The latest officially reported population of Peru was 34,217,848 in 2024 vs 19,069,340 people in Romania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Peru's population is 34,854,181 people compared to 18,962,595 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Peru's population is 1.84 times bigger than Romania's.
- Peru is ranked the 48th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 69th.
- The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.42% for Peru vs 0.23% for Romania.
- For the last 10 years, Peru has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs -0.42% in Romania.
- Since 2005, the population of Peru has increased from 28.1M people to 34.9M (24% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.3M to 19M (11.1% decline).
- Peru is projected to reach its peak in 2066 at 41.7M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.
Peru vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
34854181
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18962595
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| Population rank | 48/197 | 69/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.42% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
1.41 minutes
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53.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
58.4 seconds
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
2.83 minutes
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2.17 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
28.6 minutes
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18.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +18,406 | -28,466 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,020 | +27 |
| Annual growth/decline | +372,231 | +9,861 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.1% | +0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 97/197 | 162/197 |
Peru and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 10,174,127 | 18,406,905 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,475,123 | 18,555,250 | 2.96% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 10,784,612 | 18,676,550 | 2.95% | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 11,102,099 | 18,797,850 | 2.94% | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 11,427,978 | 18,919,126 | 2.94% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 11,761,085 | 19,031,576 | 2.91% | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 12,101,297 | 19,215,450 | 2.89% | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 12,448,814 | 19,534,242 | 2.87% | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 12,803,993 | 19,799,831 | 2.85% | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 13,166,767 | 20,009,141 | 2.83% | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 13,501,237 | 20,250,398 | 2.54% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 13,838,067 | 20,461,567 | 2.49% | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 14,210,147 | 20,657,957 | 2.69% | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 14,582,867 | 20,835,681 | 2.62% | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 14,956,552 | 21,029,429 | 2.56% | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 15,333,957 | 21,293,583 | 2.52% | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 15,716,809 | 21,551,634 | 2.5% | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 16,109,806 | 21,756,096 | 2.5% | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 16,516,059 | 21,951,464 | 2.52% | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 16,933,139 | 22,090,488 | 2.53% | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 17,360,949 | 22,207,282 | 2.53% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 17,798,805 | 22,353,070 | 2.52% | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 18,246,503 | 22,475,741 | 2.52% | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 18,705,957 | 22,560,478 | 2.52% | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 19,174,716 | 22,640,547 | 2.51% | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 19,648,204 | 22,732,999 | 2.47% | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 20,117,122 | 22,836,841 | 2.39% | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 20,582,320 | 22,949,430 | 2.31% | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 21,054,702 | 23,057,662 | 2.3% | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 21,532,589 | 23,161,458 | 2.27% | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 22,014,771 | 23,201,835 | 2.24% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 22,483,775 | 23,001,155 | 2.13% | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 22,946,340 | 22,794,284 | 2.06% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 23,413,783 | 22,763,280 | 2.04% | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 23,881,493 | 22,730,211 | 2% | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 24,348,919 | 22,684,270 | 1.96% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 24,811,171 | 22,619,004 | 1.9% | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 25,274,147 | 22,553,978 | 1.87% | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 25,738,095 | 22,507,344 | 1.84% | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 26,186,504 | 22,472,040 | 1.74% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 26,598,331 | 22,442,971 | 1.57% | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 26,964,601 | 22,131,970 | 1.38% | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 27,288,217 | 21,730,496 | 1.2% | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 27,580,490 | 21,574,326 | 1.07% | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 27,852,190 | 21,451,748 | 0.99% | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 28,101,180 | 21,319,685 | 0.89% | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 28,324,491 | 21,193,760 | 0.79% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 28,530,699 | 20,882,982 | 0.73% | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 28,719,041 | 20,537,875 | 0.66% | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 28,896,811 | 20,367,487 | 0.62% | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 29,086,019 | 20,246,871 | 0.65% | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 29,304,086 | 20,147,528 | 0.75% | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 29,550,366 | 20,058,035 | 0.84% | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 29,817,919 | 19,983,693 | 0.91% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 30,115,826 | 19,908,979 | 1% | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 30,457,600 | 19,815,616 | 1.13% | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 30,866,494 | 19,702,267 | 1.34% | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 31,324,637 | 19,588,715 | 1.48% | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 31,897,584 | 19,473,970 | 1.83% | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 32,449,303 | 19,371,648 | 1.73% | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 32,838,579 | 19,265,250 | 1.2% | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 33,155,882 | 19,122,059 | 0.97% | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 33,475,438 | 19,048,502 | 0.96% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 33,845,617 | 19,059,479 | 1.11% | 0.06% |
| 2024 | 34,217,848 | 19,069,340 | 1.1% | 0.05% |
| 2025 | 34,576,670 | 18,962,595 | 1.05% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 34,922,144 | 18,854,232 | 1% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 35,255,683 | 18,744,883 | 0.96% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 35,578,281 | 18,634,894 | 0.92% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 35,890,705 | 18,523,736 | 0.88% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 36,193,882 | 18,411,878 | 0.84% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 36,488,437 | 18,299,820 | 0.81% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 36,774,937 | 18,187,406 | 0.79% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 37,054,380 | 18,074,282 | 0.76% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 37,326,798 | 17,960,330 | 0.74% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 37,591,420 | 17,845,182 | 0.71% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 37,848,147 | 17,728,480 | 0.68% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 38,096,898 | 17,611,384 | 0.66% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 38,337,328 | 17,493,684 | 0.63% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 38,569,891 | 17,375,991 | 0.61% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 38,794,647 | 17,258,810 | 0.58% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 39,011,537 | 17,140,535 | 0.56% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 39,220,371 | 17,022,168 | 0.54% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 39,420,647 | 16,904,427 | 0.51% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 39,612,847 | 16,786,029 | 0.49% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 39,796,723 | 16,667,734 | 0.46% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 39,971,719 | 16,550,066 | 0.44% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 40,137,869 | 16,431,566 | 0.42% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 40,294,857 | 16,312,099 | 0.39% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 40,443,273 | 16,192,424 | 0.37% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 40,583,875 | 16,072,989 | 0.35% | -0.74% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Peru increased by 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Peru gained 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).
Peru was ranked 39th most populous country in 2005 and is 48th 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) Peru's population will grow by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people with a rank change from 48th to 51st. 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 Peru and Romania
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 76.2 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 30.8 years | 43.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 69.2 ppl/mi² | 214.7 ppl/mi² |
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