Population in Romania compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Romania and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Vatican	Romania	Vatican
1960	18,406,905	-	-	-
1961	18,555,250	-	0.81%	-
1962	18,676,550	-	0.65%	-
1963	18,797,850	-	0.65%	-
1964	18,919,126	-	0.65%	-
1965	19,031,576	-	0.59%	-
1966	19,215,450	-	0.97%	-
1967	19,534,242	-	1.66%	-
1968	19,799,831	-	1.36%	-
1969	20,009,141	-	1.06%	-
1970	20,250,398	-	1.21%	-
1971	20,461,567	-	1.04%	-
1972	20,657,957	-	0.96%	-
1973	20,835,681	-	0.86%	-
1974	21,029,429	-	0.93%	-
1975	21,293,583	-	1.26%	-
1976	21,551,634	-	1.21%	-
1977	21,756,096	-	0.95%	-
1978	21,951,464	-	0.9%	-
1979	22,090,488	-	0.63%	-
1980	22,207,282	-	0.53%	-
1981	22,353,070	-	0.66%	-
1982	22,475,741	-	0.55%	-
1983	22,560,478	-	0.38%	-
1984	22,640,547	-	0.35%	-
1985	22,732,999	-	0.41%	-
1986	22,836,841	-	0.46%	-
1987	22,949,430	-	0.49%	-
1988	23,057,662	-	0.47%	-
1989	23,161,458	-	0.45%	-
1990	23,201,835	-	0.17%	-
1991	23,001,155	-	-0.86%	-
1992	22,794,284	-	-0.9%	-
1993	22,763,280	-	-0.14%	-
1994	22,730,211	-	-0.15%	-
1995	22,684,270	-	-0.2%	-
1996	22,619,004	-	-0.29%	-
1997	22,553,978	-	-0.29%	-
1998	22,507,344	-	-0.21%	-
1999	22,472,040	-	-0.16%	-
2000	22,442,971	880	-0.13%	-
2001	22,131,970	890	-1.39%	1.14%
2002	21,730,496	900	-1.81%	1.12%
2003	21,574,326	911	-0.72%	1.22%
2004	21,451,748	921	-0.57%	1.1%
2005	21,319,685	921	-0.62%	0%
2006	21,193,760	932	-0.59%	1.19%
2007	20,882,982	821	-1.47%	-11.9%
2008	20,537,875	824	-1.65%	0.37%
2009	20,367,487	826	-0.83%	0.24%
2010	20,246,871	829	-0.59%	0.36%
2011	20,147,528	832	-0.49%	0.36%
2012	20,058,035	836	-0.44%	0.48%
2013	19,983,693	839	-0.37%	0.36%
2014	19,908,979	842	-0.37%	0.36%
2015	19,815,616	1,000	-0.47%	18.8%
2016	19,702,267	-	-0.57%	0%
2017	19,588,715	1,000	-0.58%	0%
2018	19,473,970	-	-0.59%	0%
2019	19,371,648	1,000	-0.53%	0%
2020	19,265,250	987	-0.55%	-1.29%
2021	19,122,059	970	-0.74%	-1.68%
2022	19,048,502	944	-0.38%	-2.66%
2023	19,059,479	922	0.06%	-2.34%
2024	19,069,340	933	0.05%	1.2%
2025	18,962,595	939	-0.56%	0.59%
2026	18,854,232	952	-0.57%	1.37%
2027	18,744,883	974	-0.58%	2.32%
2028	18,634,894	985	-0.59%	1.13%
2029	18,523,736	983	-0.6%	-0.19%
2030	18,411,878	976	-0.6%	-0.75%
2031	18,299,820	968	-0.61%	-0.75%
2032	18,187,406	968	-0.61%	0%
2033	18,074,282	988	-0.62%	2.09%
2034	17,960,330	992	-0.63%	0.37%
2035	17,845,182	1,000	-0.64%	0.74%
2036	17,728,480	998	-0.65%	-0.18%
2037	17,611,384	1,003	-0.66%	0.55%
2038	17,493,684	1,022	-0.67%	1.83%
2039	17,375,991	1,060	-0.67%	3.78%
2040	17,258,810	1,095	-0.67%	3.3%
2041	17,140,535	1,127	-0.69%	2.86%
2042	17,022,168	1,149	-0.69%	1.96%
2043	16,904,427	1,169	-0.69%	1.76%
2044	16,786,029	1,186	-0.7%	1.42%
2045	16,667,734	1,209	-0.7%	2.02%
2046	16,550,066	1,224	-0.71%	1.22%
2047	16,431,566	1,248	-0.72%	1.95%
2048	16,312,099	1,272	-0.73%	1.92%
2049	16,192,424	1,296	-0.73%	1.88%
2050	16,072,989	1,325	-0.74%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.