There are 66 cities and towns in the Republic of Moldova.
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.
For the distribution of cities and towns by district, see List of localities in Moldova.
| City/town | Population | Administrative unit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Census 1930 | Census 1959 | Census 1970 | Census 1979 | Census 1989 | Census 2004 | Census 2014 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| without suburbs | with suburbs | |||||||||||||||||||
| align=right | 1. | align=right | 117,016 | align=right | 213,078 | align=right | 358,890 | align=right | 526,023 (667,082) | align=right | 661,410 (717,853) | align=right | 589,446 | align=right | 712,218 | align=right | 469,402 | Chișinău municipality | ||
| align=right | 2. | align=right | 30,667 | align=right | 65,514 | align=right | 101,428 | align=right | 123,068 | align=right | 158,517 | align=right | 122,669 | align=right | 127,561 | align=right | 97,930 | Bălți municipality | ||
| align=right | 3. | align=right | N/A | align=right | 62,000 | align=right | 105,700 | align=right | 138,698 | align=right | 181,862 | align=right | 158,069 | align=right | 158,069 | align=right | Transnistria | |||
| align=right | 4. | align=right | 31,698 | align=right | 43,000 | align=right | 72,300 | align=right | 101,292 | align=right | 129,969 | align=right | 97,027 | align=right | 100,169 | align=right | Bender municipality | |||
| align=right | 5. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | 32,400 | align=right | align=right | 61,352 | align=right | 53,648 | align=right | 53,648 | align=right | Transnistria | |||||
| align=right | 6. | align=right | align=right | 12,595 | align=right | 19,558 | align=right | 27,062 | align=right | 37,788 (40,489) | align=right | 35,311 | align=right | 35,311 | align=right | 30,804 | Ungheni district | |||
| align=right | 7. | align=right | 10,437 | align=right | 16,068 | align=right | 26,572 | align=right | 32,695 | align=right | 42,904 | align=right | 35,488 | align=right | 35,488 | align=right | 30,018 | Cahul district | ||
| align=right | 8. | align=right | 14,661 | align=right | 14,895 | align=right | 24,465 | align=right | 31,831 | align=right | 42,297 | align=right | 28,362 | align=right | 28,362 | align=right | 22,196 | Soroca district | ||
| align=right | 9. | align=right | 14,805 | align=right | 14,131 | align=right | 25,707 | align=right | 30,260 | align=right | 31,843 (37,517) | align=right | 25,641 | align=right | 25,641 | align=right | 21,065 | Orhei district | ||
| align=right | 10. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 25,822 | align=right | 23,327 | align=right | 23,327 | align=right | 20,113 | Gagauzia | ||||||
| align=right | 11. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 35,806 | align=right | 23,650 | align=right | 23,650 | align=right | Transnistria | ||||||
| align=right | 12. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 20,119 | align=right | 18,320 | align=right | 19,090 | align=right | 18,376 | Strășeni district | ||||||
| align=right | 13. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 23,161 | align=right | 19,401 | align=right | 19,401 | align=right | 16,605 | Gagauzia | ||||||
| align=right | 14. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 20,761 | align=right | 17,757 | align=right | 17,757 | align=right | Căușeni district | |||||||
| align=right | 15. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 15,355 | align=right | 21,298 | align=right | 16,606 | align=right | 16,606 | align=right | Drochia district | ||||||
| align=right | 16. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 19,586 | align=right | 15,624 | align=right | 17,292 | align=right | Edineț district | |||||||
| align=right | 17. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 18,230 | align=right | 15,462 | align=right | 15,729 | align=right | Gagauzia | |||||||
| align=right | 18. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 17,807 | align=right | 15,394 | align=right | 15,394 | align=right | Chișinău municipality | |||||||
| align=right | 19. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 16,317 | align=right | 19,235 | align=right | 15,281 | align=right | 15,281 | align=right | Hîncești district | ||||||
| align=right | 20. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 8,083 | align=right | 12,846 | align=right | 15,041 | align=right | 15,041 | align=right | Ialoveni district | ||||||
| align=right | 21. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 9,770 | align=right | 14,043 | align=right | 14,931 | align=right | 14,931 | align=right | Fălești district | ||||||
| align=right | 22. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 16,032 | align=right | 18,326 | align=right | 14,516 | align=right | 14,660 | align=right | Călărași district | ||||||
| align=right | 23. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 11,716 | align=right | 14,277 | align=right | 14,277 | align=right | Chișinău municipality | |||||||
| align=right | 24. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 11,417 | align=right | 14,726 | align=right | 13,756 | align=right | 13,756 | align=right | Taraclia district | ||||||
| align=right | 25. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | ~14,700 | align=right | 18,228 | align=right | 13,164 | align=right | 13,164 | align=right | Florești district | ||||||
| align=right | 26. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 13,340 | align=right | 16,509 | align=right | 12,858 | align=right | 14,780 | align=right | Cimișlia district | ||||||
| align=right | 27. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 15,023 | align=right | 12,667 | align=right | 13,364 | align=right | Sîngerei district | |||||||
| align=right | 28. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 18,748 | align=right | ~12,300 | align=right | ~12,300 | align=right | Transnistria | ||||||
| align=right | 29. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 13,137 | align=right | 15,663 | align=right | 12,105 | align=right | 12,105 | align=right | Nisporeni district | ||||||
