Moldovan diaspora

The Moldovan diaspora is the diaspora of Moldova, including Moldovan citizens abroad or people with ancestry from the country, regardless of their ethnic origin. Very few of them have settled in other parts of the world, but there is a significant number of them in some countries, mostly in the former Soviet Union, Italy, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Canada, and the United States of America.

Moldovan diaspora in the world as of 2022 (includes people with Moldovan citizenship or ancestry from Moldova):

  Moldova

  +100,000

  +10,000

  +1,000

List of countries with Moldovan diaspora

See also: Moldovan Americans, Moldovans in Romania, Moldovans in Russia, and Moldovans in Ukraine

Country	No. of Moldovan ancestry	% of country population
Romania	285,000 (2020)[1]	1.42
Ukraine	258,619 (2001)[2]	0.62
Russia	77,509 (2021)[3]	0.05
Germany	122,000 (2022)[4]	0.14
Italy	102,667 (2024)[5]	0.17
France	26,300 (2019)[6]	0.03
Canada	20,470 (2021)[7]	0.06
Spain	17,426 (2011)[8]	0.04
Kazakhstan	14,245 (2009)[9]	0.08
Portugal	13,586 (2011)[10]	0.13
Greece	9,920 (2006)[11]	0.09
United States	7,859 (2000)[12]	0.002
Belarus	3,465 (2009)[13]	0.04
United Kingdom	3,417 (2015)[14]	0.005
Latvia	1,967 (2016)[15]	0.10
Ireland	1,967 (2016)[16]	0.04
Lithuania	540 (2011)[17]	0.02
Kyrgyzstan	505 (2009)[18]	0.01
Estonia	502 (2011)[19]	0.04
Brazil	233 (2024)[20]	0.00
Sweden	186 (2008)[21]	0.002
Tajikistan	157 (2010)[22]	0.002
Mexico	20 (2012)[23]	0.00

See also

• Aromanian diaspora
• Romanian diaspora