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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Norway	Romania	Norway	Romania
1960	3,581,239	18,406,905	-	-
1961	3,609,800	18,555,250	0.8%	0.81%
1962	3,638,918	18,676,550	0.81%	0.65%
1963	3,666,537	18,797,850	0.76%	0.65%
1964	3,694,339	18,919,126	0.76%	0.65%
1965	3,723,168	19,031,576	0.78%	0.59%
1966	3,753,012	19,215,450	0.8%	0.97%
1967	3,784,539	19,534,242	0.84%	1.66%
1968	3,816,486	19,799,831	0.84%	1.36%
1969	3,847,707	20,009,141	0.82%	1.06%
1970	3,875,763	20,250,398	0.73%	1.21%
1971	3,903,039	20,461,567	0.7%	1.04%
1972	3,933,004	20,657,957	0.77%	0.96%
1973	3,960,612	20,835,681	0.7%	0.86%
1974	3,985,258	21,029,429	0.62%	0.93%
1975	4,007,313	21,293,583	0.55%	1.26%
1976	4,026,152	21,551,634	0.47%	1.21%
1977	4,043,205	21,756,096	0.42%	0.95%
1978	4,058,671	21,951,464	0.38%	0.9%
1979	4,072,517	22,090,488	0.34%	0.63%
1980	4,085,620	22,207,282	0.32%	0.53%
1981	4,099,702	22,353,070	0.34%	0.66%
1982	4,114,787	22,475,741	0.37%	0.55%
1983	4,128,432	22,560,478	0.33%	0.38%
1984	4,140,099	22,640,547	0.28%	0.35%
1985	4,152,516	22,732,999	0.3%	0.41%
1986	4,167,354	22,836,841	0.36%	0.46%
1987	4,186,905	22,949,430	0.47%	0.49%
1988	4,209,488	23,057,662	0.54%	0.47%
1989	4,226,901	23,161,458	0.41%	0.45%
1990	4,241,473	23,201,835	0.34%	0.17%
1991	4,261,732	23,001,155	0.48%	-0.86%
1992	4,286,401	22,794,284	0.58%	-0.9%
1993	4,311,991	22,763,280	0.6%	-0.14%
1994	4,336,613	22,730,211	0.57%	-0.15%
1995	4,359,184	22,684,270	0.52%	-0.2%
1996	4,381,336	22,619,004	0.51%	-0.29%
1997	4,405,157	22,553,978	0.54%	-0.29%
1998	4,431,464	22,507,344	0.6%	-0.21%
1999	4,461,913	22,472,040	0.69%	-0.16%
2000	4,490,967	22,442,971	0.65%	-0.13%
2001	4,513,751	22,131,970	0.51%	-1.39%
2002	4,538,159	21,730,496	0.54%	-1.81%
2003	4,564,855	21,574,326	0.59%	-0.72%
2004	4,591,910	21,451,748	0.59%	-0.57%
2005	4,623,291	21,319,685	0.68%	-0.62%
2006	4,660,677	21,193,760	0.81%	-0.59%
2007	4,709,153	20,882,982	1.04%	-1.47%
2008	4,768,212	20,537,875	1.25%	-1.65%
2009	4,828,726	20,367,487	1.27%	-0.83%
2010	4,889,252	20,246,871	1.25%	-0.59%
2011	4,953,088	20,147,528	1.31%	-0.49%
2012	5,018,573	20,058,035	1.32%	-0.44%
2013	5,079,623	19,983,693	1.22%	-0.37%
2014	5,137,232	19,908,979	1.13%	-0.37%
2015	5,188,607	19,815,616	1%	-0.47%
2016	5,234,519	19,702,267	0.88%	-0.57%
2017	5,276,968	19,588,715	0.81%	-0.58%
2018	5,311,916	19,473,970	0.66%	-0.59%
2019	5,347,896	19,371,648	0.68%	-0.53%
2020	5,379,475	19,265,250	0.59%	-0.55%
2021	5,408,320	19,122,059	0.54%	-0.74%
2022	5,457,127	19,048,502	0.9%	-0.38%
2023	5,519,594	19,059,479	1.14%	0.06%
2024	5,572,272	19,069,340	0.95%	0.05%
2025	5,618,653	18,962,595	0.83%	-0.56%
2026	5,648,542	18,854,232	0.53%	-0.57%
2027	5,669,085	18,744,883	0.36%	-0.58%
2028	5,688,775	18,634,894	0.35%	-0.59%
2029	5,707,206	18,523,736	0.32%	-0.6%
2030	5,724,586	18,411,878	0.3%	-0.6%
2031	5,741,140	18,299,820	0.29%	-0.61%
2032	5,756,663	18,187,406	0.27%	-0.61%
2033	5,771,048	18,074,282	0.25%	-0.62%
2034	5,784,408	17,960,330	0.23%	-0.63%
2035	5,796,851	17,845,182	0.22%	-0.64%
2036	5,808,721	17,728,480	0.2%	-0.65%
2037	5,819,995	17,611,384	0.19%	-0.66%
2038	5,830,604	17,493,684	0.18%	-0.67%
2039	5,840,493	17,375,991	0.17%	-0.67%
2040	5,849,273	17,258,810	0.15%	-0.67%
2041	5,857,345	17,140,535	0.14%	-0.69%
2042	5,864,766	17,022,168	0.13%	-0.69%
2043	5,870,957	16,904,427	0.11%	-0.69%
2044	5,876,291	16,786,029	0.09%	-0.7%
2045	5,881,391	16,667,734	0.09%	-0.7%
2046	5,885,772	16,550,066	0.07%	-0.71%
2047	5,889,156	16,431,566	0.06%	-0.72%
2048	5,892,131	16,312,099	0.05%	-0.73%
2049	5,894,300	16,192,424	0.04%	-0.73%
2050	5,895,192	16,072,989	0.02%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Norway increased by 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Norway gained 454,055 (a 8.75% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Norway was ranked 116th most populous country in 2005 and is 119th 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) Norway's population will grow by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people with a rank change from 119th to 121st. The population of Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.