The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,051,804 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,836,893 people compared to 5,367,504 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 3.51 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- Romania is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.23% for Romania vs 0.06% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, Romania has had an average growth rate of -0.43% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2006, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.2M people to 18.8M (11.1% decline), while Slovakia has declined from 5.37M to 5.37M (0.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 31.6% of the population in Romania and 25.6% in Slovakia.
Romania vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18836893
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5367504
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
56.8 minutes
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
3.45 minutes
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
2.17 minutes
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
18.5 minutes
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -28,466 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | -25 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | -9,258 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 170/197 | 173/197 |
Romania and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 18,406,905 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,555,250 | 4,191,667 | 0.81% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 18,676,550 | 4,238,188 | 0.65% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 18,797,850 | 4,282,017 | 0.65% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 18,919,126 | 4,327,341 | 0.65% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 19,031,576 | 4,370,983 | 0.59% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 19,215,450 | 4,411,666 | 0.97% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 19,534,242 | 4,449,367 | 1.66% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 19,799,831 | 4,483,915 | 1.36% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 20,009,141 | 4,518,607 | 1.06% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 20,250,398 | 4,538,223 | 1.21% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 20,461,567 | 4,557,449 | 1.04% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 20,657,957 | 4,596,622 | 0.96% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 20,835,681 | 4,641,445 | 0.86% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 21,029,429 | 4,689,623 | 0.93% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 21,293,583 | 4,739,105 | 1.26% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 21,551,634 | 4,789,507 | 1.21% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 21,756,096 | 4,840,501 | 0.95% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 21,951,464 | 4,890,125 | 0.9% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 22,090,488 | 4,938,973 | 0.63% | 1% |
| 1980 | 22,207,282 | 4,979,815 | 0.53% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 22,353,070 | 5,016,105 | 0.66% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 22,475,741 | 5,055,099 | 0.55% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 22,560,478 | 5,091,971 | 0.38% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 22,640,547 | 5,127,097 | 0.35% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 22,732,999 | 5,161,768 | 0.41% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 22,836,841 | 5,193,838 | 0.46% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 22,949,430 | 5,222,840 | 0.49% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 23,057,662 | 5,250,596 | 0.47% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 23,161,458 | 5,275,942 | 0.45% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 23,201,835 | 5,299,187 | 0.17% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 23,001,155 | 5,303,294 | -0.86% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 22,794,284 | 5,305,016 | -0.9% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 22,763,280 | 5,325,305 | -0.14% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 22,730,211 | 5,346,331 | -0.15% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 22,684,270 | 5,361,999 | -0.2% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 22,619,004 | 5,373,361 | -0.29% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 22,553,978 | 5,383,291 | -0.29% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 22,507,344 | 5,390,516 | -0.21% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 22,472,040 | 5,396,020 | -0.16% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 22,442,971 | 5,388,720 | -0.13% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 | 5,378,867 | -1.39% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 | 5,376,912 | -1.81% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 | 5,373,374 | -0.72% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 | 5,372,280 | -0.57% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 | 5,372,807 | -0.62% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 | 5,373,054 | -0.59% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 | 5,374,622 | -1.47% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 | 5,379,233 | -1.65% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 | 5,386,406 | -0.83% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 | 5,391,428 | -0.59% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 | 5,398,384 | -0.49% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 | 5,407,579 | -0.44% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 | 5,413,393 | -0.37% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 | 5,418,649 | -0.37% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 | 5,423,801 | -0.47% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 | 5,430,798 | -0.57% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 | 5,439,232 | -0.58% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 | 5,446,771 | -0.59% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 | 5,454,147 | -0.53% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 | 5,458,827 | -0.55% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 | 5,447,247 | -0.74% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 | 5,431,752 | -0.38% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 19,061,062 | 5,426,740 | 0.07% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 19,051,804 | 5,422,069 | -0.05% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 18,945,157 | 5,390,674 | -0.56% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 18,836,893 | 5,367,504 | -0.57% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 18,727,645 | 5,357,756 | -0.58% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 18,617,757 | 5,346,292 | -0.59% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 18,506,702 | 5,333,135 | -0.6% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 18,394,947 | 5,318,323 | -0.6% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 18,282,991 | 5,302,079 | -0.61% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 18,170,681 | 5,284,585 | -0.61% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 18,057,661 | 5,265,970 | -0.62% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 17,943,814 | 5,246,341 | -0.63% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 17,828,772 | 5,225,725 | -0.64% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 17,712,177 | 5,204,191 | -0.65% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 17,595,189 | 5,181,996 | -0.66% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 17,477,597 | 5,159,193 | -0.67% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 17,360,012 | 5,135,906 | -0.67% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 17,242,939 | 5,112,164 | -0.67% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 17,124,773 | 5,088,002 | -0.69% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 17,006,515 | 5,063,600 | -0.69% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 16,888,882 | 5,038,933 | -0.69% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 16,770,593 | 5,014,014 | -0.7% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 16,652,406 | 4,988,989 | -0.7% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 16,534,847 | 4,963,847 | -0.71% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 16,416,456 | 4,938,476 | -0.72% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 16,297,099 | 4,912,885 | -0.73% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 16,177,534 | 4,886,923 | -0.73% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 16,058,209 | 4,860,572 | -0.74% | -0.54% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).
Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.
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Population differences between Romania and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 78.8 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 214.5 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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