The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,069,340 in 2024 vs 6,036,860 people in Singapore in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,962,595 people compared to 6,105,665 in Singapore.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 3.11 times bigger than Singapore's.
- Romania is ranked the 69th most populous country in the world, while Singapore is the 113th.
- The countries together account for 0.3% of the world: 0.23% for Romania vs 0.07% for Singapore.
- For the last 10 years, Romania has had an average growth rate of -0.42% per year vs +1.04% in Singapore.
- Since 2005, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.3M people to 19M (11.1% decline), while Singapore has grown from 4.27M to 6.11M (43.1% growth).
- Singapore is projected to reach its peak in 2040 at 6.41M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.
Romania vs Singapore: live population counter
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| Current population |
18962595
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6105665
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| Population rank | 69/197 | 113/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
53.3 minutes
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4.41 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.45 minutes
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12 minutes
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| One death every |
2.17 minutes
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14.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
18.5 minutes
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26.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -28,466 | +20,011 |
| Daily growth/decline | +27 | +327 |
| Annual growth/decline | +9,861 | +119,212 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +2.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 162/197 | 53/197 |
Romania and Singapore: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 18,406,905 | 1,646,400 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,555,250 | 1,702,400 | 0.81% | 3.4% |
| 1962 | 18,676,550 | 1,750,200 | 0.65% | 2.81% |
| 1963 | 18,797,850 | 1,795,000 | 0.65% | 2.56% |
| 1964 | 18,919,126 | 1,841,600 | 0.65% | 2.6% |
| 1965 | 19,031,576 | 1,886,900 | 0.59% | 2.46% |
| 1966 | 19,215,450 | 1,934,400 | 0.97% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 19,534,242 | 1,977,600 | 1.66% | 2.23% |
| 1968 | 19,799,831 | 2,012,000 | 1.36% | 1.74% |
| 1969 | 20,009,141 | 2,042,500 | 1.06% | 1.52% |
| 1970 | 20,250,398 | 2,074,507 | 1.21% | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 20,461,567 | 2,112,900 | 1.04% | 1.85% |
| 1972 | 20,657,957 | 2,152,400 | 0.96% | 1.87% |
| 1973 | 20,835,681 | 2,193,000 | 0.86% | 1.89% |
| 1974 | 21,029,429 | 2,229,800 | 0.93% | 1.68% |
| 1975 | 21,293,583 | 2,262,600 | 1.26% | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 21,551,634 | 2,293,300 | 1.21% | 1.36% |
| 1977 | 21,756,096 | 2,325,300 | 0.95% | 1.4% |
| 1978 | 21,951,464 | 2,353,600 | 0.9% | 1.22% |
| 1979 | 22,090,488 | 2,383,500 | 0.63% | 1.27% |
| 1980 | 22,207,282 | 2,413,945 | 0.53% | 1.28% |
| 1981 | 22,353,070 | 2,532,835 | 0.66% | 4.93% |
| 1982 | 22,475,741 | 2,646,466 | 0.55% | 4.49% |
| 1983 | 22,560,478 | 2,681,061 | 0.38% | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 22,640,547 | 2,732,221 | 0.35% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 22,732,999 | 2,735,957 | 0.41% | 0.14% |
| 1986 | 22,836,841 | 2,733,373 | 0.46% | -0.09% |
| 1987 | 22,949,430 | 2,774,789 | 0.49% | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 23,057,662 | 2,846,108 | 0.47% | 2.57% |
| 1989 | 23,161,458 | 2,930,901 | 0.45% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 23,201,835 | 3,047,132 | 0.17% | 3.97% |
| 1991 | 23,001,155 | 3,135,083 | -0.86% | 2.89% |
| 1992 | 22,794,284 | 3,230,698 | -0.9% | 3.05% |
| 1993 | 22,763,280 | 3,313,471 | -0.14% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 22,730,211 | 3,419,048 | -0.15% | 3.19% |
| 1995 | 22,684,270 | 3,524,506 | -0.2% | 3.08% |
| 1996 | 22,619,004 | 3,670,704 | -0.29% | 4.15% |
| 1997 | 22,553,978 | 3,796,038 | -0.29% | 3.41% |
| 1998 | 22,507,344 | 3,927,213 | -0.21% | 3.46% |
