Population in Romania compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Romania and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Sao Tome	Romania	Sao Tome
1960	18,406,905	68,012	-	-
1961	18,555,250	68,707	0.81%	1.02%
1962	18,676,550	69,403	0.65%	1.01%
1963	18,797,850	70,112	0.65%	1.02%
1964	18,919,126	70,865	0.65%	1.07%
1965	19,031,576	71,680	0.59%	1.15%
1966	19,215,450	72,576	0.97%	1.25%
1967	19,534,242	73,596	1.66%	1.41%
1968	19,799,831	74,765	1.36%	1.59%
1969	20,009,141	76,083	1.06%	1.76%
1970	20,250,398	77,626	1.21%	2.03%
1971	20,461,567	79,330	1.04%	2.2%
1972	20,657,957	81,041	0.96%	2.16%
1973	20,835,681	82,798	0.86%	2.17%
1974	21,029,429	84,672	0.93%	2.26%
1975	21,293,583	86,708	1.26%	2.4%
1976	21,551,634	88,922	1.21%	2.55%
1977	21,756,096	91,301	0.95%	2.68%
1978	21,951,464	93,794	0.9%	2.73%
1979	22,090,488	96,252	0.63%	2.62%
1980	22,207,282	98,544	0.53%	2.38%
1981	22,353,070	100,615	0.66%	2.1%
1982	22,475,741	102,508	0.55%	1.88%
1983	22,560,478	104,380	0.38%	1.83%
1984	22,640,547	106,394	0.35%	1.93%
1985	22,732,999	108,658	0.41%	2.13%
1986	22,836,841	111,150	0.46%	2.29%
1987	22,949,430	113,919	0.49%	2.49%
1988	23,057,662	116,939	0.47%	2.65%
1989	23,161,458	119,979	0.45%	2.6%
1990	23,201,835	122,980	0.17%	2.5%
1991	23,001,155	125,697	-0.86%	2.21%
1992	22,794,284	128,110	-0.9%	1.92%
1993	22,763,280	130,467	-0.14%	1.84%
1994	22,730,211	132,732	-0.15%	1.74%
1995	22,684,270	134,895	-0.2%	1.63%
1996	22,619,004	136,962	-0.29%	1.53%
1997	22,553,978	138,922	-0.29%	1.43%
1998	22,507,344	140,751	-0.21%	1.32%
1999	22,472,040	142,442	-0.16%	1.2%
2000	22,442,971	144,018	-0.13%	1.11%
2001	22,131,970	146,375	-1.39%	1.64%
2002	21,730,496	149,922	-1.81%	2.42%
2003	21,574,326	153,814	-0.72%	2.6%
2004	21,451,748	157,705	-0.57%	2.53%
2005	21,319,685	161,639	-0.62%	2.49%
2006	21,193,760	165,638	-0.59%	2.47%
2007	20,882,982	169,700	-1.47%	2.45%
2008	20,537,875	173,793	-1.65%	2.41%
2009	20,367,487	177,853	-0.83%	2.34%
2010	20,246,871	181,802	-0.59%	2.22%
2011	20,147,528	185,649	-0.49%	2.12%
2012	20,058,035	189,439	-0.44%	2.04%
2013	19,983,693	193,148	-0.37%	1.96%
2014	19,908,979	196,767	-0.37%	1.87%
2015	19,815,616	200,291	-0.47%	1.79%
2016	19,702,267	203,689	-0.57%	1.7%
2017	19,588,715	206,970	-0.58%	1.61%
2018	19,473,970	210,187	-0.59%	1.55%
2019	19,371,648	213,392	-0.53%	1.52%
2020	19,265,250	217,435	-0.55%	1.89%
2021	19,122,059	221,961	-0.74%	2.08%
2022	19,048,502	226,305	-0.38%	1.96%
2023	19,059,479	230,871	0.06%	2.02%
2024	19,069,340	235,536	0.05%	2.02%
2025	18,962,595	240,251	-0.56%	2%
2026	18,854,232	244,987	-0.57%	1.97%
2027	18,744,883	249,783	-0.58%	1.96%
2028	18,634,894	254,657	-0.59%	1.95%
2029	18,523,736	259,597	-0.6%	1.94%
2030	18,411,878	264,560	-0.6%	1.91%
2031	18,299,820	269,566	-0.61%	1.89%
2032	18,187,406	274,643	-0.61%	1.88%
2033	18,074,282	279,761	-0.62%	1.86%
2034	17,960,330	284,911	-0.63%	1.84%
2035	17,845,182	290,082	-0.64%	1.81%
2036	17,728,480	295,269	-0.65%	1.79%
2037	17,611,384	300,439	-0.66%	1.75%
2038	17,493,684	305,590	-0.67%	1.71%
2039	17,375,991	310,729	-0.67%	1.68%
2040	17,258,810	315,833	-0.67%	1.64%
2041	17,140,535	320,875	-0.69%	1.6%
2042	17,022,168	325,888	-0.69%	1.56%
2043	16,904,427	330,908	-0.69%	1.54%
2044	16,786,029	335,919	-0.7%	1.51%
2045	16,667,734	340,911	-0.7%	1.49%
2046	16,550,066	345,883	-0.71%	1.46%
2047	16,431,566	350,758	-0.72%	1.41%
2048	16,312,099	355,569	-0.73%	1.37%
2049	16,192,424	360,353	-0.73%	1.35%
2050	16,072,989	365,103	-0.74%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Romania's population will shrink by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people with a rank change from 69th to 81st. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.