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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Turkmenistan	Romania	Turkmenistan
1960	18,406,905	1,643,457	-	-
1961	18,555,250	1,695,400	0.81%	3.16%
1962	18,676,550	1,749,214	0.65%	3.17%
1963	18,797,850	1,804,272	0.65%	3.15%
1964	18,919,126	1,859,997	0.65%	3.09%
1965	19,031,576	1,915,916	0.59%	3.01%
1966	19,215,450	1,971,737	0.97%	2.91%
1967	19,534,242	2,027,403	1.66%	2.82%
1968	19,799,831	2,083,069	1.36%	2.75%
1969	20,009,141	2,139,024	1.06%	2.69%
1970	20,250,398	2,195,616	1.21%	2.65%
1971	20,461,567	2,253,119	1.04%	2.62%
1972	20,657,957	2,311,430	0.96%	2.59%
1973	20,835,681	2,370,919	0.86%	2.57%
1974	21,029,429	2,432,028	0.93%	2.58%
1975	21,293,583	2,494,570	1.26%	2.57%
1976	21,551,634	2,558,521	1.21%	2.56%
1977	21,756,096	2,623,948	0.95%	2.56%
1978	21,951,464	2,691,088	0.9%	2.56%
1979	22,090,488	2,760,358	0.63%	2.57%
1980	22,207,282	2,832,203	0.53%	2.6%
1981	22,353,070	2,907,187	0.66%	2.65%
1982	22,475,741	2,985,557	0.55%	2.7%
1983	22,560,478	3,067,534	0.38%	2.75%
1984	22,640,547	3,154,079	0.35%	2.82%
1985	22,732,999	3,247,534	0.41%	2.96%
1986	22,836,841	3,347,809	0.46%	3.09%
1987	22,949,430	3,452,731	0.49%	3.13%
1988	23,057,662	3,559,363	0.47%	3.09%
1989	23,161,458	3,662,459	0.45%	2.9%
1990	23,201,835	3,760,562	0.17%	2.68%
1991	23,001,155	3,855,894	-0.86%	2.54%
1992	22,794,284	3,944,689	-0.9%	2.3%
1993	22,763,280	4,032,407	-0.14%	2.22%
1994	22,730,211	4,116,662	-0.15%	2.09%
1995	22,684,270	4,191,203	-0.2%	1.81%
1996	22,619,004	4,263,819	-0.29%	1.73%
1997	22,553,978	4,336,730	-0.29%	1.71%
1998	22,507,344	4,410,507	-0.21%	1.7%
1999	22,472,040	4,492,170	-0.16%	1.85%
2000	22,442,971	4,582,677	-0.13%	2.01%
2001	22,131,970	4,675,409	-1.39%	2.02%
2002	21,730,496	4,769,465	-1.81%	2.01%
2003	21,574,326	4,863,865	-0.72%	1.98%
2004	21,451,748	4,958,093	-0.57%	1.94%
2005	21,319,685	5,052,257	-0.62%	1.9%
2006	21,193,760	5,147,105	-0.59%	1.88%
2007	20,882,982	5,244,046	-1.47%	1.88%
2008	20,537,875	5,345,029	-1.65%	1.93%
2009	20,367,487	5,451,592	-0.83%	1.99%
2010	20,246,871	5,564,356	-0.59%	2.07%
2011	20,147,528	5,683,417	-0.49%	2.14%
2012	20,058,035	5,808,546	-0.44%	2.2%
2013	19,983,693	5,939,341	-0.37%	2.25%
2014	19,908,979	6,075,283	-0.37%	2.29%
2015	19,815,616	6,215,770	-0.47%	2.31%
2016	19,702,267	6,360,041	-0.57%	2.32%
2017	19,588,715	6,507,061	-0.58%	2.31%
2018	19,473,970	6,655,524	-0.59%	2.28%
2019	19,371,648	6,803,944	-0.53%	2.23%
2020	19,265,250	6,949,912	-0.55%	2.15%
2021	19,122,059	7,092,043	-0.74%	2.05%
2022	19,048,502	7,230,193	-0.38%	1.95%
2023	19,059,479	7,364,438	0.06%	1.86%
2024	19,069,340	7,494,498	0.05%	1.77%
2025	18,962,595	7,618,855	-0.56%	1.66%
2026	18,854,232	7,736,635	-0.57%	1.55%
2027	18,744,883	7,847,563	-0.58%	1.43%
2028	18,634,894	7,951,300	-0.59%	1.32%
2029	18,523,736	8,047,445	-0.6%	1.21%
2030	18,411,878	8,135,732	-0.6%	1.1%
2031	18,299,820	8,218,959	-0.61%	1.02%
2032	18,187,406	8,300,260	-0.61%	0.99%
2033	18,074,282	8,380,356	-0.62%	0.96%
2034	17,960,330	8,459,731	-0.63%	0.95%
2035	17,845,182	8,538,678	-0.64%	0.93%
2036	17,728,480	8,617,567	-0.65%	0.92%
2037	17,611,384	8,696,458	-0.66%	0.92%
2038	17,493,684	8,775,204	-0.67%	0.91%
2039	17,375,991	8,853,842	-0.67%	0.9%
2040	17,258,810	8,932,237	-0.67%	0.89%
2041	17,140,535	9,010,272	-0.69%	0.87%
2042	17,022,168	9,087,668	-0.69%	0.86%
2043	16,904,427	9,164,056	-0.69%	0.84%
2044	16,786,029	9,239,278	-0.7%	0.82%
2045	16,667,734	9,312,825	-0.7%	0.8%
2046	16,550,066	9,384,188	-0.71%	0.77%
2047	16,431,566	9,452,893	-0.72%	0.73%
2048	16,312,099	9,518,558	-0.73%	0.69%
2049	16,192,424	9,580,906	-0.73%	0.66%
2050	16,072,989	9,639,711	-0.74%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2005 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.