8,250
49	Ştefan Vodă	Stefan-Voda	7,700
50	Cricova	Chișinău Municipality	7,400

Twenty years earlier: Moldova in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 3,902,448.