NXS-GRX-MDA · Eastern Europe · Regions

Chisinau

First-level unit, Republic of Moldova: people, area and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-MDA-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO MDA / MDStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
628,861
people (GHSL 2025)
568 km²
area
19.3%
of Republic of Moldova
6
neighbours
01Map

Chisinau on terrain

The unit in Republic of Moldova, with neighbouring units muted.

FIG 1 · Chisinau in Republic of Moldova
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1Risk values when released
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Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

628,861

19.3% of Republic of Moldova.

People · WorldPop 2025

600,937

-4% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

568 km²

1,107 people per km².

Code

MD-CU

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

03Humanitarian data

Chisinau in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2022-12-31

677,453

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2012-12-31

0.1%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

04Data

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Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

05Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Railways
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Chisinau publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Republic of Moldova.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen MDA ADM1, source: UNHCR, OCHA FISS, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2020
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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