 At the 2004 census, the population of the commune was 2,522, of which 2,488 Moldovans, 22 Romanians, 3 Ukrainians, 5 Russians, 1 Gagauzian, and 3 others.At the 1930 census, the population of the village was 1,819, of which 1,799 Romanians, 14 Jews (all with Yiddish as native language), 4 Hungarians, 1 German, and 1 Russian.At the time Holercani was part of the "Plasa Mașcăuți" of Orhei County.