The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,051,804 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,836,893 people compared to 71,559,621 in Thailand.
Population statistics:
- Thailand's population is 3.8 times bigger than Romania's.
- Romania is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
- The countries together account for 1.09% of the world: 0.23% for Romania vs 0.86% for Thailand.
- For the last 10 years, Romania has had an average growth rate of -0.43% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
- Since 2006, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.2M people to 18.8M (11.1% decline), while Thailand has grown from 66.6M to 71.6M (7.5% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 31.6% of the population in Romania and 23.4% in Thailand.
Romania vs Thailand: live population counter
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| Current population |
18836893
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71559621
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 21/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.86% |
| One net population change |
56.8 minutes
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15.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.45 minutes
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53.3 seconds
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| One death every |
2.17 minutes
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49.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
18.5 minutes
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22.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -28,466 | +23,321 |
| Daily growth/decline | -25 | -94 |
| Annual growth/decline | -9,258 | -34,424 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 170/197 | 169/197 |
Romania and Thailand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 18,406,905 | 26,851,747 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,555,250 | 27,650,334 | 0.81% | 2.97% |
| 1962 | 18,676,550 | 28,481,040 | 0.65% | 3% |
| 1963 | 18,797,850 | 29,342,322 | 0.65% | 3.02% |
| 1964 | 18,919,126 | 30,232,141 | 0.65% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 19,031,576 | 31,149,337 | 0.59% | 3.03% |
| 1966 | 19,215,450 | 32,086,071 | 0.97% | 3.01% |
| 1967 | 19,534,242 | 33,037,801 | 1.66% | 2.97% |
| 1968 | 19,799,831 | 34,002,560 | 1.36% | 2.92% |
| 1969 | 20,009,141 | 34,973,782 | 1.06% | 2.86% |
| 1970 | 20,250,398 | 35,954,408 | 1.21% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 20,461,567 | 36,937,387 | 1.04% | 2.73% |
| 1972 | 20,657,957 | 37,933,929 | 0.96% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 20,835,681 | 38,947,787 | 0.86% | 2.67% |
| 1974 | 21,029,429 | 39,952,891 | 0.93% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 21,293,583 | 40,940,005 | 1.26% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 21,551,634 | 41,896,504 | 1.21% | 2.34% |
| 1977 | 21,756,096 | 42,843,974 | 0.95% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 21,951,464 | 43,788,976 | 0.9% | 2.21% |
| 1979 | 22,090,488 | 44,718,434 | 0.63% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 22,207,282 | 45,650,022 | 0.53% | 2.08% |
| 1981 | 22,353,070 | 46,575,855 | 0.66% | 2.03% |
| 1982 | 22,475,741 | 47,494,577 | 0.55% | 1.97% |
| 1983 | 22,560,478 | 48,423,309 | 0.38% | 1.96% |
| 1984 | 22,640,547 | 49,351,708 | 0.35% | 1.92% |
| 1985 | 22,732,999 | 50,270,753 | 0.41% | 1.86% |
| 1986 | 22,836,841 | 51,177,834 | 0.46% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 22,949,430 | 52,074,105 | 0.49% | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 23,057,662 | 52,969,595 | 0.47% | 1.72% |
| 1989 | 23,161,458 | 53,848,956 | 0.45% | 1.66% |
| 1990 | 23,201,835 | 54,738,329 | 0.17% | 1.65% |
| 1991 | 23,001,155 | 55,637,434 | -0.86% | 1.64% |
| 1992 | 22,794,284 | 56,528,834 | -0.9% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 22,763,280 | 57,408,198 | -0.14% | 1.56% |
| 1994 | 22,730,211 | 58,260,854 | -0.15% | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 22,684,270 | 59,098,232 | -0.2% | 1.44% |
| 1996 | 22,619,004 | 59,920,064 | -0.29% | 1.39% |
| 1997 | 22,553,978 | 60,724,584 | -0.29% | 1.34% |
| 1998 | 22,507,344 | 61,522,630 | -0.21% | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 22,472,040 | 62,299,043 | -0.16% | 1.26% |
