Population in Greece compared to Romania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Greece and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Romania	Greece	Romania
1960	8,331,725	18,406,905	-	-
1961	8,398,050	18,555,250	0.8%	0.81%
1962	8,448,233	18,676,550	0.6%	0.65%
1963	8,479,625	18,797,850	0.37%	0.65%
1964	8,510,429	18,919,126	0.36%	0.65%
1965	8,550,333	19,031,576	0.47%	0.59%
1966	8,613,651	19,215,450	0.74%	0.97%
1967	8,684,088	19,534,242	0.82%	1.66%
1968	8,740,765	19,799,831	0.65%	1.36%
1969	8,772,764	20,009,141	0.37%	1.06%
1970	8,792,806	20,250,398	0.23%	1.21%
1971	8,831,036	20,461,567	0.43%	1.04%
1972	8,888,628	20,657,957	0.65%	0.96%
1973	8,929,086	20,835,681	0.46%	0.86%
1974	8,962,022	21,029,429	0.37%	0.93%
1975	9,046,541	21,293,583	0.94%	1.26%
1976	9,188,150	21,551,634	1.57%	1.21%
1977	9,308,479	21,756,096	1.31%	0.95%
1978	9,429,959	21,951,464	1.31%	0.9%
1979	9,548,258	22,090,488	1.25%	0.63%
1980	9,642,505	22,207,282	0.99%	0.53%
1981	9,729,350	22,353,070	0.9%	0.66%
1982	9,789,513	22,475,741	0.62%	0.55%
1983	9,846,627	22,560,478	0.58%	0.38%
1984	9,895,801	22,640,547	0.5%	0.35%
1985	9,934,300	22,732,999	0.39%	0.41%
1986	9,967,213	22,836,841	0.33%	0.46%
1987	10,000,595	22,949,430	0.33%	0.49%
1988	10,036,983	23,057,662	0.36%	0.47%
1989	10,089,498	23,161,458	0.52%	0.45%
1990	10,196,792	23,201,835	1.06%	0.17%
1991	10,319,927	23,001,155	1.21%	-0.86%
1992	10,399,061	22,794,284	0.77%	-0.9%
1993	10,460,415	22,763,280	0.59%	-0.14%
1994	10,512,922	22,730,211	0.5%	-0.15%
1995	10,562,153	22,684,270	0.47%	-0.2%
1996	10,608,800	22,619,004	0.44%	-0.29%
1997	10,661,259	22,553,978	0.49%	-0.29%
1998	10,720,509	22,507,344	0.56%	-0.21%
1999	10,761,698	22,472,040	0.38%	-0.16%
2000	10,805,808	22,442,971	0.41%	-0.13%
2001	10,862,132	22,131,970	0.52%	-1.39%
2002	10,902,022	21,730,496	0.37%	-1.81%
2003	10,928,070	21,574,326	0.24%	-0.72%
2004	10,955,141	21,451,748	0.25%	-0.57%
2005	10,987,314	21,319,685	0.29%	-0.62%
2006	11,020,362	21,193,760	0.3%	-0.59%
2007	11,048,473	20,882,982	0.26%	-1.47%
2008	11,077,841	20,537,875	0.27%	-1.65%
2009	11,107,017	20,367,487	0.26%	-0.83%
2010	11,121,341	20,246,871	0.13%	-0.59%
2011	11,104,899	20,147,528	-0.15%	-0.49%
2012	11,045,011	20,058,035	-0.54%	-0.44%
2013	10,965,211	19,983,693	-0.72%	-0.37%
2014	10,892,413	19,908,979	-0.66%	-0.37%
2015	10,820,883	19,815,616	-0.66%	-0.47%
2016	10,775,971	19,702,267	-0.42%	-0.57%
2017	10,754,679	19,588,715	-0.2%	-0.58%
2018	10,732,882	19,473,970	-0.2%	-0.59%
2019	10,721,582	19,371,648	-0.11%	-0.53%
2020	10,698,599	19,265,250	-0.21%	-0.55%
2021	10,569,207	19,122,059	-1.21%	-0.74%
2022	10,436,882	19,048,502	-1.25%	-0.38%
2023	10,407,351	19,061,062	-0.28%	0.07%
2024	10,405,134	19,051,804	-0.02%	-0.05%
2025	10,292,291	18,945,157	-1.08%	-0.56%
2026	10,249,082	18,836,893	-0.42%	-0.57%
2027	10,204,400	18,727,645	-0.44%	-0.58%
2028	10,159,146	18,617,757	-0.44%	-0.59%
2029	10,113,475	18,506,702	-0.45%	-0.6%
2030	10,067,720	18,394,947	-0.45%	-0.6%
2031	10,021,773	18,282,991	-0.46%	-0.61%
2032	9,974,701	18,170,681	-0.47%	-0.61%
2033	9,927,344	18,057,661	-0.47%	-0.62%
2034	9,880,848	17,943,814	-0.47%	-0.63%
2035	9,834,216	17,828,772	-0.47%	-0.64%
2036	9,787,786	17,712,177	-0.47%	-0.65%
2037	9,741,790	17,595,189	-0.47%	-0.66%
2038	9,695,855	17,477,597	-0.47%	-0.67%
2039	9,650,459	17,360,012	-0.47%	-0.67%
2040	9,605,475	17,242,939	-0.47%	-0.67%
2041	9,560,641	17,124,773	-0.47%	-0.69%
2042	9,516,502	17,006,515	-0.46%	-0.69%
2043	9,472,263	16,888,882	-0.46%	-0.69%
2044	9,426,737	16,770,593	-0.48%	-0.7%
2045	9,380,458	16,652,406	-0.49%	-0.7%
2046	9,333,671	16,534,847	-0.5%	-0.71%
2047	9,284,541	16,416,456	-0.53%	-0.72%
2048	9,233,189	16,297,099	-0.55%	-0.73%
2049	9,180,074	16,177,534	-0.58%	-0.73%
2050	9,125,443	16,058,209	-0.6%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.