Population in Romania compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Romania and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Saudi Arabia	Romania	Saudi Arabia
1960	18,406,905	2,435,403	-	-
1961	18,555,250	2,526,347	0.81%	3.73%
1962	18,676,550	2,620,910	0.65%	3.74%
1963	18,797,850	2,719,341	0.65%	3.76%
1964	18,919,126	2,821,968	0.65%	3.77%
1965	19,031,576	2,928,771	0.59%	3.78%
1966	19,215,450	3,039,887	0.97%	3.79%
1967	19,534,242	3,157,242	1.66%	3.86%
1968	19,799,831	3,282,711	1.36%	3.97%
1969	20,009,141	3,417,114	1.06%	4.09%
1970	20,250,398	3,562,470	1.21%	4.25%
1971	20,461,567	3,724,031	1.04%	4.54%
1972	20,657,957	3,905,722	0.96%	4.88%
1973	20,835,681	4,106,344	0.86%	5.14%
1974	21,029,429	4,323,632	0.93%	5.29%
1975	21,293,583	4,556,287	1.26%	5.38%
1976	21,551,634	4,807,933	1.21%	5.52%
1977	21,756,096	5,083,048	0.95%	5.72%
1978	21,951,464	5,381,902	0.9%	5.88%
1979	22,090,488	5,703,698	0.63%	5.98%
1980	22,207,282	6,047,997	0.53%	6.04%
1981	22,353,070	6,420,551	0.66%	6.16%
1982	22,475,741	6,824,486	0.55%	6.29%
1983	22,560,478	7,252,941	0.38%	6.28%
1984	22,640,547	7,697,307	0.35%	6.13%
1985	22,732,999	8,151,779	0.41%	5.9%
1986	22,836,841	8,628,639	0.46%	5.85%
1987	22,949,430	9,130,194	0.49%	5.81%
1988	23,057,662	9,629,165	0.47%	5.47%
1989	23,161,458	10,128,394	0.45%	5.18%
1990	23,201,835	10,640,691	0.17%	5.06%
1991	23,001,155	11,160,744	-0.86%	4.89%
1992	22,794,284	11,686,676	-0.9%	4.71%
1993	22,763,280	12,215,862	-0.14%	4.53%
1994	22,730,211	12,750,040	-0.15%	4.37%
1995	22,684,270	13,289,245	-0.2%	4.23%
1996	22,619,004	13,831,009	-0.29%	4.08%
1997	22,553,978	14,374,943	-0.29%	3.93%
1998	22,507,344	14,922,185	-0.21%	3.81%
1999	22,472,040	15,472,075	-0.16%	3.69%
2000	22,442,971	16,177,722	-0.13%	4.56%
2001	22,131,970	17,041,397	-1.39%	5.34%
2002	21,730,496	17,910,910	-1.81%	5.1%
2003	21,574,326	18,786,767	-0.72%	4.89%
2004	21,451,748	19,669,480	-0.57%	4.7%
2005	21,319,685	20,559,890	-0.62%	4.53%
2006	21,193,760	21,459,144	-0.59%	4.37%
2007	20,882,982	22,368,313	-1.47%	4.24%
2008	20,537,875	23,287,877	-1.65%	4.11%
2009	20,367,487	24,217,654	-0.83%	3.99%
2010	20,246,871	23,978,487	-0.59%	-0.99%
2011	20,147,528	25,091,867	-0.49%	4.64%
2012	20,058,035	26,168,861	-0.44%	4.29%
2013	19,983,693	27,624,004	-0.37%	5.56%
2014	19,908,979	28,309,273	-0.37%	2.48%
2015	19,815,616	29,816,382	-0.47%	5.32%
2016	19,702,267	30,954,198	-0.57%	3.82%
2017	19,588,715	30,977,355	-0.58%	0.07%
2018	19,473,970	30,196,281	-0.59%	-2.52%
2019	19,371,648	30,063,799	-0.53%	-0.44%
2020	19,265,250	31,552,510	-0.55%	4.95%
2021	19,122,059	30,784,383	-0.74%	-2.43%
2022	19,048,502	32,175,224	-0.38%	4.52%
2023	19,059,479	33,702,731	0.06%	4.75%
2024	19,069,340	35,300,280	0.05%	4.74%
2025	18,962,595	35,927,625	-0.56%	1.78%
2026	18,854,232	36,550,694	-0.57%	1.73%
2027	18,744,883	37,167,513	-0.58%	1.69%
2028	18,634,894	37,775,810	-0.59%	1.64%
2029	18,523,736	38,364,377	-0.6%	1.56%
2030	18,411,878	38,918,375	-0.6%	1.44%
2031	18,299,820	39,450,880	-0.61%	1.37%
2032	18,187,406	39,983,934	-0.61%	1.35%
2033	18,074,282	40,517,599	-0.62%	1.33%
2034	17,960,330	41,052,423	-0.63%	1.32%
2035	17,845,182	41,588,429	-0.64%	1.31%
2036	17,728,480	42,125,184	-0.65%	1.29%
2037	17,611,384	42,661,908	-0.66%	1.27%
2038	17,493,684	43,198,420	-0.67%	1.26%
2039	17,375,991	43,734,316	-0.67%	1.24%
2040	17,258,810	44,269,571	-0.67%	1.22%
2041	17,140,535	44,804,338	-0.69%	1.21%
2042	17,022,168	45,338,111	-0.69%	1.19%
2043	16,904,427	45,870,896	-0.69%	1.18%
2044	16,786,029	46,403,116	-0.7%	1.16%
2045	16,667,734	46,934,822	-0.7%	1.15%
2046	16,550,066	47,465,267	-0.71%	1.13%
2047	16,431,566	47,993,976	-0.72%	1.11%
2048	16,312,099	48,521,364	-0.73%	1.1%
2049	16,192,424	49,047,461	-0.73%	1.08%
2050	16,072,989	49,572,202	-0.74%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.