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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	Romania	Poland	Romania
1960	29,637,450	18,406,905	-	-
1961	29,964,000	18,555,250	1.1%	0.81%
1962	30,308,500	18,676,550	1.15%	0.65%
1963	30,712,000	18,797,850	1.33%	0.65%
1964	31,139,450	18,919,126	1.39%	0.65%
1965	31,444,950	19,031,576	0.98%	0.59%
1966	31,681,000	19,215,450	0.75%	0.97%
1967	31,987,155	19,534,242	0.97%	1.66%
1968	32,294,655	19,799,831	0.96%	1.36%
1969	32,548,300	20,009,141	0.79%	1.06%
1970	32,664,300	20,250,398	0.36%	1.21%
1971	32,783,500	20,461,567	0.36%	1.04%
1972	33,055,650	20,657,957	0.83%	0.96%
1973	33,357,200	20,835,681	0.91%	0.86%
1974	33,678,899	21,029,429	0.96%	0.93%
1975	34,015,199	21,293,583	1%	1.26%
1976	34,356,300	21,551,634	1%	1.21%
1977	34,689,050	21,756,096	0.97%	0.95%
1978	34,965,600	21,951,464	0.8%	0.9%
1979	35,247,217	22,090,488	0.81%	0.63%
1980	35,574,150	22,207,282	0.93%	0.53%
1981	35,898,587	22,353,070	0.91%	0.66%
1982	36,230,481	22,475,741	0.92%	0.55%
1983	36,571,808	22,560,478	0.94%	0.38%
1984	36,904,134	22,640,547	0.91%	0.35%
1985	37,201,885	22,732,999	0.81%	0.41%
1986	37,456,119	22,836,841	0.68%	0.46%
1987	37,668,045	22,949,430	0.57%	0.49%
1988	37,824,487	23,057,662	0.42%	0.47%
1989	37,961,529	23,161,458	0.36%	0.45%
1990	38,110,782	23,201,835	0.39%	0.17%
1991	38,246,193	23,001,155	0.36%	-0.86%
1992	38,363,667	22,794,284	0.31%	-0.9%
1993	38,461,408	22,763,280	0.25%	-0.14%
1994	38,542,652	22,730,211	0.21%	-0.15%
1995	38,594,998	22,684,270	0.14%	-0.2%
1996	38,624,370	22,619,004	0.08%	-0.29%
1997	38,649,660	22,553,978	0.07%	-0.29%
1998	38,663,481	22,507,344	0.04%	-0.21%
1999	38,660,271	22,472,040	-0.008%	-0.16%
2000	38,258,629	22,442,971	-1.04%	-0.13%
2001	38,248,076	22,131,970	-0.03%	-1.39%
2002	38,230,364	21,730,496	-0.05%	-1.81%
2003	38,204,570	21,574,326	-0.07%	-0.72%
2004	38,182,222	21,451,748	-0.06%	-0.57%
2005	38,165,445	21,319,685	-0.04%	-0.62%
2006	38,141,267	21,193,760	-0.06%	-0.59%
2007	38,120,560	20,882,982	-0.05%	-1.47%
2008	38,125,759	20,537,875	0.01%	-1.65%
2009	38,151,603	20,367,487	0.07%	-0.83%
2010	38,042,794	20,246,871	-0.29%	-0.59%
2011	38,063,255	20,147,528	0.05%	-0.49%
2012	38,063,164	20,058,035	-0%	-0.44%
2013	38,040,196	19,983,693	-0.06%	-0.37%
2014	38,011,735	19,908,979	-0.07%	-0.37%
2015	37,986,412	19,815,616	-0.07%	-0.47%
2016	37,970,087	19,702,267	-0.04%	-0.57%
2017	37,974,826	19,588,715	0.01%	-0.58%
2018	37,974,750	19,473,970	-0%	-0.59%
2019	37,965,475	19,371,648	-0.02%	-0.53%
2020	37,515,748	19,265,250	-1.18%	-0.55%
2021	36,981,559	19,122,059	-1.42%	-0.74%
2022	36,821,749	19,048,502	-0.43%	-0.38%
2023	36,687,353	19,061,062	-0.36%	0.07%
2024	36,559,233	19,051,804	-0.35%	-0.05%
2025	36,181,399	18,945,157	-1.03%	-0.56%
2026	35,898,979	18,836,893	-0.78%	-0.57%
2027	35,758,415	18,727,645	-0.39%	-0.58%
2028	35,609,703	18,617,757	-0.42%	-0.59%
2029	35,452,249	18,506,702	-0.44%	-0.6%
2030	35,287,436	18,394,947	-0.46%	-0.6%
2031	35,116,185	18,282,991	-0.49%	-0.61%
2032	34,938,952	18,170,681	-0.5%	-0.61%
2033	34,757,421	18,057,661	-0.52%	-0.62%
2034	34,571,572	17,943,814	-0.53%	-0.63%
2035	34,381,734	17,828,772	-0.55%	-0.64%
2036	34,187,419	17,712,177	-0.57%	-0.65%
2037	33,988,985	17,595,189	-0.58%	-0.66%
2038	33,787,175	17,477,597	-0.59%	-0.67%
2039	33,581,427	17,360,012	-0.61%	-0.67%
2040	33,372,181	17,242,939	-0.62%	-0.67%
2041	33,160,435	17,124,773	-0.63%	-0.69%
2042	32,945,446	17,006,515	-0.65%	-0.69%
2043	32,726,827	16,888,882	-0.66%	-0.69%
2044	32,506,015	16,770,593	-0.67%	-0.7%
2045	32,282,692	16,652,406	-0.69%	-0.7%
2046	32,056,740	16,534,847	-0.7%	-0.71%
2047	31,828,421	16,416,456	-0.71%	-0.72%
2048	31,597,823	16,297,099	-0.72%	-0.73%
2049	31,364,596	16,177,534	-0.74%	-0.73%
2050	31,128,250	16,058,209	-0.75%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Poland decreased by 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Poland lost -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2006 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.