Population in Romania compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Romania and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	South Africa	Romania	South Africa
1960	18,406,905	16,440,172	-	-
1961	18,555,250	16,908,035	0.81%	2.85%
1962	18,676,550	17,418,522	0.65%	3.02%
1963	18,797,850	17,954,564	0.65%	3.08%
1964	18,919,126	18,511,361	0.65%	3.1%
1965	19,031,576	19,089,380	0.59%	3.12%
1966	19,215,450	19,690,087	0.97%	3.15%
1967	19,534,242	20,314,066	1.66%	3.17%
1968	19,799,831	20,957,287	1.36%	3.17%
1969	20,009,141	21,614,676	1.06%	3.14%
1970	20,250,398	22,279,984	1.21%	3.08%
1971	20,461,567	22,942,143	1.04%	2.97%
1972	20,657,957	23,609,456	0.96%	2.91%
1973	20,835,681	24,294,263	0.86%	2.9%
1974	21,029,429	24,989,108	0.93%	2.86%
1975	21,293,583	25,690,940	1.26%	2.81%
1976	21,551,634	26,395,450	1.21%	2.74%
1977	21,756,096	27,118,952	0.95%	2.74%
1978	21,951,464	27,869,507	0.9%	2.77%
1979	22,090,488	28,634,162	0.63%	2.74%
1980	22,207,282	29,518,857	0.53%	3.09%
1981	22,353,070	30,541,044	0.66%	3.46%
1982	22,475,741	31,615,339	0.55%	3.52%
1983	22,560,478	32,739,304	0.38%	3.56%
1984	22,640,547	33,892,788	0.35%	3.52%
1985	22,732,999	35,042,093	0.41%	3.39%
1986	22,836,841	36,180,515	0.46%	3.25%
1987	22,949,430	37,326,190	0.49%	3.17%
1988	23,057,662	38,480,649	0.47%	3.09%
1989	23,161,458	39,628,575	0.45%	2.98%
1990	23,201,835	40,746,268	0.17%	2.82%
1991	23,001,155	41,687,898	-0.86%	2.31%
1992	22,794,284	42,443,509	-0.9%	1.81%
1993	22,763,280	43,297,156	-0.14%	2.01%
1994	22,730,211	44,004,139	-0.15%	1.63%
1995	22,684,270	44,541,554	-0.2%	1.22%
1996	22,619,004	45,123,018	-0.29%	1.31%
1997	22,553,978	45,666,838	-0.29%	1.21%
1998	22,507,344	46,223,880	-0.21%	1.22%
1999	22,472,040	46,730,335	-0.16%	1.1%
2000	22,442,971	47,159,719	-0.13%	0.92%
2001	22,131,970	47,566,800	-1.39%	0.86%
2002	21,730,496	48,019,415	-1.81%	0.95%
2003	21,574,326	48,500,348	-0.72%	1%
2004	21,451,748	48,991,421	-0.57%	1.01%
2005	21,319,685	49,490,033	-0.62%	1.02%
2006	21,193,760	49,998,277	-0.59%	1.03%
2007	20,882,982	50,528,584	-1.47%	1.06%
2008	20,537,875	51,114,599	-1.65%	1.16%
2009	20,367,487	51,728,516	-0.83%	1.2%
2010	20,246,871	52,344,051	-0.59%	1.19%
2011	20,147,528	52,995,205	-0.49%	1.24%
2012	20,058,035	53,782,567	-0.44%	1.49%
2013	19,983,693	54,678,791	-0.37%	1.67%
2014	19,908,979	55,594,838	-0.37%	1.68%
2015	19,815,616	56,723,537	-0.47%	2.03%
2016	19,702,267	57,259,551	-0.57%	0.94%
2017	19,588,715	57,635,162	-0.58%	0.66%
2018	19,473,970	58,613,001	-0.59%	1.7%
2019	19,371,648	59,587,885	-0.53%	1.66%
2020	19,265,250	60,562,381	-0.55%	1.64%
2021	19,122,059	61,502,603	-0.74%	1.55%
2022	19,048,502	62,378,410	-0.38%	1.42%
2023	19,059,479	63,212,384	0.06%	1.34%
2024	19,069,340	64,007,187	0.05%	1.26%
2025	18,962,595	64,747,317	-0.56%	1.16%
2026	18,854,232	65,453,086	-0.57%	1.09%
2027	18,744,883	66,143,018	-0.58%	1.05%
2028	18,634,894	66,830,384	-0.59%	1.04%
2029	18,523,736	67,506,850	-0.6%	1.01%
2030	18,411,878	68,161,357	-0.6%	0.97%
2031	18,299,820	68,798,574	-0.61%	0.93%
2032	18,187,406	69,426,441	-0.61%	0.91%
2033	18,074,282	70,040,484	-0.62%	0.88%
2034	17,960,330	70,641,572	-0.63%	0.86%
2035	17,845,182	71,234,749	-0.64%	0.84%
2036	17,728,480	71,816,372	-0.65%	0.82%
2037	17,611,384	72,387,807	-0.66%	0.8%
2038	17,493,684	72,949,611	-0.67%	0.78%
2039	17,375,991	73,496,152	-0.67%	0.75%
2040	17,258,810	74,035,615	-0.67%	0.73%
2041	17,140,535	74,575,444	-0.69%	0.73%
2042	17,022,168	75,111,899	-0.69%	0.72%
2043	16,904,427	75,641,512	-0.69%	0.71%
2044	16,786,029	76,164,461	-0.7%	0.69%
2045	16,667,734	76,681,448	-0.7%	0.68%
2046	16,550,066	77,199,542	-0.71%	0.68%
2047	16,431,566	77,716,650	-0.72%	0.67%
2048	16,312,099	78,215,323	-0.73%	0.64%
2049	16,192,424	78,699,584	-0.73%	0.62%
2050	16,072,989	79,177,329	-0.74%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.