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Moldova 🇲🇩

Moldova is a country in Europe with a population of 3,272,996. Its capital is Chișinău. The official currency is MDL, and the main languages are Romanian.

Quick facts

  • Capital: ChiÈ™inău
  • Continent: Europe
  • Population: 3,272,996
  • Area: 33,846 km²
  • Density: 96.7 people per km²
  • Currency: MDL
  • Languages: Romanian
  • ISO code: MD

Where Moldova sits

Moldova 🇲🇩 is one of 46 countries in Europe, with its capital at Chișinău. It covers 33,846 square kilometres — 136th in the world — and is home to about 3,272,996 people, 134th globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Moldova compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Moldova sits closest to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mongolia. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Guinea-Bissau and Taiwan.

At 96.7 people per square kilometre it is somewhat above the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.

Romanian is an official language in 2 countries here, among them Romania. The MDL is used by Moldova and no one else.

To see Moldova next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Moldova

Chișinău (say KISH-ih-now) is the capital and the largest city. Romania's flag has the same blue, yellow and red stripes but nothing in the middle, so if you see an eagle in the centre, it is Moldova.

The flag of Moldova: blue, yellow and red

🇲🇩 The flag is three vertical stripes of blue, yellow and red, with the national coat of arms in the centre: a golden eagle holding a cross in its beak and a shield with the head of an aurochs, an extinct wild ox. The coat of arms is based on traditional designs. The flag replaced the old communist-era flag in 1990.

Region and neighbours

Moldova is a small landlocked country in Eastern Europe, between Romania and Ukraine. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Romania and Ukraine. Moldova is landlocked, with no coast on the open ocean.

Three facts about Moldova

  1. The wine cellars at Mileștii Mici stretch for about 250 km under the ground, and in 2007 they were named in Guinness World Records for the largest wine collection in the world, about 2 million bottles.
  2. Most of Moldova is hilly, but nowhere is higher than about 430 m. The highest point is Bălănești Hill.
  3. Moldova declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 27 August 1991.

Sources: Wikipedia: Moldova, Wikipedia: Flag of Moldova, Wikipedia: Chișinău, Wikipedia: Mileștii Mici, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Moldova

Quizzes that include Moldova

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Moldova those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Moldova flag?

The flag of Moldova is three vertical stripes of blue, yellow and red, with the national coat of arms in the centre: a golden eagle holding a cross in its beak and a shield with the head of an aurochs, an extinct wild ox. The coat of arms is based on traditional designs. The flag replaced the old communist-era flag in 1990.

Which countries border Moldova?

Moldova shares land borders with Romania and Ukraine.

How can I remember the capital of Moldova?

Chișinău (say KISH-ih-now) is the capital and the largest city. Romania's flag has the same blue, yellow and red stripes but nothing in the middle, so if you see an eagle in the centre, it is Moldova.