There are 66 cities and towns in the Republic of Moldova.

Alphabetical list

A

  • Anenii Noi

B

  • Basarabeasca
  • Bălți
  • Biruința
  • Borceag
  • Briceni
  • Bucovăț

C

  • Cahul
  • Camenca
  • Cantemir
  • Căinari
  • Călărași
  • Căușeni
  • Ceadîr-Lunga
  • Chișinău
  • Cimișlia
  • Codru
  • Comrat
  • Cornești
  • Costești
  • Crasnoe
  • Cricova
  • Criuleni
  • Cupcini

D

  • Dnestrovsc
  • Dondușeni
  • Drochia
  • Dubăsari
  • Durlești

E

  • Edineț

F

  • Fălești
  • Florești
  • Frunză

G

  • Ghindești
  • Glodeni
  • Grigoriopol

H

  • Hîncești

I

  • Ialoveni
  • Iargara

L

  • Leova
  • Lipcani

M

  • Maiac
  • Mărculești

N

  • Nisporeni

O

  • Ocnița
  • Orhei
  • Otaci

R

  • Rezina
  • Rîbnița
  • Rîșcani

S

  • Sîngera
  • Sîngerei
  • Slobozia
  • Soroca
  • Strășeni

Ș

  • Șoldănești
  • Ștefan Vodă

T

  • Taraclia
  • Telenești
  • Tighina (Bender)
  • Tiraspol
  • Tiraspolul Nou
  • Tvardița

U

  • Ungheni

V

  • Vadul lui Vodă
  • Vatra
  • Vulcănești

By status

There are 13 localities with municipiu status: Bălți, Cahul, Ceadîr-Lunga, Chișinău, Comrat, Edineț, Hîncești, Orhei, Soroca, Strășeni, Ungheni, Bender (Tighina), and Tiraspol. The other 53 have city status.

By location

For the distribution of cities and towns by district, see List of localities in Moldova.

By population

{| class="wikitable sortable defaultright col2left col-1left"

|+ Cities and towns in Moldova

! rowspan="2" | Rank || rowspan="2" | City/town || colspan="8" | Population || rowspan="2" | Administrative unit

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! Census<br/>1930 || Census<br/>1959 || Census<br/>1970 || Census<br/>1979 || Census<br/>1989 || Census 2004 || Census 2014

!Census 2024

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| 1. || Chișinău || 117,016 || 213,078 || 358,890 || 526,023<br /><small>(667,082)</small> || 661,410<br /><small>(717,853)</small> || 589,445 || 532,513

|567,038|| Chișinău municipality

|-----

| 2. || Bălți|| 30,667 || 65,514 || 101,428 || 123,068 || 158,517 || 122,669 || 97,930

|90,954|| Bălți municipality

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| 3. || Ungheni|| || 12,595 || 19,558 || 27,062 || 37,788 <br /><small>(40,489)</small>|| 32,530 || 30,804

|26,457|| Ungheni district

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| 4. || Durlești|| || || || || 17,807 || 15,395 || 17,210

|26,308|| Chișinău municipality

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| 5. || Cahul|| 10,437 || 16,068 || 26,572 || 32,695 || 42,904 || 35,488 || 30,018

|22,223|| Cahul district

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| 6. || Orhei|| 14,805 || 14,131 || 25,707 || 30,260 || 31,843 <br /><small>(37,517)</small>|| 25,641 || 21,065

|22,183|| Orhei district

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| 7. || Soroca|| 14,661 || 14,895 || 24,465 || 31,831 || 42,297 || 28,362 || 22,196

|21,135|| Soroca district

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| 8. || Comrat|| || || || || 25,822 || 23,327 || 20,113

|19,120|| Gagauzia

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| 9. || Codru|| || || || || 11,716 || 14,277 || 15,934

|18,310|| Chișinău municipality

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| 10. || Ialoveni|| || || || 8,083 || 12,846 || 15,041 || 12,515

|14,665|| Ialoveni district

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| 11. || Strășeni|| || || || || 20,119 || 18,320 || 18,376

|14,497|| Strășeni district

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| 12. || Ceadâr-Lunga|| || || || || 23,161 || 19,401 || 16,605

|14,285|| Gagauzia

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| 13. || Căușeni|| || || || || 20,761 || 17,757 || 15,939

|13,458|| Căușeni district

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| 14. || Drochia|| || || || 15,355 || 21,298 || 16,606 || 13,150

|12,939|| Drochia district

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| 15. || Edineț|| || || || || 19,586 || 15,624 || 15,520

|12,369|| Edineț district

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| 16. || Sîngera|| || || || || || 7,354 || 9,966

|12,368|| Chișinău municipality

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| 17. || Fălești|| || || || 9,770 || 14,043 || 14,931 || 12,074

|11,946|| Fălești district

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| 18. || Hîncești|| || || || 16,317 || 19,235 || 15,281 || 12,491

|11,391|| Hîncești district

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| 19. || Stăuceni|| || || || || || 6,204 || 8,694

|11,210|| Chișinău municipality

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| 20. || Vulcănești|| || || || || 18,230 || 15,462 || 12,185

|10,919|| Gagauzia

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| 21. || Florești|| || || || ~14,700 || 18,228 || 13,164 || 11,998

|10,925|| Florești district

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| 22. || Taraclia|| || || || 11,417 || 14,726 || 13,756 || 12,355

|10,021|| Taraclia district

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| 23. || Sîngerei|| || || || || 15,023 || 12,667 || 12,465

|9,954|| Sîngerei district

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| 24. || Cricova|| || || || || 7,164 || 9,878 || 10,669

