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People from abroad in Moldova, and Moldova's people abroad

compatriots.net finds 4,639 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Moldova, from 123 countries of origin; 332 of them are recorded by an official register.

The largest groups come from Romania, Russian Federation, United States.

Find Moldova's people abroad

Where they come from

Romania1,402Russian Federation543United States455Ukraine401United Kingdom231France182Germany170Italy137India124Türkiye97Israel87Spain65Other1,284
Country of originPeople
Romania1,402
Russian Federation543
United States455
Ukraine401
United Kingdom231
France182
Germany170
Italy137
India124
Türkiye97
Israel87
Spain65
Bulgaria64
Netherlands59
Peru46
Poland44
Canada43
Austria41
Argentina34
Belarus33
Nigeria32
Australia32
Brazil31
Mexico31
Armenia29
Czechia29
Kenya25
Switzerland24
Belgium24
Georgia23
Colombia20
Slovakia20
Bangladesh19
Denmark19
Greece19
Serbia18
Portugal17
Lithuania17
Philippines16
Latvia16
Other459

Industries

Industry (ISIC section)People
Transport and storage72
Manufacturing49
Finance and insurance45
Professional and scientific40
Wholesale and retail trade23
Information and communication12
Accommodation and food8
Real estate6
Construction5
Other10

Moldova's people abroad

Abroad, 26,755 people from Moldova are documented in 147 other countries.

United States7,238United Kingdom6,260Ukraine2,663Czechia2,083Romania1,997Canada1,782France1,737Germany1,403Russian Federation1,141Switzerland948Slovakia933Bulgaria739Other8,578
Host countryPeople
United States7,238
United Kingdom6,260
Ukraine2,663
Czechia2,083
Romania1,997
Canada1,782
France1,737
Germany1,403
Russian Federation1,141
Switzerland948
Slovakia933
Bulgaria739
Italy718
Netherlands675
Spain601
Belgium555
Poland516
Israel433
United Arab Emirates382
Sweden357
Ireland327
Australia288
Austria277
Cyprus247
Denmark219
Türkiye194
India148
Portugal147
Greece132
China127
Finland126
Norway120
Luxembourg112
Brazil111
Latvia111
Hungary99
Estonia97
Japan69
Virgin Islands, British68
Georgia64
Other1,258

Moldova's company register lists 456,805 officer rows, 99 with a stated nationality (self-stamp rate 0.52; above 0.98 the field is ignored as it only repeats the register's own country).

Some company details from this register are incomplete in the current build; the people counts are not affected.

Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".

Names from Moldova in other registers (estimate)

How many company officers abroad carry names that a name-origin model places in Moldova. This includes people whose families left generations ago, which the documented counts above cannot see. These are expected counts, not people, and no individual is labelled by them.

Host countryExpected people
United States †12,000
Canada †2,700
Belgium2,300
Spain †580
Switzerland350
Greece260
Iceland110
Hungary90
New Zealand †70
Ukraine70
Montenegro40
Colombia40
Albania40
South Africa30
Peru30
Austria30
Ireland20
Chile20
Israel20
Georgia20
Mauritius10
Panama †8
Vietnam6
Nigeria5
Other20

Registers where the estimate fails, or cannot take, a check against recorded nationality are left out, among them France, United Kingdom, Czechia, Poland, Australia, Slovakia. † marks a host where most names point abroad; read its figure as ancestry, not migration. How this is estimated.

Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261103. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.