Population in Romania compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Romania and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Sri Lanka	Romania	Sri Lanka
1960	18,406,905	9,661,389	-	-
1961	18,555,250	9,899,372	0.81%	2.46%
1962	18,676,550	10,143,754	0.65%	2.47%
1963	18,797,850	10,395,040	0.65%	2.48%
1964	18,919,126	10,653,397	0.65%	2.49%
1965	19,031,576	10,916,965	0.59%	2.47%
1966	19,215,450	11,183,928	0.97%	2.45%
1967	19,534,242	11,457,328	1.66%	2.44%
1968	19,799,831	11,736,088	1.36%	2.43%
1969	20,009,141	12,013,858	1.06%	2.37%
1970	20,250,398	12,287,110	1.21%	2.27%
1971	20,461,567	12,551,910	1.04%	2.16%
1972	20,657,957	12,809,205	0.96%	2.05%
1973	20,835,681	13,060,916	0.86%	1.97%
1974	21,029,429	13,305,693	0.93%	1.87%
1975	21,293,583	13,548,984	1.26%	1.83%
1976	21,551,634	13,796,770	1.21%	1.83%
1977	21,756,096	14,049,371	0.95%	1.83%
1978	21,951,464	14,310,128	0.9%	1.86%
1979	22,090,488	14,579,614	0.63%	1.88%
1980	22,207,282	14,847,974	0.53%	1.84%
1981	22,353,070	15,099,414	0.66%	1.69%
1982	22,475,741	15,286,567	0.55%	1.24%
1983	22,560,478	15,388,794	0.38%	0.67%
1984	22,640,547	15,441,860	0.35%	0.34%
1985	22,732,999	15,544,154	0.41%	0.66%
1986	22,836,841	15,731,256	0.46%	1.2%
1987	22,949,430	15,916,576	0.49%	1.18%
1988	23,057,662	16,078,621	0.47%	1.02%
1989	23,161,458	16,248,557	0.45%	1.06%
1990	23,201,835	16,352,458	0.17%	0.64%
1991	23,001,155	16,475,354	-0.86%	0.75%
1992	22,794,284	16,739,284	-0.9%	1.6%
1993	22,763,280	17,025,918	-0.14%	1.71%
1994	22,730,211	17,275,773	-0.15%	1.47%
1995	22,684,270	17,564,068	-0.2%	1.67%
1996	22,619,004	17,905,018	-0.29%	1.94%
1997	22,553,978	18,248,200	-0.29%	1.92%
1998	22,507,344	18,596,003	-0.21%	1.91%
1999	22,472,040	18,944,731	-0.16%	1.88%
2000	22,442,971	19,293,054	-0.13%	1.84%
2001	22,131,970	19,600,362	-1.39%	1.59%
2002	21,730,496	19,805,752	-1.81%	1.05%
2003	21,574,326	19,951,521	-0.72%	0.74%
2004	21,451,748	20,087,605	-0.57%	0.68%
2005	21,319,685	20,216,524	-0.62%	0.64%
2006	21,193,760	20,352,411	-0.59%	0.67%
2007	20,882,982	20,492,545	-1.47%	0.69%
2008	20,537,875	20,629,378	-1.65%	0.67%
2009	20,367,487	20,756,435	-0.83%	0.62%
2010	20,246,871	20,879,089	-0.59%	0.59%
2011	20,147,528	21,009,048	-0.49%	0.62%
2012	20,058,035	21,169,458	-0.44%	0.76%
2013	19,983,693	20,585,000	-0.37%	-2.76%
2014	19,908,979	20,778,000	-0.37%	0.94%
2015	19,815,616	20,970,000	-0.47%	0.92%
2016	19,702,267	21,209,000	-0.57%	1.14%
2017	19,588,715	21,453,000	-0.58%	1.15%
2018	19,473,970	21,670,000	-0.59%	1.01%
2019	19,371,648	21,803,000	-0.53%	0.61%
2020	19,265,250	21,919,000	-0.55%	0.53%
2021	19,122,059	22,156,000	-0.74%	1.08%
2022	19,048,502	22,181,000	-0.38%	0.11%
2023	19,059,479	22,037,000	0.06%	-0.65%
2024	19,069,340	21,916,000	0.05%	-0.55%
2025	18,962,595	22,035,440	-0.56%	0.54%
2026	18,854,232	22,148,172	-0.57%	0.51%
2027	18,744,883	22,255,601	-0.58%	0.49%
2028	18,634,894	22,357,682	-0.59%	0.46%
2029	18,523,736	22,453,922	-0.6%	0.43%
2030	18,411,878	22,546,245	-0.6%	0.41%
2031	18,299,820	22,635,106	-0.61%	0.39%
2032	18,187,406	22,720,118	-0.61%	0.38%
2033	18,074,282	22,802,043	-0.62%	0.36%
2034	17,960,330	22,879,527	-0.63%	0.34%
2035	17,845,182	22,952,739	-0.64%	0.32%
2036	17,728,480	23,022,027	-0.65%	0.3%
2037	17,611,384	23,088,877	-0.66%	0.29%
2038	17,493,684	23,152,480	-0.67%	0.28%
2039	17,375,991	23,211,633	-0.67%	0.26%
2040	17,258,810	23,265,986	-0.67%	0.23%
2041	17,140,535	23,315,260	-0.69%	0.21%
2042	17,022,168	23,359,578	-0.69%	0.19%
2043	16,904,427	23,398,752	-0.69%	0.17%
2044	16,786,029	23,433,096	-0.7%	0.15%
2045	16,667,734	23,464,943	-0.7%	0.14%
2046	16,550,066	23,492,738	-0.71%	0.12%
2047	16,431,566	23,512,629	-0.72%	0.08%
2048	16,312,099	23,525,953	-0.73%	0.06%
2049	16,192,424	23,533,940	-0.73%	0.03%
2050	16,072,989	23,538,230	-0.74%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.