|9,536|| Chișinău municipality

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| 25. || Călărași|| || || || 16,032 || 18,326 || 14,516 || 10,818

|9,469|| Călărași district

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| 26. || Rezina|| || || || 8,314 || 14,476 || 10,196 || 11,032

|9,380|| Rezina district

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| 27. || Nisporeni|| || || || 13,137 || 15,663 || 12,105 || 10,063

|9,140|| Nisporeni district

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| 28. || Anenii Noi|| || || || 7,000 || 9,954 || 8,358 || 10,872

|8,933|| Anenii Noi district

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| 29. || Cimișlia|| || || || 13,340 || 16,509 || 12,858 || 11,997

|8,765|| Cimișlia district

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| 30. || Rîșcani|| || || || || 17,650 || 11,104 || 9,259

|8,622|| Rîșcani district

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| 31. || Glodeni|| || || || 10,179 || 13,180 || 10,465 || 8,676

|7,284|| Glodeni district

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| 32. || Leova|| || || || || 12,203 || 10,027 || 7,443

|6,394|| Leova district

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| 33. || Basarabeasca|| || || || 12,959 || 14,517 || 11,192 || 8,471

|6,291|| Basarabeasca district

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| 34. || Dondușeni|| || || || 9,084 || 11,398 || 9,801 || 7,101

|5,987|| Dondușeni district

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| 35. || Criuleni|| || || || 7,138 || 9,452 || 7,138 || 6,708

|5,844|| Criuleni district

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| 36. || Briceni|| || || || || 11,500 || 8,765 || 7,341

|5,785|| Briceni district

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| 37. || Telenești|| || || || 7,159 || 9,322 || 6,855 || 7,227

|5,670|| Telenești district

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| 38. || Cupcini|| || || || || || 7,441 || 7,190

|5,493|| Edineț district

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| 39. || Ștefan Vodă|| || || || 6,540 || 9,869 || 7,768 || 7,078

|5,436|| Ștefan Vodă district

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| 40. || Ocnița|| || || || || 11,455 || 9,325 || 7,254

|5,187|| Ocnița district

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| 41. || Șoldănești|| || || || || 7,578 || 6,304 || 5,883

|4,797|| Șoldănești district

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| 42. || Vadul lui Vodă|| || || || || || 4,559 || 5,295

|4,280|| Chișinău municipality

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| 43. || Otaci|| || || || || 8,158 || 8,469 || 6,043

|3,598|| Ocnița district

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| 44. || Lipcani|| || || || || || 5,465 || 4,685

|3,569|| Briceni district

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| 45. || Tvardița|| || || || || || 5,882|| 5,420

|3,503|| Taraclia district

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| 46. || Vatra|| || || || || || 3,296 || 3,457

|3,391|| Chișinău municipality

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| 47. || Cantemir|| || || || 4,225 || 5,320 || 3,872 || 3,419

|2,655|| Cantemir district

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| 48. || Costești|| || || || || || 2,247 || 3,507

|2,544|| Rîșcani district

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| 49. || Iargara|| || || || || || 4,384 || 3,957

|2,536|| Leova district

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| 50. || Biruința|| || || || || || 3,093 || 2,625

|2,203|| Sîngerei district

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| 51. || Căinari|| || || || || || 4,184 || 3,803

|2,135|| Căușeni district

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| 52. || Cornești|| || || || || || 2,781 || 2,470

|1,698|| Ungheni district

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| 53. || Ghindești|| || || || || || 1,841 || 1,649

|1,251|| Florești district

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| 54. || Bucovăț|| || || || || || 1,313 || 1,601

|1,064|| Strășeni district

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| 55. || Mărculești|| || || || || || 2,081 || 1,396

|1,049|| Florești district

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| 56. || Frunză|| || || || || || 1,476 || 790

|581|| Ocnița district

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| * || Tiraspol|| <small>N/A</small>|| 62,000 || 105,700 || 138,698 || 181,862 |||||||| Transnistria

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| * || Bender (Tighina)|| 31,698 || 43,000 || 72,300 || 101,292 || 129,969 |||||||| Bender municipality

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| * || Rîbnița|| <small>N/A</small>|| || 32,400 || || 61,352 |||||||| rowspan="9" | Transnistria

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| * || Dubăsari|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || 35,806 ||||||

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| * || Slobozia|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || 18,748 ||||||

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| * || Grigoriopol|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || 11,712 ||||||

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| * || Dnestrovsc|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || 14,876 ||||||

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| * || Camenca|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || 13,689 ||||||

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| * || Crasnoe|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || ||||||

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| * || Tiraspolul Nou|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || ||||||

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| * || Maiac|| <small>N/A</small>|| || || || ||||||

|}

Notes

<gallery mode="packed" heights="120px">

File:Dacia Boulevard (5822778292).jpg|Chișinău

File:Tiraspol 30.jpg|Tiraspol

File:Primăria Bălți 6.JPG|Bălți

File:Сквер - бывшая торговая площадь.jpg|Bender (Tighina)

File:Rib river.jpg|Rîbnița

File:Eiffel Bridge Ungheni.jpg|Ungheni

File:MD.C.Durlești - centru - sep 2022 - 01.jpg|Durlești

File:Cahul Pascua 06 015.jpg|Cahul

File:Orhei, Moldova - panoramio (17).jpg|Orhei

File:Nistru la Soroca.jpg|Soroca

</gallery>

References

  • 2004 Moldovan Census
  • 2004 Census in Transnistria
  • citypopulation.de