The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,051,804 in 2024 vs 28,405,543 people in Venezuela in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,836,893 people compared to 28,635,082 in Venezuela.
Population statistics:
- Venezuela's population is 1.52 times bigger than Romania's.
- Romania is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while Venezuela is the 54th.
- The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.23% for Romania vs 0.35% for Venezuela.
- For the last 10 years, Romania has had an average growth rate of -0.43% per year vs -0.46% in Venezuela.
- Since 2006, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.2M people to 18.8M (11.1% decline), while Venezuela has grown from 27.2M to 28.6M (5.18% growth).
- Venezuela is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 31.2M people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.
Romania vs Venezuela: live population counter
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| Current population |
18836893
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28635082
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 54/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.35% |
| One net population change |
56.8 minutes
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5.02 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.45 minutes
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1.23 minutes
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| One death every |
2.17 minutes
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2.46 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
18.5 minutes
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4.99 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -28,466 | -105,297 |
| Daily growth/decline | -25 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | -9,258 | +104,689 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +0.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 170/197 | 143/197 |
Romania and Venezuela: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 18,406,905 | 8,160,090 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,555,250 | 8,455,915 | 0.81% | 3.63% |
| 1962 | 18,676,550 | 8,756,870 | 0.65% | 3.56% |
| 1963 | 18,797,850 | 9,064,021 | 0.65% | 3.51% |
| 1964 | 18,919,126 | 9,377,712 | 0.65% | 3.46% |
| 1965 | 19,031,576 | 9,697,790 | 0.59% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 19,215,450 | 10,024,854 | 0.97% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 19,534,242 | 10,358,513 | 1.66% | 3.33% |
| 1968 | 19,799,831 | 10,697,530 | 1.36% | 3.27% |
| 1969 | 20,009,141 | 11,040,280 | 1.06% | 3.2% |
| 1970 | 20,250,398 | 11,387,790 | 1.21% | 3.15% |
| 1971 | 20,461,567 | 11,741,008 | 1.04% | 3.1% |
| 1972 | 20,657,957 | 12,099,180 | 0.96% | 3.05% |
| 1973 | 20,835,681 | 12,463,537 | 0.86% | 3.01% |
| 1974 | 21,029,429 | 12,835,351 | 0.93% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 21,293,583 | 13,215,892 | 1.26% | 2.96% |
| 1976 | 21,551,634 | 13,606,284 | 1.21% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 21,756,096 | 14,006,812 | 0.95% | 2.94% |
| 1978 | 21,951,464 | 14,416,684 | 0.9% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 22,090,488 | 14,834,552 | 0.63% | 2.9% |
| 1980 | 22,207,282 | 15,258,218 | 0.53% | 2.86% |
| 1981 | 22,353,070 | 15,687,297 | 0.66% | 2.81% |
| 1982 | 22,475,741 | 16,121,874 | 0.55% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 22,560,478 | 16,562,205 | 0.38% | 2.73% |
| 1984 | 22,640,547 | 17,008,841 | 0.35% | 2.7% |
| 1985 | 22,732,999 | 17,461,434 | 0.41% | 2.66% |
| 1986 | 22,836,841 | 17,923,536 | 0.46% | 2.65% |
| 1987 | 22,949,430 | 18,394,963 | 0.49% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 23,057,662 | 18,871,020 | 0.47% | 2.59% |
| 1989 | 23,161,458 | 19,348,921 | 0.45% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 23,201,835 | 19,827,010 | 0.17% | 2.47% |
| 1991 | 23,001,155 | 20,304,896 | -0.86% | 2.41% |
| 1992 | 22,794,284 | 20,780,948 | -0.9% | 2.34% |
| 1993 | 22,763,280 | 21,254,520 | -0.14% | 2.28% |
| 1994 | 22,730,211 | 21,725,188 | -0.15% | 2.21% |
| 1995 | 22,684,270 | 22,193,821 | -0.2% | 2.16% |
| 1996 | 22,619,004 | 22,662,113 | -0.29% | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 22,553,978 | 23,131,685 | -0.29% | 2.07% |
