The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,069,340 in 2024 vs 6,587,202 people in Serbia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,962,595 people compared to 6,541,064 in Serbia.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 2.9 times bigger than Serbia's.
- Romania is ranked the 69th most populous country in the world, while Serbia is the 110th.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.23% for Romania vs 0.08% for Serbia.
- For the last 10 years, Romania has had an average growth rate of -0.42% per year vs -0.76% in Serbia.
- Since 2005, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.3M people to 19M (11.1% decline), while Serbia has declined from 7.44M to 6.54M (12.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 31.4% of the population in Romania and 32.5% in Serbia.
Romania vs Serbia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18962595
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6541064
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| Population rank | 69/197 | 110/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
53.3 minutes
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14.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.45 minutes
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8.63 minutes
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| One death every |
2.17 minutes
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5.4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
18.5 minutes
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1.08 hours
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| Annual migration change | -28,466 | -8,132 |
| Daily growth/decline | +27 | -99 |
| Annual growth/decline | +9,861 | -35,981 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | -0.54% |
| Population growth rate rank | 162/197 | 186/197 |
Romania and Serbia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 18,406,905 | 6,638,992 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,555,250 | 6,689,077 | 0.81% | 0.75% |
| 1962 | 18,676,550 | 6,740,264 | 0.65% | 0.77% |
| 1963 | 18,797,850 | 6,787,950 | 0.65% | 0.71% |
| 1964 | 18,919,126 | 6,832,855 | 0.65% | 0.66% |
| 1965 | 19,031,576 | 6,876,624 | 0.59% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 19,215,450 | 6,927,969 | 0.97% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 19,534,242 | 6,966,522 | 1.66% | 0.56% |
| 1968 | 19,799,831 | 7,007,586 | 1.36% | 0.59% |
| 1969 | 20,009,141 | 7,123,249 | 1.06% | 1.65% |
| 1970 | 20,250,398 | 7,164,993 | 1.21% | 0.59% |
| 1971 | 20,461,567 | 7,211,716 | 1.04% | 0.65% |
| 1972 | 20,657,957 | 7,252,012 | 0.96% | 0.56% |
| 1973 | 20,835,681 | 7,283,902 | 0.86% | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 21,029,429 | 7,326,043 | 0.93% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 21,293,583 | 7,368,717 | 1.26% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 21,551,634 | 7,418,973 | 1.21% | 0.68% |
| 1977 | 21,756,096 | 7,462,783 | 0.95% | 0.59% |
| 1978 | 21,951,464 | 7,504,017 | 0.9% | 0.55% |
| 1979 | 22,090,488 | 7,541,997 | 0.63% | 0.51% |
| 1980 | 22,207,282 | 7,709,544 | 0.53% | 2.22% |
| 1981 | 22,353,070 | 7,736,787 | 0.66% | 0.35% |
| 1982 | 22,475,741 | 7,763,335 | 0.55% | 0.34% |
| 1983 | 22,560,478 | 7,788,100 | 0.38% | 0.32% |
| 1984 | 22,640,547 | 7,813,549 | 0.35% | 0.33% |
| 1985 | 22,732,999 | 7,835,902 | 0.41% | 0.29% |
| 1986 | 22,836,841 | 7,853,824 | 0.46% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 22,949,430 | 7,868,027 | 0.49% | 0.18% |
| 1988 | 23,057,662 | 7,884,218 | 0.47% | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 23,161,458 | 7,893,787 | 0.45% | 0.12% |
| 1990 | 23,201,835 | 7,897,937 | 0.17% | 0.05% |
| 1991 | 23,001,155 | 7,595,636 | -0.86% | -3.83% |
| 1992 | 22,794,284 | 7,604,063 | -0.9% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 22,763,280 | 7,614,328 | -0.14% | 0.13% |
| 1994 | 22,730,211 | 7,622,711 | -0.15% | 0.11% |
| 1995 | 22,684,270 | 7,628,264 | -0.2% | 0.07% |
| 1996 | 22,619,004 | 7,622,185 | -0.29% | -0.08% |
| 1997 | 22,553,978 | 7,598,538 | -0.29% | -0.31% |
| 1998 | 22,507,344 | 7,567,745 | -0.21% | -0.41% |
| 1999 | 22,472,040 | 7,540,401 | -0.16% | -0.36% |
