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Romania vs Spain statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Romania has a population of 19.1M (ranked 67/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). Romania's land area is 88,834 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 80th vs. 51st).

By GDP, Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B) and Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T). By GDP per capita, Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072), while Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297).

Main facts and rankings

Romania Spain
Population
18962595
48786181
Population rank 69/197 32/197
GDP
$383B
2024
$1.72T
2024
GDP rank 43/197 14/197
GDP per capita
$20,072
2024
$35,297
2024
GDP per capita rank 58/197 31/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,712
2024
$56,926
2024
Government debt
$219B
2024
$1.75T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
61.6%
2025
100.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$11,490
2024
$35,940
2024
Government debt per person rank 49/185 19/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,200
2025
$24,195
2025
Land area
88,834 sq mi
2025
192,934 sq mi
2025
Population density
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
253 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
1.12
2023
Median age
43.8 years
2024
46.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
84 years
2025

Romania and Spain: Comparison Charts

Romania and Spain economies compared

GDP
Romania

Spain
Year GDP
Romania Spain
1960 - $12,424,514,014
1961 - $14,238,126,760
1962 - $16,609,632,791
1963 - $19,631,714,760
1964 - $21,966,876,027
1965 - $25,479,619,607
1966 - $29,559,436,183
1967 - $32,570,905,397
1968 - $32,394,326,464
1969 - $37,090,689,288
1970 - $40,963,715,237
1971 - $46,586,119,760
1972 - $59,090,176,029
1973 - $78,583,355,226
1974 - $97,204,522,642
1975 - $114,695,060,870
1976 - $118,422,534,195
1977 - $132,354,665,936
1978 - $160,484,969,618
1979 - $214,448,666,336
1980 - $232,600,556,974
1981 - $202,663,023,968
1982 - $195,856,752,991
1983 - $170,829,074,246
1984 - $171,979,977,230
1985 - $180,664,322,896
1986 - $251,141,555,186
1987 $38,067,567,568 $318,520,253,335
1988 $40,424,528,302 $375,891,716,898
1989 $41,450,777,202 $414,460,794,097
1990 $38,247,882,300 $536,175,326,477
1991 $28,850,634,900 $576,753,902,322
1992 $25,121,666,667 $630,465,353,486
1993 $26,361,160,450 $524,700,572,624
1994 $30,072,805,104 $530,183,651,720
1995 $37,430,162,103 $614,170,002,669
1996 $36,937,074,278 $642,251,412,058
1997 $35,575,214,078 $589,739,772,727
1998 $41,696,091,974 $618,731,484,575
1999 $35,953,156,754 $634,394,904,387
2000 $37,253,739,511 $598,102,854,756
2001 $40,395,116,581 $627,798,682,379
2002 $46,065,502,703 $708,938,227,244
2003 $57,806,384,143 $907,963,217,058
2004 $74,973,656,852 $1,069,829,382,515
2005 $98,454,380,120 $1,154,667,551,776
2006 $122,023,735,993 $1,261,846,683,275
2007 $174,588,782,939 $1,476,746,276,855
2008 $214,315,932,061 $1,636,115,447,613
2009 $174,110,532,659 $1,496,587,590,848
2010 $170,064,350,672 $1,427,989,078,917
2011 $192,623,977,894 $1,487,568,659,241
2012 $179,117,323,107 $1,330,994,811,670
2013 $189,798,603,751 $1,362,186,923,158
2014 $199,722,319,676 $1,380,244,561,362
2015 $177,885,131,240 $1,206,164,777,553
2016 $185,290,759,249 $1,243,015,667,917
2017 $210,147,385,855 $1,321,754,088,819
2018 $243,468,683,030 $1,431,642,809,327
2019 $251,677,082,534 $1,403,496,387,686
2020 $252,033,792,712 $1,289,783,836,971
2021 $286,578,196,368 $1,461,244,901,853
2022 $296,354,358,293 $1,446,498,147,749
2023 $350,775,856,415 $1,620,090,734,957
2024 $382,767,571,329 $1,722,745,978,335