| align=right | 30. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 11,712 | align=right | 11,473 | align=right | ~11,700 | align=right | Transnistria | ||||||
| align=right | 31. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 14,876 | align=right | ~11,200 | align=right | ~11,200 | align=right | Transnistria | ||||||
| align=right | 32. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 12,959 | align=right | 14,517 | align=right | 11,192 | align=right | 11,192 | align=right | Basarabeasca district | ||||||
| align=right | 33. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 17,650 | align=right | 11,104 | align=right | 12,117 | align=right | Rîșcani district | |||||||
| align=right | 34. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 10,179 | align=right | 13,180 | align=right | 10,465 | align=right | 10,785 | align=right | Glodeni district | ||||||
| align=right | 35. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 13,689 | align=right | 10,323 | align=right | ~10,500 | align=right | Transnistria | ||||||
| align=right | 36. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 8,314 | align=right | 14,476 | align=right | 10,196 | align=right | 12,601 | align=right | Rezina district | ||||||
| align=right | 37. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 12,203 | align=right | 10,027 | align=right | 10,027 | align=right | Leova district | |||||||
| align=right | 38. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 7,164 | align=right | 9,878 | align=right | 9,878 | align=right | Chișinău municipality | |||||||
| align=right | 39. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 9,084 | align=right | 11,398 | align=right | 9,801 | align=right | 9,801 | align=right | Dondușeni district | ||||||
| align=right | 40. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 11,455 | align=right | 9,325 | align=right | 9,325 | align=right | Ocnița district | |||||||
| align=right | 41. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 11,500 | align=right | 8,765 | align=right | 8,765 | align=right | Briceni district | |||||||
| align=right | 42. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 8,158 | align=right | 8,469 | align=right | 8,469 | align=right | Ocnița district | |||||||
| align=right | 43. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 7,000 | align=right | 9,954 | align=right | 8,358 | align=right | 11,463 | align=right | Anenii Noi district | ||||||
| align=right | 44. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 6,540 | align=right | 9,869 | align=right | 7,768 | align=right | 7,768 | align=right | ștefan Vodă district | ||||||
| align=right | 45. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 7,441 | align=right | 9,086 | align=right | Edineț district | ||||||||
| align=right | 46. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 7,354 | align=right | 11,609 | align=right | Chișinău municipality | ||||||||
| align=right | 47. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 7,138 | align=right | 9,452 | align=right | 7,138 | align=right | 8,342 | align=right | Criuleni district | ||||||
| align=right | 48. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 7,159 | align=right | 9,322 | align=right | 6,855 | align=right | 8,508 | align=right | Telenești district | ||||||
| align=right | 49. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 7,578 | align=right | 6,304 | align=right | 6,304 | align=right | șoldănești district | |||||||
| align=right | 50. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 5,882 | align=right | 5,882 | align=right | Taraclia district | ||||||||
| align=right | 51. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 5,465 | align=right | 5,465 | align=right | Briceni district | ||||||||
| align=right | 52. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 4,559 | align=right | 4,559 | align=right | Chișinău municipality | ||||||||
| align=right | 53. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 4,384 | align=right | 4,446 | align=right | Leova district | ||||||||
| align=right | 54. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 4,184 | align=right | 4,510 | align=right | Căușeni district | ||||||||
| align=right | 55. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 4,225 | align=right | 5,320 | align=right | 3,872 | align=right | 3,872 | align=right | Cantemir district | ||||||
| align=right | 56. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 3,296 | align=right | 3,296 | align=right | Chișinău municipality | ||||||||
| align=right | 57. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 3,093 | align=right | 3,093 | align=right | Sîngerei district | ||||||||
| align=right | 58. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 2,781 | align=right | 3,284 | align=right | Ungheni district | ||||||||
| align=right | 59. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 2,247 | align=right | 4,109 | align=right | Rîșcani district | ||||||||
| align=right | 60. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 2,081 | align=right | 2,081 | align=right | Florești district | ||||||||
| align=right | 61. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | ~2,000 | align=right | ~2,000 | align=right | Transnistria | |||||||
| align=right | 62. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | ~2,000 | align=right | ~2,000 | align=right | Transnistria | |||||||
| align=right | 63. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 1,841 | align=right | 1,841 | align=right | Florești district | ||||||||
| align=right | 64. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 1,476 | align=right | 1,476 | align=right | Ocnița district | ||||||||
| align=right | 65. | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | 1,313 | align=right | 1,658 | align=right | Strășeni district | ||||||||
| align=right | 66. | align=right | N/A | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | align=right | ~1,000 | align=right | ~1,000 | align=right | Transnistria | |||||||