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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,069,340 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,962,595 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.

Population statistics:

  • Taiwan's population is 1.23 times bigger than Romania's.
  • Romania is ranked the 69th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
  • The countries together account for 0.51% of the world: 0.23% for Romania vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
  • For the last 10 years, Romania has had an average growth rate of -0.42% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.3M people to 19M (11.1% decline), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 31.4% of the population in Romania and 39.5% in Taiwan.

Romania vs Taiwan: live population counter

Romania Taiwan
Current population
18962595
23308308
Population rank 69/197 60/197
Percent of world population 0.23% 0.28%
One net population change
53.3 minutes
7.75 minutes
One birth every
3.45 minutes
3.9 minutes
One death every
2.17 minutes
2.6 minutes
One migration net change every
18.5 minutes
11.2 minutes
Annual migration change -28,466 +47,029
Daily growth/decline +27 +186
Annual growth/decline +9,861 +67,790
Annual growth/decline rate +0.05% +0.29%
Population growth rate rank 162/197 150/197

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

Romania
Population

Growth rate
Taiwan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Romania Taiwan Romania Taiwan
1960 18,406,905 - - -
1961 18,555,250 11,030,385 0.81% -
1962 18,676,550 11,392,513 0.65% 3.28%
1963 18,797,850 11,762,101 0.65% 3.24%
1964 18,919,126 12,137,143 0.65% 3.19%
1965 19,031,576 12,511,863 0.59% 3.09%
1966 19,215,450 12,874,153 0.97% 2.9%
1967 19,534,242 13,210,344 1.66% 2.61%
1968 19,799,831 13,548,537 1.36% 2.56%
1969 20,009,141 14,068,984 1.06% 3.84%
1970 20,250,398 14,582,944 1.21% 3.65%
1971 20,461,567 14,913,564 1.04% 2.27%
1972 20,657,957 15,220,495 0.96% 2.06%
1973 20,835,681 15,505,121 0.86% 1.87%
1974 21,029,429 15,784,817 0.93% 1.8%
1975 21,293,583 16,075,128 1.26% 1.84%
1976 21,551,634 16,401,413 1.21% 2.03%
1977 21,756,096 16,730,895 0.95% 2.01%
1978 21,951,464 17,042,272 0.9% 1.86%
1979 22,090,488 17,372,779 0.63% 1.94%
1980 22,207,282 17,704,538 0.53% 1.91%
1981 22,353,070 18,029,982 0.66% 1.84%
1982 22,475,741 18,354,855 0.55% 1.8%
1983 22,560,478 18,653,146 0.38% 1.63%
1984 22,640,547 18,929,866 0.35% 1.48%
1985 22,732,999 19,191,510 0.41% 1.38%
1986 22,836,841 19,411,454 0.46% 1.15%
1987 22,949,430 19,617,046 0.49% 1.06%
1988 23,057,662 19,839,704 0.47% 1.14%
1989 23,161,458 20,055,492 0.45% 1.09%
1990 23,201,835 20,278,946 0.17% 1.11%
1991 23,001,155 20,503,568 -0.86% 1.11%
1992 22,794,284 20,704,227 -0.9% 0.98%
1993 22,763,280 20,899,019 -0.14% 0.94%
1994 22,730,211 21,086,645 -0.15% 0.9%
1995 22,684,270 21,267,653 -0.2% 0.86%
1996 22,619,004 21,441,432 -0.29% 0.82%
1997 22,553,978 21,634,124 -0.29% 0.9%
1998 22,507,344 21,835,703 -0.21% 0.93%
1999 22,472,040 22,010,489 -0.16% 0.8%
2000 22,442,971 22,184,530 -0.13% 0.79%
2001 22,131,970 22,341,120 -1.39% 0.71%
2002 21,730,496 22,463,172 -1.81% 0.55%
2003 21,574,326 22,562,663 -0.72% 0.44%
2004 21,451,748 22,646,836 -0.57% 0.37%
2005 21,319,685 22,729,753 -0.62% 0.37%
2006 21,193,760 22,823,455 -0.59% 0.41%
2007 20,882,982 22,917,444 -1.47% 0.41%
2008 20,537,875 22,997,696 -1.65% 0.35%
2009 20,367,487 23,078,402 -0.83% 0.35%
2010 20,246,871 23,140,948 -0.59% 0.27%
2011 20,147,528 23,193,518 -0.49% 0.23%
2012 20,058,035 23,270,367 -0.44% 0.33%
2013 19,983,693 23,344,670 -0.37% 0.32%
2014 19,908,979 23,403,635 -0.37% 0.25%
2015 19,815,616 23,462,914 -0.47% 0.25%
2016 19,702,267 23,515,945 -0.57% 0.23%
2017 19,588,715 23,555,522 -0.58% 0.17%
2018 19,473,970 23,580,080 -0.59% 0.1%
2019 19,371,648 23,596,027 -0.53% 0.07%
2020 19,265,250 23,582,179 -0.55% -0.06%
2021 19,122,059 23,468,275 -0.74% -0.48%
2022 19,048,502 23,319,977 -0.38% -0.63%
2023 19,059,479 23,342,541 0.06% 0.1%
2024 19,069,340 23,410,331 0.05% 0.29%
2025 18,962,595 23,308,308 -0.56% -0.44%
2026 18,854,232 23,205,944 -0.57% -0.44%
2027 18,744,883 23,102,120 -0.58% -0.45%
2028 18,634,894 22,996,693 -0.59% -0.46%
2029 18,523,736 22,890,335 -0.6% -0.46%
2030 18,411,878 22,781,040 -0.6% -0.48%
2031 18,299,820 22,667,327 -0.61% -0.5%
2032 18,187,406 22,549,689 -0.61% -0.52%
2033 18,074,282 22,428,721 -0.62% -0.54%
2034 17,960,330 22,302,402 -0.63% -0.56%
2035 17,845,182 22,170,689 -0.64% -0.59%
2036 17,728,480 22,034,775 -0.65% -0.61%
2037 17,611,384 21,893,029 -0.66% -0.64%
2038 17,493,684 21,746,001 -0.67% -0.67%
2039 17,375,991 21,594,236 -0.67% -0.7%
2040 17,258,810 21,436,947 -0.67% -0.73%
2041 17,140,535 21,274,187 -0.69% -0.76%
2042 17,022,168 21,105,682 -0.69% -0.79%
2043 16,904,427 20,932,105 -0.69% -0.82%
2044 16,786,029 20,754,623 -0.7% -0.85%
2045 16,667,734 20,571,741 -0.7% -0.88%
2046 16,550,066 20,384,903 -0.71% -0.91%
2047 16,431,566 20,194,425 -0.72% -0.93%
2048 16,312,099 19,999,753 -0.73% -0.96%
2049 16,192,424 19,801,293 -0.73% -0.99%
2050 16,072,989 19,598,997 -0.74% -1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.

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