The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,516,593 in 2024 vs 19,051,804 people in Romania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 82,619,736 people compared to 18,836,893 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 4.39 times bigger than Romania's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 70th.
- 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 -0.43% in Romania.
- Since 2006, the population of Germany has increased from 82.4M people to 82.6M (0.3% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.2M to 18.8M (11.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 13.1% of the population in Germany and 31.6% in Romania.
Germany vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
82619736
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18836893
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
2.29 minutes
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56.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
45.6 seconds
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
30.8 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 | +628 | -25 |
| Annual growth/decline | +229,320 | -9,258 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 152/197 | 170/197 |
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 | 83,177,813 | 19,048,502 | -0.02% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 83,287,273 | 19,061,062 | 0.13% | 0.07% |
| 2024 | 83,516,593 | 19,051,804 | 0.28% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 83,045,276 | 18,945,157 | -0.56% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 82,619,736 | 18,836,893 | -0.51% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 82,420,656 | 18,727,645 | -0.24% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 82,209,650 | 18,617,757 | -0.26% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 81,988,746 | 18,506,702 | -0.27% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 81,767,011 | 18,394,947 | -0.27% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 81,541,291 | 18,282,991 | -0.28% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 81,315,327 | 18,170,681 | -0.28% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 81,094,150 | 18,057,661 | -0.27% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 80,879,704 | 17,943,814 | -0.26% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 80,669,570 | 17,828,772 | -0.26% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 80,445,835 | 17,712,177 | -0.28% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 80,222,108 | 17,595,189 | -0.28% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 80,001,936 | 17,477,597 | -0.27% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 79,780,699 | 17,360,012 | -0.28% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 79,565,092 | 17,242,939 | -0.27% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 79,361,541 | 17,124,773 | -0.26% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 79,167,400 | 17,006,515 | -0.24% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 78,962,964 | 16,888,882 | -0.26% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 78,743,160 | 16,770,593 | -0.28% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 78,518,131 | 16,652,406 | -0.29% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 78,293,579 | 16,534,847 | -0.29% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 78,066,226 | 16,416,456 | -0.29% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 77,826,011 | 16,297,099 | -0.31% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 77,578,876 | 16,177,534 | -0.32% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 77,335,610 | 16,058,209 | -0.31% | -0.74% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).
Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.
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Population differences between Germany and Romania
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 76.4 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 | 214.5 ppl/mi² |
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