| 1998 | 22,507,344 | 23,601,337 | -0.21% | 2.03% |
| 1999 | 22,472,040 | 24,066,593 | -0.16% | 1.97% |
| 2000 | 22,442,971 | 24,526,708 | -0.13% | 1.91% |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 | 24,979,922 | -1.39% | 1.85% |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 | 25,435,671 | -1.81% | 1.82% |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 | 25,892,703 | -0.72% | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 | 26,340,838 | -0.57% | 1.73% |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 | 26,785,804 | -0.62% | 1.69% |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 | 27,224,686 | -0.59% | 1.64% |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 | 27,649,363 | -1.47% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 | 28,053,696 | -1.65% | 1.46% |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 | 28,438,298 | -0.83% | 1.37% |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 | 28,813,101 | -0.59% | 1.32% |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 | 29,185,212 | -0.49% | 1.29% |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 | 29,553,826 | -0.44% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 | 29,912,198 | -0.37% | 1.21% |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 | 30,254,079 | -0.37% | 1.14% |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 | 30,573,972 | -0.47% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 | 30,765,720 | -0.57% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 | 30,565,323 | -0.58% | -0.65% |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 | 29,807,592 | -0.59% | -2.48% |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 | 28,938,098 | -0.53% | -2.92% |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 | 28,444,077 | -0.55% | -1.71% |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 | 28,237,826 | -0.74% | -0.73% |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 | 28,213,017 | -0.38% | -0.09% |
| 2023 | 19,061,062 | 28,300,854 | 0.07% | 0.31% |
| 2024 | 19,051,804 | 28,405,543 | -0.05% | 0.37% |
| 2025 | 18,945,157 | 28,516,898 | -0.56% | 0.39% |
| 2026 | 18,836,893 | 28,633,718 | -0.57% | 0.41% |
| 2027 | 18,727,645 | 28,758,565 | -0.58% | 0.44% |
| 2028 | 18,617,757 | 28,885,166 | -0.59% | 0.44% |
| 2029 | 18,506,702 | 29,014,444 | -0.6% | 0.45% |
| 2030 | 18,394,947 | 29,151,809 | -0.6% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 18,282,991 | 29,295,744 | -0.61% | 0.49% |
| 2032 | 18,170,681 | 29,442,534 | -0.61% | 0.5% |
| 2033 | 18,057,661 | 29,587,099 | -0.62% | 0.49% |
| 2034 | 17,943,814 | 29,735,159 | -0.63% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 17,828,772 | 29,883,329 | -0.64% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 17,712,177 | 30,020,167 | -0.65% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 17,595,189 | 30,146,546 | -0.66% | 0.42% |
| 2038 | 17,477,597 | 30,268,328 | -0.67% | 0.4% |
| 2039 | 17,360,012 | 30,386,284 | -0.67% | 0.39% |
| 2040 | 17,242,939 | 30,495,445 | -0.67% | 0.36% |
| 2041 | 17,124,773 | 30,590,207 | -0.69% | 0.31% |
| 2042 | 17,006,515 | 30,674,532 | -0.69% | 0.28% |
| 2043 | 16,888,882 | 30,749,671 | -0.69% | 0.24% |
| 2044 | 16,770,593 | 30,813,805 | -0.7% | 0.21% |
| 2045 | 16,652,406 | 30,871,490 | -0.7% | 0.19% |
| 2046 | 16,534,847 | 30,923,463 | -0.71% | 0.17% |
| 2047 | 16,416,456 | 30,974,366 | -0.72% | 0.16% |
| 2048 | 16,297,099 | 31,021,600 | -0.73% | 0.15% |
| 2049 | 16,177,534 | 31,059,954 | -0.73% | 0.12% |
| 2050 | 16,058,209 | 31,094,884 | -0.74% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).
Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.
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 |
| Caracas | 2.25M |
| Maracaibo | 1.55M |
| Valencia | 1.48M |
| Maracay | 1.1M |
| Barquisimeto | 1.06M |
| Barinas | 874K |
| Maturin | 753K |
| Ciudad Guayana | 751K |
| Catia La Mar | 662K |
| Ciudad Bolivar | 568K |
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Population differences between Romania and Venezuela
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman |
| Population density | 214.5 ppl/mi² | 83.4 ppl/mi² |
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