The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,510,950 in 2024 vs 19,069,340 people in Romania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 83,039,665 people compared to 18,962,595 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 4.38 times bigger than Romania's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 69th.
- The countries together account for 1.23% of the world: 1% for Germany vs 0.23% for Romania.
- For the last 10 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs -0.42% in Romania.
- Since 2005, the population of Germany has increased from 82.5M people to 83M (0.69% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.3M to 19M (11.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 13.4% of the population in Germany and 31.4% in Romania.
Germany vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
83039665
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18962595
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 69/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
1.34 minutes
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53.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
45.3 seconds
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
30.6 seconds
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2.17 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
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18.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +36,954 | -28,466 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,071 | +27 |
| Annual growth/decline | -390,973 | +9,861 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.47% | +0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 184/197 | 162/197 |
Germany and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 18,406,905 | - | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 18,555,250 | 0.77% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 18,676,550 | 0.88% | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 18,797,850 | 0.93% | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 18,919,126 | 0.81% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 19,031,576 | 0.86% | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 19,215,450 | 0.84% | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 19,534,242 | 0.46% | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 19,799,831 | 0.45% | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 20,009,141 | 0.8% | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 20,250,398 | 0.33% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 20,461,567 | 0.18% | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 20,657,957 | 0.48% | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 20,835,681 | 0.32% | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 21,029,429 | 0.04% | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | 21,293,583 | -0.37% | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | 21,551,634 | -0.43% | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | 21,756,096 | -0.23% | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | 21,951,464 | -0.09% | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 22,090,488 | 0.04% | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 22,207,282 | 0.21% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 22,353,070 | 0.15% | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | 22,475,741 | -0.1% | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | 22,560,478 | -0.26% | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | 22,640,547 | -0.35% | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | 22,732,999 | -0.22% | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 22,836,841 | 0.05% | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 22,949,430 | 0.15% | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 23,057,662 | 0.39% | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 23,161,458 | 0.78% | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 23,201,835 | 0.87% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 23,001,155 | 0.73% | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 22,794,284 | 0.76% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 22,763,280 | 0.66% | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 22,730,211 | 0.35% | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 22,684,270 | 0.29% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 22,619,004 | 0.29% | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 22,553,978 | 0.15% | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 22,507,344 | 0.02% | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 22,472,040 | 0.06% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 22,442,971 | 0.14% | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 22,131,970 | 0.17% | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 21,730,496 | 0.17% | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 21,574,326 | 0.06% | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | 21,451,748 | -0.02% | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | 21,319,685 | -0.06% | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | 21,193,760 | -0.11% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | 20,882,982 | -0.13% | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | 20,537,875 | -0.19% | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | 20,367,487 | -0.25% | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | 20,246,871 | -0.15% | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | 20,147,528 | -1.84% | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 20,058,035 | 0.19% | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 19,983,693 | 0.27% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 19,908,979 | 0.42% | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 19,815,616 | 0.87% | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 19,702,267 | 0.81% | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 19,588,715 | 0.37% | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 19,473,970 | 0.3% | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 19,371,648 | 0.23% | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 19,265,250 | 0.08% | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 19,122,059 | 0.04% | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 83,797,985 | 19,048,502 | 0.72% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 83,901,923 | 19,059,479 | 0.12% | 0.06% |
| 2024 | 83,510,950 | 19,069,340 | -0.47% | 0.05% |
| 2025 | 83,039,665 | 18,962,595 | -0.56% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 82,614,154 | 18,854,232 | -0.51% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 82,415,087 | 18,744,883 | -0.24% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 82,204,095 | 18,634,894 | -0.26% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 81,983,207 | 18,523,736 | -0.27% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 81,761,486 | 18,411,878 | -0.27% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 81,535,782 | 18,299,820 | -0.28% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 81,309,833 | 18,187,406 | -0.28% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 81,088,671 | 18,074,282 | -0.27% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 80,874,239 | 17,960,330 | -0.26% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 80,664,119 | 17,845,182 | -0.26% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 80,440,400 | 17,728,480 | -0.28% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 80,216,687 | 17,611,384 | -0.28% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 79,996,530 | 17,493,684 | -0.27% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 79,775,309 | 17,375,991 | -0.28% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 79,559,716 | 17,258,810 | -0.27% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 79,356,179 | 17,140,535 | -0.26% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 79,162,051 | 17,022,168 | -0.24% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 78,957,628 | 16,904,427 | -0.26% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 78,737,840 | 16,786,029 | -0.28% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 78,512,825 | 16,667,734 | -0.29% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 78,288,289 | 16,550,066 | -0.29% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 78,060,952 | 16,431,566 | -0.29% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 77,820,753 | 16,312,099 | -0.31% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 77,573,634 | 16,192,424 | -0.32% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 77,330,385 | 16,072,989 | -0.31% | -0.74% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).
Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.
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Population differences between Germany and Romania
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| Life expectancy | 81.7 years | 76.2 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 43.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 214.7 ppl/mi² |
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