The current population of Romania is 18,962,595 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 19,069,340 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Romania has had an average decline rate of -0.55% per year.
- Romania is ranked 69/197 by population and was ranked 50th in 2005.
- The UN estimates that Romania's population is going to decline by -15.2% to 16.1M people by 2050.
- Romania's population peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and has been in decline since.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 21.3M people to 19M (-11.1% decline in 20 years).
- Romania accounts for 0.23% of the world's population.
Romania population clock
Romania
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
18962595
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 69/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | N/A |
| One net population change |
53.3 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.45 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.17 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +27 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +9,861 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 162/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
18.5 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -28,466 | N/A |
Romania population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 18,406,905 | - |
| 1961 | 18,555,250 | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 18,676,550 | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 18,797,850 | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 18,919,126 | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 19,031,576 | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 19,215,450 | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 19,534,242 | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 19,799,831 | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 20,009,141 | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 20,250,398 | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 20,461,567 | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 20,657,957 | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 20,835,681 | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 21,029,429 | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 21,293,583 | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 21,551,634 | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 21,756,096 | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 21,951,464 | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 22,090,488 | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 22,207,282 | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 22,353,070 | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 22,475,741 | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 22,560,478 | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 22,640,547 | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 22,732,999 | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 22,836,841 | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 22,949,430 | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 23,057,662 | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 23,161,458 | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 23,201,835 | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 23,001,155 | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 22,794,284 | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 22,763,280 | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 22,730,211 | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 22,684,270 | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 22,619,004 | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 22,553,978 | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 22,507,344 | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 22,472,040 | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 22,442,971 | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 19,059,479 | 0.06% |
| 2024 | 19,069,340 | 0.05% |
| 2025 | 18,962,595 | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 18,854,232 | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 18,744,883 | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 18,634,894 | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 18,523,736 | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 18,411,878 | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 18,299,820 | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 18,187,406 | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 18,074,282 | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 17,960,330 | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 17,845,182 | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 17,728,480 | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 17,611,384 | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 17,493,684 | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 17,375,991 | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 17,258,810 | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 17,140,535 | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 17,022,168 | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 16,904,427 | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 16,786,029 | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 16,667,734 | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 16,550,066 | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 16,431,566 | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 16,312,099 | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 16,192,424 | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 16,072,989 | -0.74% |
Romania has a population of 19M as of 2025, compared to 19.8M in 2015, 21.3M in 2005, and 22.7M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.43% per year. Romania is ranked 181st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Romania will have 16,667,734 people (-12.1% decline) with a rank change from 69th to 79th.
By the year 2100, Romania's population is projected to decline by 43.1% to 10.8M people.
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Romania population statistics
|
Romania
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 214.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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