Population in Romania compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Romania and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	United States	Romania	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	18,406,905	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	18,555,250	183,691,481	0.81%	1.67%
1962	18,676,550	186,537,737	0.65%	1.55%
1963	18,797,850	189,241,798	0.65%	1.45%
1964	18,919,126	191,888,791	0.65%	1.4%
1965	19,031,576	194,302,963	0.59%	1.26%
1966	19,215,450	196,560,338	0.97%	1.16%
1967	19,534,242	198,712,056	1.66%	1.09%
1968	19,799,831	200,706,052	1.36%	1%
1969	20,009,141	202,676,946	1.06%	0.98%
1970	20,250,398	205,052,174	1.21%	1.17%
1971	20,461,567	207,660,677	1.04%	1.27%
1972	20,657,957	209,896,021	0.96%	1.08%
1973	20,835,681	211,908,788	0.86%	0.96%
1974	21,029,429	213,853,928	0.93%	0.92%
1975	21,293,583	215,973,199	1.26%	0.99%
1976	21,551,634	218,035,164	1.21%	0.95%
1977	21,756,096	220,239,425	0.95%	1.01%
1978	21,951,464	222,584,545	0.9%	1.06%
1979	22,090,488	225,055,487	0.63%	1.11%
1980	22,207,282	226,542,250	0.53%	0.66%
1981	22,353,070	229,465,744	0.66%	1.29%
1982	22,475,741	231,664,432	0.55%	0.96%
1983	22,560,478	233,792,014	0.38%	0.92%
1984	22,640,547	235,824,908	0.35%	0.87%
1985	22,732,999	237,923,734	0.41%	0.89%
1986	22,836,841	240,132,831	0.46%	0.93%
1987	22,949,430	242,288,936	0.49%	0.9%
1988	23,057,662	244,499,004	0.47%	0.91%
1989	23,161,458	246,819,222	0.45%	0.95%
1990	23,201,835	250,131,894	0.17%	1.34%
1991	23,001,155	253,492,503	-0.86%	1.34%
1992	22,794,284	256,894,189	-0.9%	1.34%
1993	22,763,280	260,255,352	-0.14%	1.31%
1994	22,730,211	263,435,673	-0.15%	1.22%
1995	22,684,270	266,557,091	-0.2%	1.18%
1996	22,619,004	269,667,391	-0.29%	1.17%
1997	22,553,978	272,911,760	-0.29%	1.2%
1998	22,507,344	276,115,288	-0.21%	1.17%
1999	22,472,040	279,294,713	-0.16%	1.15%
2000	22,442,971	282,162,411	-0.13%	1.03%
2001	22,131,970	284,968,955	-1.39%	0.99%
2002	21,730,496	287,625,193	-1.81%	0.93%
2003	21,574,326	290,107,933	-0.72%	0.86%
2004	21,451,748	292,805,298	-0.57%	0.93%
2005	21,319,685	295,516,599	-0.62%	0.93%
2006	21,193,760	298,379,912	-0.59%	0.97%
2007	20,882,982	301,231,207	-1.47%	0.96%
2008	20,537,875	304,093,966	-1.65%	0.95%
2009	20,367,487	306,771,529	-0.83%	0.88%
2010	20,246,871	309,327,143	-0.59%	0.83%
2011	20,147,528	311,583,481	-0.49%	0.73%
2012	20,058,035	313,877,662	-0.44%	0.74%
2013	19,983,693	316,059,947	-0.37%	0.7%
2014	19,908,979	318,386,329	-0.37%	0.74%
2015	19,815,616	320,738,994	-0.47%	0.74%
2016	19,702,267	323,071,755	-0.57%	0.73%
2017	19,588,715	325,122,128	-0.58%	0.63%
2018	19,473,970	326,838,199	-0.59%	0.53%
2019	19,371,648	328,329,953	-0.53%	0.46%
2020	19,265,250	331,526,933	-0.55%	0.97%
2021	19,122,059	331,893,745	-0.74%	0.11%
2022	19,048,502	333,271,411	-0.38%	0.42%
2023	19,061,062	334,914,895	0.07%	0.49%
2024	19,051,804	340,110,988	-0.05%	1.55%
2025	18,945,157	341,931,772	-0.56%	0.54%
2026	18,836,893	343,664,369	-0.57%	0.51%
2027	18,727,645	345,331,185	-0.58%	0.49%
2028	18,617,757	346,981,137	-0.59%	0.48%
2029	18,506,702	348,601,982	-0.6%	0.47%
2030	18,394,947	350,176,974	-0.6%	0.45%
2031	18,282,991	351,725,612	-0.61%	0.44%
2032	18,170,681	353,249,060	-0.61%	0.43%
2033	18,057,661	354,749,644	-0.62%	0.42%
2034	17,943,814	356,234,239	-0.63%	0.42%
2035	17,828,772	357,694,316	-0.64%	0.41%
2036	17,712,177	359,119,002	-0.65%	0.4%
2037	17,595,189	360,517,853	-0.66%	0.39%
2038	17,477,597	361,895,407	-0.67%	0.38%
2039	17,360,012	363,229,908	-0.67%	0.37%
2040	17,242,939	364,512,364	-0.67%	0.35%
2041	17,124,773	365,753,139	-0.69%	0.34%
2042	17,006,515	366,969,419	-0.69%	0.33%
2043	16,888,882	368,146,925	-0.69%	0.32%
2044	16,770,593	369,258,123	-0.7%	0.3%
2045	16,652,406	370,318,770	-0.7%	0.29%
2046	16,534,847	371,328,255	-0.71%	0.27%
2047	16,416,456	372,299,116	-0.72%	0.26%
2048	16,297,099	373,230,539	-0.73%	0.25%
2049	16,177,534	374,119,803	-0.73%	0.24%
2050	16,058,209	374,986,259	-0.74%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.