| 2000 | 22,442,971 | 7,516,346 | -0.13% | -0.32% |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 | 7,503,433 | -1.39% | -0.17% |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 | 7,500,031 | -1.81% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 | 7,480,591 | -0.72% | -0.26% |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 | 7,463,157 | -0.57% | -0.23% |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 | 7,440,769 | -0.62% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 | 7,411,569 | -0.59% | -0.39% |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 | 7,381,579 | -1.47% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 | 7,350,222 | -1.65% | -0.42% |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 | 7,320,807 | -0.83% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 | 7,291,436 | -0.59% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 | 7,236,519 | -0.49% | -0.75% |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 | 7,201,497 | -0.44% | -0.48% |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 | 7,166,553 | -0.37% | -0.49% |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 | 7,131,787 | -0.37% | -0.49% |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 | 7,095,383 | -0.47% | -0.51% |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 | 7,058,322 | -0.57% | -0.52% |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 | 7,020,858 | -0.58% | -0.53% |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 | 6,982,604 | -0.59% | -0.54% |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 | 6,945,235 | -0.53% | -0.54% |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 | 6,899,126 | -0.55% | -0.66% |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 | 6,834,326 | -0.74% | -0.94% |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 | 6,664,449 | -0.38% | -2.49% |
| 2023 | 19,059,479 | 6,623,183 | 0.06% | -0.62% |
| 2024 | 19,069,340 | 6,587,202 | 0.05% | -0.54% |
| 2025 | 18,962,595 | 6,541,064 | -0.56% | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 18,854,232 | 6,495,033 | -0.57% | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 18,744,883 | 6,451,587 | -0.58% | -0.67% |
| 2028 | 18,634,894 | 6,407,523 | -0.59% | -0.68% |
| 2029 | 18,523,736 | 6,363,135 | -0.6% | -0.69% |
| 2030 | 18,411,878 | 6,318,273 | -0.6% | -0.71% |
| 2031 | 18,299,820 | 6,272,974 | -0.61% | -0.72% |
| 2032 | 18,187,406 | 6,227,395 | -0.61% | -0.73% |
| 2033 | 18,074,282 | 6,181,396 | -0.62% | -0.74% |
| 2034 | 17,960,330 | 6,135,163 | -0.63% | -0.75% |
| 2035 | 17,845,182 | 6,088,832 | -0.64% | -0.76% |
| 2036 | 17,728,480 | 6,042,364 | -0.65% | -0.76% |
| 2037 | 17,611,384 | 5,995,710 | -0.66% | -0.77% |
| 2038 | 17,493,684 | 5,948,872 | -0.67% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 17,375,991 | 5,901,891 | -0.67% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 17,258,810 | 5,855,009 | -0.67% | -0.79% |
| 2041 | 17,140,535 | 5,808,317 | -0.69% | -0.8% |
| 2042 | 17,022,168 | 5,761,829 | -0.69% | -0.8% |
| 2043 | 16,904,427 | 5,715,931 | -0.69% | -0.8% |
| 2044 | 16,786,029 | 5,670,687 | -0.7% | -0.79% |
| 2045 | 16,667,734 | 5,625,991 | -0.7% | -0.79% |
| 2046 | 16,550,066 | 5,581,867 | -0.71% | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 16,431,566 | 5,538,323 | -0.72% | -0.78% |
| 2048 | 16,312,099 | 5,495,303 | -0.73% | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 16,192,424 | 5,452,676 | -0.73% | -0.78% |
| 2050 | 16,072,989 | 5,410,466 | -0.74% | -0.77% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Serbia lost 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Serbia's population decreased by -554,319 (a 7.81% decline).
Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Serbia was ranked 96th in 2005 and ranked 110th 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 Serbia will decrease by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people and rank change from 110th to 125th.
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Population differences between Romania and Serbia
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| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 77.1 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 47.4:52.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 1.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 214.7 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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