| 1999 | 22,472,040 | 3,958,723 | -0.16% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 22,442,971 | 4,027,887 | -0.13% | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 | 4,138,012 | -1.39% | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 | 4,175,950 | -1.81% | 0.92% |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 | 4,114,826 | -0.72% | -1.46% |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 | 4,166,664 | -0.57% | 1.26% |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 | 4,265,762 | -0.62% | 2.38% |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 | 4,401,365 | -0.59% | 3.18% |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 | 4,588,599 | -1.47% | 4.25% |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 | 4,839,396 | -1.65% | 5.47% |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 | 4,987,573 | -0.83% | 3.06% |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 | 5,076,732 | -0.59% | 1.79% |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 | 5,183,688 | -0.49% | 2.11% |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 | 5,312,437 | -0.44% | 2.48% |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 | 5,399,162 | -0.37% | 1.63% |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 | 5,469,724 | -0.37% | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 | 5,535,002 | -0.47% | 1.19% |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 | 5,607,283 | -0.57% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 | 5,612,253 | -0.58% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 | 5,638,676 | -0.59% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 | 5,703,569 | -0.53% | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 | 5,685,807 | -0.55% | -0.31% |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 | 5,453,566 | -0.74% | -4.08% |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 | 5,637,022 | -0.38% | 3.36% |
| 2023 | 19,059,479 | 5,917,648 | 0.06% | 4.98% |
| 2024 | 19,069,340 | 6,036,860 | 0.05% | 2.01% |
| 2025 | 18,962,595 | 6,076,565 | -0.56% | 0.66% |
| 2026 | 18,854,232 | 6,112,792 | -0.57% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 18,744,883 | 6,147,775 | -0.58% | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 18,634,894 | 6,182,764 | -0.59% | 0.57% |
| 2029 | 18,523,736 | 6,214,576 | -0.6% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 18,411,878 | 6,242,825 | -0.6% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 18,299,820 | 6,270,800 | -0.61% | 0.45% |
| 2032 | 18,187,406 | 6,298,559 | -0.61% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 18,074,282 | 6,325,401 | -0.62% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 17,960,330 | 6,349,852 | -0.63% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 17,845,182 | 6,368,948 | -0.64% | 0.3% |
| 2036 | 17,728,480 | 6,383,048 | -0.65% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 17,611,384 | 6,394,813 | -0.66% | 0.18% |
| 2038 | 17,493,684 | 6,404,994 | -0.67% | 0.16% |
| 2039 | 17,375,991 | 6,411,057 | -0.67% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 17,258,810 | 6,411,962 | -0.67% | 0.01% |
| 2041 | 17,140,535 | 6,408,383 | -0.69% | -0.06% |
| 2042 | 17,022,168 | 6,402,235 | -0.69% | -0.1% |
| 2043 | 16,904,427 | 6,394,872 | -0.69% | -0.12% |
| 2044 | 16,786,029 | 6,384,418 | -0.7% | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 16,667,734 | 6,372,013 | -0.7% | -0.19% |
| 2046 | 16,550,066 | 6,358,982 | -0.71% | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 16,431,566 | 6,343,000 | -0.72% | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 16,312,099 | 6,327,523 | -0.73% | -0.24% |
| 2049 | 16,192,424 | 6,312,515 | -0.73% | -0.24% |
| 2050 | 16,072,989 | 6,294,905 | -0.74% | -0.28% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Singapore gained 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Singapore's population increased by 570,663 (a 10.3% growth).
Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Singapore was ranked 119th in 2005 and ranked 113th 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 Singapore will increase by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.
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Population differences between Romania and Singapore
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| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 36.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 51.7:48.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 0.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 214.7 ppl/mi² | 21,776 ppl/mi² |
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