Romania and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita
Romania

Spain
Year GDP per capita
Romania Spain
1960 - $408
1961 - $463
1962 - $535
1963 - $627
1964 - $695
1965 - $797
1966 - $916
1967 - $997
1968 - $978
1969 - $1,109
1970 - $1,211
1971 - $1,361
1972 - $1,708
1973 - $2,246
1974 - $2,748
1975 - $3,208
1976 - $3,277
1977 - $3,625
1978 - $4,353
1979 - $5,766
1980 - $6,204
1981 - $5,367
1982 - $5,156
1983 - $4,475
1984 - $4,487
1985 - $4,696
1986 - $6,509
1987 $1,659 $8,234
1988 $1,753 $9,696
1989 $1,790 $10,674
1990 $1,648 $13,795
1991 $1,254 $14,801
1992 $1,102 $16,101
1993 $1,158 $13,330
1994 $1,323 $13,406
1995 $1,650 $15,461
1996 $1,633 $16,101
1997 $1,577 $14,722
1998 $1,853 $15,382
1999 $1,600 $15,708
2000 $1,660 $14,743
2001 $1,825 $15,368
2002 $2,120 $17,111
2003 $2,679 $21,522
2004 $3,495 $24,925
2005 $4,618 $26,451
2006 $5,758 $28,422
2007 $8,360 $32,652
2008 $10,435 $35,603
2009 $8,548 $32,280
2010 $8,400 $30,659
2011 $9,561 $31,825
2012 $8,930 $28,456
2013 $9,498 $29,229
2014 $10,032 $29,708
2015 $8,977 $25,982
2016 $9,405 $26,756
2017 $10,728 $28,381
2018 $12,502 $30,602
2019 $12,992 $29,787
2020 $13,082 $27,234
2021 $14,987 $30,799
2022 $15,558 $30,270
2023 $18,404 $33,509
2024 $20,072 $35,297

Romania vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Romania

Spain
Year Life expectancy, years
Romania Spain
1950 60.5 61.8
1951 61.2 61.5
1952 61.8 64.8
1953 62.5 65.7
1954 63 66.9
1955 63.3 66.7
1956 63.6 66.8
1957 64 66.6
1958 64.4 68.8
1959 64.9 68.7
1960 65.6 69.2
1961 66.4 69.6
1962 67.2 69.6
1963 67.8 69.8
1964 68.4 70.5
1965 68.4 70.9
1966 68.2 71.2
1967 68.1 71.3
1968 67.9 71.7
1969 67.2 71.1
1970 67.9 72.1
1971 68.4 71.7
1972 69 73
1973 68.7 72.7
1974 69.5 73.1
1975 69.6 73.5
1976 69.9 73.8
1977 69.5 74.3
1978 69.8 74.5
1979 69.5 75
1980 69.2 75.5
1981 69.5 75.7
1982 69.8 76.3
1983 69.8 76.1
1984 69.9 76.5
1985 69.4 76.4
1986 69.7 76.7
1987 69.1 77
1988 69.4 76.9
1989 69.5 77
1990 69.8 77
1991 70 77.1
1992 69.5 77.6
1993 69.5 77.7
1994 69.3 78.1
1995 69.3 78.2
1996 68.8 78.3
1997 69.1 78.9
1998 69.9 78.9
1999 70.6 78.9
2000 71.2 79.4
2001 71.1 79.7
2002 70.8 79.8
2003 70.8 79.7
2004 71.1 80.3
2005 71.6 80.3
2006 72.2 81
2007 72.8 81
2008 73.2 81.3
2009 73.5 81.6
2010 73.6 82
2011 74.3 82.2
2012 74.3 82.2
2013 74.9 82.7
2014 74.8 82.8
2015 74.7 82.6
2016 75 83
2017 75 83
2018 75.1 83.1
2019 75.3 83.5
2020 74 82.2
2021 72.7 83
2022 75.3 82.4
2023 75.9 83.7
2024 76.1 83.8
2025 76.2 84

Romania and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population
Romania

