The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,051,804 in 2024 vs 6,036,860 people in Singapore in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,836,893 people compared to 6,113,174 in Singapore.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 3.08 times bigger than Singapore's.
- Romania is ranked the 70th 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 -0.43% per year vs +1.04% in Singapore.
- Since 2006, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.2M people to 18.8M (11.1% decline), while Singapore has grown from 4.4M to 6.11M (38.9% 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 |
18836893
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6113174
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 113/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
56.8 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 | -25 | +327 |
| Annual growth/decline | -9,258 | +119,212 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +2.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 170/197 | 50/197 |
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 | 19,061,062 | 5,917,648 | 0.07% | 4.98% |
| 2024 | 19,051,804 | 6,036,860 | -0.05% | 2.01% |
| 2025 | 18,945,157 | 6,076,565 | -0.56% | 0.66% |
| 2026 | 18,836,893 | 6,112,792 | -0.57% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 18,727,645 | 6,147,775 | -0.58% | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 18,617,757 | 6,182,764 | -0.59% | 0.57% |
| 2029 | 18,506,702 | 6,214,576 | -0.6% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 18,394,947 | 6,242,825 | -0.6% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 18,282,991 | 6,270,800 | -0.61% | 0.45% |
| 2032 | 18,170,681 | 6,298,559 | -0.61% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 18,057,661 | 6,325,401 | -0.62% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 17,943,814 | 6,349,852 | -0.63% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 17,828,772 | 6,368,948 | -0.64% | 0.3% |
| 2036 | 17,712,177 | 6,383,048 | -0.65% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 17,595,189 | 6,394,813 | -0.66% | 0.18% |
| 2038 | 17,477,597 | 6,404,994 | -0.67% | 0.16% |
| 2039 | 17,360,012 | 6,411,057 | -0.67% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 17,242,939 | 6,411,962 | -0.67% | 0.01% |
| 2041 | 17,124,773 | 6,408,383 | -0.69% | -0.06% |
| 2042 | 17,006,515 | 6,402,235 | -0.69% | -0.1% |
| 2043 | 16,888,882 | 6,394,872 | -0.69% | -0.12% |
| 2044 | 16,770,593 | 6,384,418 | -0.7% | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 16,652,406 | 6,372,013 | -0.7% | -0.19% |
| 2046 | 16,534,847 | 6,358,982 | -0.71% | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 16,416,456 | 6,343,000 | -0.72% | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 16,297,099 | 6,327,523 | -0.73% | -0.24% |
| 2049 | 16,177,534 | 6,312,515 | -0.73% | -0.24% |
| 2050 | 16,058,209 | 6,294,905 | -0.74% | -0.28% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Singapore gained 1,205,918 people (a 27.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Singapore's population increased by 505,891 (a 9.02% growth).
Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. Singapore was ranked 117th in 2006 and ranked 113th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Romania's population will shrink by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people with a rank change from 70th to 81st. The population of Singapore will increase by 2.97% 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 | 76.4 years | 84.1 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 | 214.5 ppl/mi² | 21,776 ppl/mi² |
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