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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	South Sudan	Romania	South Sudan
1960	18,406,905	2,931,559	-	-
1961	18,555,250	2,976,724	0.81%	1.54%
1962	18,676,550	3,024,308	0.65%	1.6%
1963	18,797,850	3,072,669	0.65%	1.6%
1964	18,919,126	3,129,918	0.65%	1.86%
1965	19,031,576	3,189,835	0.59%	1.91%
1966	19,215,450	3,236,423	0.97%	1.46%
1967	19,534,242	3,277,648	1.66%	1.27%
1968	19,799,831	3,321,528	1.36%	1.34%
1969	20,009,141	3,365,533	1.06%	1.32%
1970	20,250,398	3,409,614	1.21%	1.31%
1971	20,461,567	3,468,646	1.04%	1.73%
1972	20,657,957	3,542,497	0.96%	2.13%
1973	20,835,681	3,627,383	0.86%	2.4%
1974	21,029,429	3,723,259	0.93%	2.64%
1975	21,293,583	3,821,494	1.26%	2.64%
1976	21,551,634	3,921,910	1.21%	2.63%
1977	21,756,096	4,024,032	0.95%	2.6%
1978	21,951,464	4,127,657	0.9%	2.58%
1979	22,090,488	4,232,605	0.63%	2.54%
1980	22,207,282	4,339,030	0.53%	2.51%
1981	22,353,070	4,447,272	0.66%	2.49%
1982	22,475,741	4,557,686	0.55%	2.48%
1983	22,560,478	4,661,574	0.38%	2.28%
1984	22,640,547	4,750,627	0.35%	1.91%
1985	22,732,999	4,834,296	0.41%	1.76%
1986	22,836,841	4,921,240	0.46%	1.8%
1987	22,949,430	4,962,395	0.49%	0.84%
1988	23,057,662	4,848,029	0.47%	-2.3%
1989	23,161,458	4,713,229	0.45%	-2.78%
1990	23,201,835	4,737,633	0.17%	0.52%
1991	23,001,155	4,836,677	-0.86%	2.09%
1992	22,794,284	4,909,749	-0.9%	1.51%
1993	22,763,280	4,956,002	-0.14%	0.94%
1994	22,730,211	5,071,184	-0.15%	2.32%
1995	22,684,270	5,225,836	-0.2%	3.05%
1996	22,619,004	5,356,925	-0.29%	2.51%
1997	22,553,978	5,509,136	-0.29%	2.84%
1998	22,507,344	5,620,068	-0.21%	2.01%
1999	22,472,040	5,771,628	-0.16%	2.7%
2000	22,442,971	6,032,267	-0.13%	4.52%
2001	22,131,970	6,308,391	-1.39%	4.58%
2002	21,730,496	6,596,806	-1.81%	4.57%
2003	21,574,326	6,903,127	-0.72%	4.64%
2004	21,451,748	7,233,041	-0.57%	4.78%
2005	21,319,685	7,590,143	-0.62%	4.94%
2006	21,193,760	7,976,526	-0.59%	5.09%
2007	20,882,982	8,388,788	-1.47%	5.17%
2008	20,537,875	8,817,647	-1.65%	5.11%
2009	20,367,487	9,243,556	-0.83%	4.83%
2010	20,246,871	9,745,953	-0.59%	5.44%
2011	20,147,528	10,288,109	-0.49%	5.56%
2012	20,058,035	10,756,240	-0.44%	4.55%
2013	19,983,693	11,166,275	-0.37%	3.81%
2014	19,908,979	11,235,073	-0.37%	0.62%
2015	19,815,616	11,107,561	-0.47%	-1.13%
2016	19,702,267	10,830,102	-0.57%	-2.5%
2017	19,588,715	10,259,154	-0.58%	-5.27%
2018	19,473,970	10,122,977	-0.59%	-1.33%
2019	19,371,648	10,423,384	-0.53%	2.97%
2020	19,265,250	10,698,467	-0.55%	2.64%
2021	19,122,059	10,865,780	-0.74%	1.56%
2022	19,048,502	11,021,177	-0.38%	1.43%
2023	19,059,479	11,483,374	0.06%	4.19%
2024	19,069,340	11,943,408	0.05%	4.01%
2025	18,962,595	12,188,793	-0.56%	2.05%
2026	18,854,232	12,436,036	-0.57%	2.03%
2027	18,744,883	12,687,301	-0.58%	2.02%
2028	18,634,894	12,941,503	-0.59%	2%
2029	18,523,736	13,198,080	-0.6%	1.98%
2030	18,411,878	13,457,446	-0.6%	1.97%
2031	18,299,820	13,725,413	-0.61%	1.99%
2032	18,187,406	13,996,343	-0.61%	1.97%
2033	18,074,282	14,261,762	-0.62%	1.9%
2034	17,960,330	14,527,550	-0.63%	1.86%
2035	17,845,182	14,798,602	-0.64%	1.87%
2036	17,728,480	15,070,098	-0.65%	1.83%
2037	17,611,384	15,335,700	-0.66%	1.76%
2038	17,493,684	15,595,968	-0.67%	1.7%
2039	17,375,991	15,850,696	-0.67%	1.63%
2040	17,258,810	16,101,470	-0.67%	1.58%
2041	17,140,535	16,350,149	-0.69%	1.54%
2042	17,022,168	16,593,361	-0.69%	1.49%
2043	16,904,427	16,829,209	-0.69%	1.42%
2044	16,786,029	17,060,176	-0.7%	1.37%
2045	16,667,734	17,286,412	-0.7%	1.33%
2046	16,550,066	17,509,693	-0.71%	1.29%
2047	16,431,566	17,728,331	-0.72%	1.25%
2048	16,312,099	17,938,437	-0.73%	1.19%
2049	16,192,424	18,142,893	-0.73%	1.14%
2050	16,072,989	18,341,968	-0.74%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.