Spain
Year Population
Romania Spain
1960 18,406,905 30,455,000
1961 18,555,250 30,739,250
1962 18,676,550 31,023,366
1963 18,797,850 31,296,651
1964 18,919,126 31,609,195
1965 19,031,576 31,954,292
1966 19,215,450 32,283,194
1967 19,534,242 32,682,947
1968 19,799,831 33,113,134
1969 20,009,141 33,441,054
1970 20,250,398 33,814,531
1971 20,461,567 34,224,490
1972 20,657,957 34,604,469
1973 20,835,681 34,988,947
1974 21,029,429 35,373,335
1975 21,293,583 35,757,900
1976 21,551,634 36,137,812
1977 21,756,096 36,511,638
1978 21,951,464 36,864,898
1979 22,090,488 37,191,330
1980 22,207,282 37,491,165
1981 22,353,070 37,758,631
1982 22,475,741 37,986,012
1983 22,560,478 38,171,525
1984 22,640,547 38,330,364
1985 22,732,999 38,469,512
1986 22,836,841 38,584,624
1987 22,949,430 38,684,815
1988 23,057,662 38,766,939
1989 23,161,458 38,827,764
1990 23,201,835 38,867,322
1991 23,001,155 38,966,376
1992 22,794,284 39,157,685
1993 22,763,280 39,361,262
1994 22,730,211 39,549,108
1995 22,684,270 39,724,050
1996 22,619,004 39,889,852
1997 22,553,978 40,057,389
1998 22,507,344 40,223,509
1999 22,472,040 40,386,875
2000 22,442,971 40,567,864
2001 22,131,970 40,850,412
2002 21,730,496 41,431,558
2003 21,574,326 42,187,645
2004 21,451,748 42,921,895
2005 21,319,685 43,653,155
2006 21,193,760 44,397,319
2007 20,882,982 45,226,803
2008 20,537,875 45,954,106
2009 20,367,487 46,362,946
2010 20,246,871 46,576,897
2011 20,147,528 46,742,697
2012 20,058,035 46,773,055
2013 19,983,693 46,604,197
2014 19,908,979 46,460,733
2015 19,815,616 46,422,303
2016 19,702,267 46,458,139
2017 19,588,715 46,571,232
2018 19,473,970 46,782,011
2019 19,371,648 47,118,501
2020 19,265,250 47,359,424
2021 19,122,059 47,443,821
2022 19,048,502 47,786,102
2023 19,059,479 48,347,910
2024 19,069,340 48,807,137

Fertility rates in Romania and Spain

Fertility rate
Romania

Spain
Year Fertility rate
Romania Spain
1960 2.34 2.86
1961 2.17 2.77
1962 2.04 2.8
1963 2.01 2.88
1964 1.96 3.01
1965 1.91 2.94
1966 1.9 2.91
1967 3.66 2.94
1968 3.63 2.87
1969 3.19 2.86
1970 2.89 2.84
1971 2.67 2.9
1972 2.55 2.87
1973 2.44 2.84
1974 2.71 2.88
1975 2.59 2.77
1976 2.54 2.77
1977 2.57 2.65
1978 2.52 2.54
1979 2.49 2.37
1980 2.43 2.22
1981 2.36 2.04
1982 2.17 1.94
1983 2.06 1.8
1984 2.26 1.73
1985 2.31 1.64
1986 2.39 1.56
1987 2.38 1.49
1988 2.3 1.45
1989 2.22 1.4
1990 1.83 1.36
1991 1.59 1.33
1992 1.51 1.31
1993 1.43 1.26
1994 1.4 1.19
1995 1.33 1.16
1996 1.3 1.14
1997 1.32 1.15
1998 1.32 1.13
1999 1.3 1.17
2000 1.31 1.22
2001 1.27 1.23
2002 1.27 1.25
2003 1.3 1.3
2004 1.33 1.31
2005 1.4 1.33
2006 1.42 1.36
2007 1.45 1.38
2008 1.6 1.45
2009 1.66 1.38
2010 1.59 1.37
2011 1.47 1.34
2012 1.52 1.32
2013 1.46 1.27
2014 1.56 1.32
2015 1.62 1.33
2016 1.69 1.33
2017 1.78 1.31
2018 1.76 1.26
2019 1.77 1.23
2020 1.8 1.18
2021 1.81 1.18
2022 1.71 1.16
2023 1.71 1.12

