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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Sweden	Romania	Sweden
1960	18,406,905	7,484,656	-	-
1961	18,555,250	7,519,998	0.81%	0.47%
1962	18,676,550	7,561,588	0.65%	0.55%
1963	18,797,850	7,604,328	0.65%	0.57%
1964	18,919,126	7,661,354	0.65%	0.75%
1965	19,031,576	7,733,853	0.59%	0.95%
1966	19,215,450	7,807,797	0.97%	0.96%
1967	19,534,242	7,867,931	1.66%	0.77%
1968	19,799,831	7,912,273	1.36%	0.56%
1969	20,009,141	7,968,072	1.06%	0.71%
1970	20,250,398	8,042,801	1.21%	0.94%
1971	20,461,567	8,098,334	1.04%	0.69%
1972	20,657,957	8,122,300	0.96%	0.3%
1973	20,835,681	8,136,312	0.86%	0.17%
1974	21,029,429	8,159,955	0.93%	0.29%
1975	21,293,583	8,192,437	1.26%	0.4%
1976	21,551,634	8,222,286	1.21%	0.36%
1977	21,756,096	8,251,540	0.95%	0.36%
1978	21,951,464	8,275,599	0.9%	0.29%
1979	22,090,488	8,293,678	0.63%	0.22%
1980	22,207,282	8,310,531	0.53%	0.2%
1981	22,353,070	8,320,503	0.66%	0.12%
1982	22,475,741	8,325,263	0.55%	0.06%
1983	22,560,478	8,329,033	0.38%	0.05%
1984	22,640,547	8,336,605	0.35%	0.09%
1985	22,732,999	8,350,386	0.41%	0.17%
1986	22,836,841	8,369,829	0.46%	0.23%
1987	22,949,430	8,397,804	0.49%	0.33%
1988	23,057,662	8,436,489	0.47%	0.46%
1989	23,161,458	8,492,964	0.45%	0.67%
1990	23,201,835	8,558,835	0.17%	0.78%
1991	23,001,155	8,617,375	-0.86%	0.68%
1992	22,794,284	8,668,067	-0.9%	0.59%
1993	22,763,280	8,718,561	-0.14%	0.58%
1994	22,730,211	8,780,745	-0.15%	0.71%
1995	22,684,270	8,826,939	-0.2%	0.53%
1996	22,619,004	8,840,998	-0.29%	0.16%
1997	22,553,978	8,846,062	-0.29%	0.06%
1998	22,507,344	8,850,974	-0.21%	0.06%
1999	22,472,040	8,857,874	-0.16%	0.08%
2000	22,442,971	8,872,109	-0.13%	0.16%
2001	22,131,970	8,895,960	-1.39%	0.27%
2002	21,730,496	8,924,958	-1.81%	0.33%
2003	21,574,326	8,958,229	-0.72%	0.37%
2004	21,451,748	8,993,531	-0.57%	0.39%
2005	21,319,685	9,029,572	-0.62%	0.4%
2006	21,193,760	9,080,505	-0.59%	0.56%
2007	20,882,982	9,148,092	-1.47%	0.74%
2008	20,537,875	9,219,637	-1.65%	0.78%
2009	20,367,487	9,298,515	-0.83%	0.86%
2010	20,246,871	9,378,126	-0.59%	0.86%
2011	20,147,528	9,449,213	-0.49%	0.76%
2012	20,058,035	9,519,374	-0.44%	0.74%
2013	19,983,693	9,600,379	-0.37%	0.85%
2014	19,908,979	9,696,110	-0.37%	1%
2015	19,815,616	9,799,186	-0.47%	1.06%
2016	19,702,267	9,923,085	-0.57%	1.26%
2017	19,588,715	10,057,698	-0.58%	1.36%
2018	19,473,970	10,175,214	-0.59%	1.17%
2019	19,371,648	10,278,887	-0.53%	1.02%
2020	19,265,250	10,353,442	-0.55%	0.73%
2021	19,122,059	10,415,811	-0.74%	0.6%
2022	19,048,502	10,486,941	-0.38%	0.68%
2023	19,061,062	10,536,632	0.07%	0.47%
2024	19,051,804	10,569,709	-0.05%	0.31%
2025	18,945,157	10,619,177	-0.56%	0.47%
2026	18,836,893	10,663,427	-0.57%	0.42%
2027	18,727,645	10,703,497	-0.58%	0.38%
2028	18,617,757	10,740,420	-0.59%	0.34%
2029	18,506,702	10,773,692	-0.6%	0.31%
2030	18,394,947	10,803,699	-0.6%	0.28%
2031	18,282,991	10,830,583	-0.61%	0.25%
2032	18,170,681	10,855,855	-0.61%	0.23%
2033	18,057,661	10,880,544	-0.62%	0.23%
2034	17,943,814	10,903,924	-0.63%	0.21%
2035	17,828,772	10,926,433	-0.64%	0.21%
2036	17,712,177	10,949,062	-0.65%	0.21%
2037	17,595,189	10,971,259	-0.66%	0.2%
2038	17,477,597	10,993,203	-0.67%	0.2%
2039	17,360,012	11,015,926	-0.67%	0.21%
2040	17,242,939	11,039,663	-0.67%	0.22%
2041	17,124,773	11,063,604	-0.69%	0.22%
2042	17,006,515	11,088,299	-0.69%	0.22%
2043	16,888,882	11,113,927	-0.69%	0.23%
2044	16,770,593	11,139,125	-0.7%	0.23%
2045	16,652,406	11,163,492	-0.7%	0.22%
2046	16,534,847	11,186,803	-0.71%	0.21%
2047	16,416,456	11,209,183	-0.72%	0.2%
2048	16,297,099	11,230,526	-0.73%	0.19%
2049	16,177,534	11,250,663	-0.73%	0.18%
2050	16,058,209	11,269,877	-0.74%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.