Population in Romania compared to Somalia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Romania and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Somalia	Romania	Somalia
1960	18,406,905	2,876,331	-	-
1961	18,555,250	2,952,054	0.81%	2.63%
1962	18,676,550	3,030,091	0.65%	2.64%
1963	18,797,850	3,110,361	0.65%	2.65%
1964	18,919,126	3,192,796	0.65%	2.65%
1965	19,031,576	3,277,874	0.59%	2.66%
1966	19,215,450	3,365,106	0.97%	2.66%
1967	19,534,242	3,454,537	1.66%	2.66%
1968	19,799,831	3,546,590	1.36%	2.66%
1969	20,009,141	3,641,015	1.06%	2.66%
1970	20,250,398	3,738,448	1.21%	2.68%
1971	20,461,567	3,837,691	1.04%	2.65%
1972	20,657,957	3,939,436	0.96%	2.65%
1973	20,835,681	4,045,592	0.86%	2.69%
1974	21,029,429	4,151,842	0.93%	2.63%
1975	21,293,583	4,257,535	1.26%	2.55%
1976	21,551,634	4,365,812	1.21%	2.54%
1977	21,756,096	4,484,050	0.95%	2.71%
1978	21,951,464	4,814,892	0.9%	7.38%
1979	22,090,488	5,449,117	0.63%	13.2%
1980	22,207,282	5,936,154	0.53%	8.94%
1981	22,353,070	5,982,849	0.66%	0.79%
1982	22,475,741	6,003,840	0.55%	0.35%
1983	22,560,478	6,198,430	0.38%	3.24%
1984	22,640,547	6,428,389	0.35%	3.71%
1985	22,732,999	6,693,289	0.41%	4.12%
1986	22,836,841	6,974,788	0.46%	4.21%
1987	22,949,430	7,228,302	0.49%	3.63%
1988	23,057,662	7,235,360	0.47%	0.1%
1989	23,161,458	7,114,817	0.45%	-1.67%
1990	23,201,835	7,082,811	0.17%	-0.45%
1991	23,001,155	6,813,760	-0.86%	-3.8%
1992	22,794,284	6,495,107	-0.9%	-4.68%
1993	22,763,280	6,681,399	-0.14%	2.87%
1994	22,730,211	7,026,797	-0.15%	5.17%
1995	22,684,270	7,285,007	-0.2%	3.67%
1996	22,619,004	7,554,474	-0.29%	3.7%
1997	22,553,978	7,824,525	-0.29%	3.57%
1998	22,507,344	8,155,417	-0.21%	4.23%
1999	22,472,040	8,492,059	-0.16%	4.13%
2000	22,442,971	8,838,713	-0.13%	4.08%
2001	22,131,970	9,198,493	-1.39%	4.07%
2002	21,730,496	9,550,063	-1.81%	3.82%
2003	21,574,326	9,909,157	-0.72%	3.76%
2004	21,451,748	10,280,998	-0.57%	3.75%
2005	21,319,685	10,644,228	-0.62%	3.53%
2006	21,193,760	10,975,502	-0.59%	3.11%
2007	20,882,982	11,322,582	-1.47%	3.16%
2008	20,537,875	11,663,084	-1.65%	3.01%
2009	20,367,487	11,961,201	-0.83%	2.56%
2010	20,246,871	12,261,756	-0.59%	2.51%
2011	20,147,528	12,348,830	-0.49%	0.71%
2012	20,058,035	12,461,160	-0.44%	0.91%
2013	19,983,693	12,869,594	-0.37%	3.28%
2014	19,908,979	13,339,491	-0.37%	3.65%
2015	19,815,616	13,806,963	-0.47%	3.5%
2016	19,702,267	14,348,740	-0.57%	3.92%
2017	19,588,715	14,916,629	-0.58%	3.96%
2018	19,473,970	15,452,487	-0.59%	3.59%
2019	19,371,648	16,030,971	-0.53%	3.74%
2020	19,265,250	16,651,191	-0.55%	3.87%
2021	19,122,059	17,271,431	-0.74%	3.72%
2022	19,048,502	17,801,897	-0.38%	3.07%
2023	19,059,479	18,358,615	0.06%	3.13%
2024	19,069,340	19,009,151	0.05%	3.54%
2025	18,962,595	19,654,737	-0.56%	3.4%
2026	18,854,232	20,305,905	-0.57%	3.31%
2027	18,744,883	20,959,056	-0.58%	3.22%
2028	18,634,894	21,601,810	-0.59%	3.07%
2029	18,523,736	22,247,714	-0.6%	2.99%
2030	18,411,878	22,915,042	-0.6%	3%
2031	18,299,820	23,589,793	-0.61%	2.94%
2032	18,187,406	24,258,789	-0.61%	2.84%
2033	18,074,282	24,921,830	-0.62%	2.73%
2034	17,960,330	25,593,666	-0.63%	2.7%
2035	17,845,182	26,294,943	-0.64%	2.74%
2036	17,728,480	27,009,199	-0.65%	2.72%
2037	17,611,384	27,731,170	-0.66%	2.67%
2038	17,493,684	28,455,755	-0.67%	2.61%
2039	17,375,991	29,167,897	-0.67%	2.5%
2040	17,258,810	29,896,286	-0.67%	2.5%
2041	17,140,535	30,635,956	-0.69%	2.47%
2042	17,022,168	31,350,028	-0.69%	2.33%
2043	16,904,427	32,057,980	-0.69%	2.26%
2044	16,786,029	32,780,417	-0.7%	2.25%
2045	16,667,734	33,510,163	-0.7%	2.23%
2046	16,550,066	34,248,030	-0.71%	2.2%
2047	16,431,566	34,996,366	-0.72%	2.19%
2048	16,312,099	35,743,960	-0.73%	2.14%
2049	16,192,424	36,474,683	-0.73%	2.04%
2050	16,072,989	37,206,497	-0.74%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.