Romania and Spain demographics compared

Median age
Romania

Spain
Year Median age, years
Romania Spain
1960 28.5 29.4
1961 28.9 29.6
1962 29.3 29.7
1963 29.7 29.9
1964 30.2 30.1
1965 30.6 30.2
1966 31 30.3
1967 31.3 30.4
1968 31.3 30.4
1969 31.3 30.2
1970 31.4 30.1
1971 31.4 30.1
1972 31.5 30
1973 31.5 30
1974 31.6 30
1975 31.7 30
1976 31.8 30.1
1977 31.8 30.2
1978 31.7 30.4
1979 31.7 30.6
1980 31.8 30.7
1981 31.9 30.9
1982 32 31.1
1983 32.1 31.4
1984 32.3 31.6
1985 32.5 31.9
1986 32.7 32.2
1987 32.8 32.5
1988 32.8 32.9
1989 32.9 33.2
1990 33 33.6
1991 33.1 33.9
1992 33.3 34.2
1993 33.6 34.6
1994 33.8 34.9
1995 34 35.3
1996 34.2 35.7
1997 34.4 36.2
1998 34.6 36.6
1999 34.7 37
2000 34.8 37.4
2001 34.8 37.8
2002 35.3 38.1
2003 36 38.3
2004 36.6 38.5
2005 37 38.8
2006 37.3 39
2007 37.7 39.2
2008 38.2 39.4
2009 38.8 39.8
2010 39.3 40.2
2011 39.8 40.6
2012 40.2 41.1
2013 40.5 41.7
2014 40.9 42.2
2015 41.3 42.7
2016 41.7 43.1
2017 42 43.5
2018 42.3 43.8
2019 42.6 44.1
2020 42.9 44.5
2021 43.2 44.9
2022 43.3 45.4
2023 43.5 45.9
2024 43.8 46.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Romania Spain
GNI, Atlas method
$336B
2024
$1.63T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.2%
2025
45.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.28%
2022
4.59%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.61%
2023
1.51%
2023
Armed forces personnel
128,000
2020
199,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.83%
2025
-2.69%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.43%
2024
11.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
62.5%
2024
69.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25%
2024
19.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.5
2025
66.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.8%
2023
24.5%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.4%
2023
2.2%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
1,180,703
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.96%
2024
Number of billionaires
6
2025
34
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
0.00009%
2025
Listed domestic companies
83
2024
277
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$47.4B
2024
$754B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$73.4B
2024
$108B
2024
Personal remittances received
$9.52B
2024
$6.34B
2024
International tourist arrivals
5,023,000
2020
36,410,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.73%
2020
19.8%
1998
Banked people share
71.3%
2024
98.4%
2024

Energy

Romania Spain
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,601 kg
2023
2,294 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$28.6
2023
$23.2
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
70.8 megatons
2023
217.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.71 tons
2023
4.49 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
70.4%
2022
68.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
23.6%
2021
19%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
17.5%
2023
25.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
28.1%
2023
77%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,585 kWh
2023
5,118 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
44.9%
2021
47%
2021
Hydroelectric share
32.2%
2023
10.9%
2023
Nuclear share
19.3%
2023
19.9%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Romania Spain
% of world population
0.23%
2024
0.6%
2024
Annual migration change
-28,466
2024
+111,674
2024
Urban population
54.9%
2024
81.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.83 ft
2025
5.78 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
67.7
2025
80.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
56
2024
Higher education index
69
2025
89
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.11
2023
0.69
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
10.3
2019
3.9
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
176
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.2%
2021
99.7%
2021
English speaking
31%
2023
22%
2023
People using the Internet
91.3%
2024
95.8%
2024

Health

Romania Spain
Government health expenditure per capita
$902
2022
$2,911
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$193.3
2022
$558
2022
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
84 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.47
2021
4.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
27.1 years
2023
31.5 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6.6
2023
3.1
2023
Obesity rate
35%
2022
16.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.5%
2024
9.7%
2024
Air quality index
50
2025
76
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30%
2022
28.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
16.8 liters
2020
9.16 liters
2020

Territory

Romania Spain
% of world land
0.15%
2025
0.34%
2025
Land area per capita
4,658 sq mi
2024
3,953 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
49,093 sq mi
2025
95,648 sq mi
2025
Forest area
26,753 sq mi
2025
71,757 sq mi
2025
Roads length
53,679 mi
2023
424,505 mi
2020

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