| 2000 | 22,442,971 | 63,007,815 | -0.13% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 | 63,651,141 | -1.39% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 | 64,266,437 | -1.81% | 0.97% |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 | 64,868,166 | -0.72% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 | 65,452,047 | -0.57% | 0.9% |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 | 66,017,420 | -0.62% | 0.86% |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 | 66,567,687 | -0.59% | 0.83% |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 | 67,102,394 | -1.47% | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 | 67,619,830 | -1.65% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 | 68,121,080 | -0.83% | 0.74% |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 | 68,579,447 | -0.59% | 0.67% |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 | 69,007,208 | -0.49% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 | 69,436,098 | -0.44% | 0.62% |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 | 69,845,114 | -0.37% | 0.59% |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 | 70,216,367 | -0.37% | 0.53% |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 | 70,540,795 | -0.47% | 0.46% |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 | 70,859,841 | -0.57% | 0.45% |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 | 71,160,187 | -0.58% | 0.42% |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 | 71,376,079 | -0.59% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 | 71,522,271 | -0.53% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 | 71,641,484 | -0.55% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 | 71,727,332 | -0.74% | 0.12% |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 | 71,735,329 | -0.38% | 0.01% |
| 2023 | 19,061,062 | 71,702,435 | 0.07% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 19,051,804 | 71,668,011 | -0.05% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 18,945,157 | 71,619,867 | -0.56% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 18,836,893 | 71,559,621 | -0.57% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 18,727,645 | 71,488,156 | -0.58% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 18,617,757 | 71,406,996 | -0.59% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 18,506,702 | 71,316,195 | -0.6% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 18,394,947 | 71,215,017 | -0.6% | -0.14% |
| 2031 | 18,282,991 | 71,104,025 | -0.61% | -0.16% |
| 2032 | 18,170,681 | 70,982,286 | -0.61% | -0.17% |
| 2033 | 18,057,661 | 70,847,947 | -0.62% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 17,943,814 | 70,701,651 | -0.63% | -0.21% |
| 2035 | 17,828,772 | 70,540,884 | -0.64% | -0.23% |
| 2036 | 17,712,177 | 70,366,496 | -0.65% | -0.25% |
| 2037 | 17,595,189 | 70,180,031 | -0.66% | -0.26% |
| 2038 | 17,477,597 | 69,979,034 | -0.67% | -0.29% |
| 2039 | 17,360,012 | 69,763,928 | -0.67% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 17,242,939 | 69,535,003 | -0.67% | -0.33% |
| 2041 | 17,124,773 | 69,288,477 | -0.69% | -0.35% |
| 2042 | 17,006,515 | 69,025,348 | -0.69% | -0.38% |
| 2043 | 16,888,882 | 68,748,075 | -0.69% | -0.4% |
| 2044 | 16,770,593 | 68,456,533 | -0.7% | -0.42% |
| 2045 | 16,652,406 | 68,150,148 | -0.7% | -0.45% |
| 2046 | 16,534,847 | 67,827,309 | -0.71% | -0.47% |
| 2047 | 16,416,456 | 67,489,358 | -0.72% | -0.5% |
| 2048 | 16,297,099 | 67,136,737 | -0.73% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 16,177,534 | 66,767,316 | -0.73% | -0.55% |
| 2050 | 16,058,209 | 66,382,732 | -0.74% | -0.58% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).
Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bucharest | 1.72M |
| Iasi | 272K |
| Constanta | 264K |
| Timisoara | 251K |
| Brasov | 238K |
| Craiova | 234K |
| Galati | 218K |
| Oradea | 183K |
| Ploiesti | 181K |
| Braila | 155K |
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| City | Population |
| Bangkok | 5.68M |
| Chiang Mai | 1.2M |
| Nonthaburi | 256K |
| Pak Kret | 185K |
| Hat Yai | 159K |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 134K |
| Chaophraya Surasak | 133K |
| Surat Thani | 131K |
| Udon Thani | 130K |
| Klaeng | 130K |
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Population differences between Romania and Thailand
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 77.1 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 41.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 1.21 births per woman |
| Population density | 214.5 ppl/mi² | 363 ppl/mi² |
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