The latest officially reported population of Romania was 19,051,804 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Romania's population is 18,836,893 people compared to 102,183,444 in Vietnam.
Population statistics:
- Vietnam's population is 5.42 times bigger than Romania's.
- Romania is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
- The countries together account for 1.46% of the world: 0.23% for Romania vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
- For the last 10 years, Romania has had an average growth rate of -0.43% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
- Since 2006, the population of Romania has decreased from 21.2M people to 18.8M (11.1% decline), while Vietnam has grown from 82.2M to 102M (24.4% growth).
- Vietnam is projected to reach its peak in 2049 at 110M 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 Vietnam: live population counter
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| Current population |
18836893
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102183444
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 16/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 1.23% |
| One net population change |
56.8 minutes
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49.6 seconds
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| One birth every |
3.45 minutes
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
2.17 minutes
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47.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
18.5 minutes
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8.81 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -28,466 | -59,645 |
| Daily growth/decline | -25 | +1,741 |
| Annual growth/decline | -9,258 | +635,494 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 170/197 | 124/197 |
Romania and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 18,406,905 | 32,531,933 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,555,250 | 33,409,059 | 0.81% | 2.7% |
| 1962 | 18,676,550 | 34,288,560 | 0.65% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 18,797,850 | 35,249,101 | 0.65% | 2.8% |
| 1964 | 18,919,126 | 36,201,563 | 0.65% | 2.7% |
| 1965 | 19,031,576 | 37,129,656 | 0.59% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 19,215,450 | 38,024,836 | 0.97% | 2.41% |
| 1967 | 19,534,242 | 38,895,080 | 1.66% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 19,799,831 | 39,734,609 | 1.36% | 2.16% |
| 1969 | 20,009,141 | 40,582,096 | 1.06% | 2.13% |
| 1970 | 20,250,398 | 41,475,230 | 1.21% | 2.2% |
| 1971 | 20,461,567 | 42,449,276 | 1.04% | 2.35% |
| 1972 | 20,657,957 | 43,429,168 | 0.96% | 2.31% |
| 1973 | 20,835,681 | 44,409,861 | 0.86% | 2.26% |
| 1974 | 21,029,429 | 45,413,537 | 0.93% | 2.26% |
| 1975 | 21,293,583 | 46,482,903 | 1.26% | 2.35% |
| 1976 | 21,551,634 | 47,684,931 | 1.21% | 2.59% |
| 1977 | 21,756,096 | 48,954,872 | 0.95% | 2.66% |
| 1978 | 21,951,464 | 50,249,552 | 0.9% | 2.64% |
| 1979 | 22,090,488 | 51,378,211 | 0.63% | 2.25% |
| 1980 | 22,207,282 | 52,490,101 | 0.53% | 2.16% |
| 1981 | 22,353,070 | 53,738,141 | 0.66% | 2.38% |
| 1982 | 22,475,741 | 55,011,289 | 0.55% | 2.37% |
| 1983 | 22,560,478 | 56,337,921 | 0.38% | 2.41% |
| 1984 | 22,640,547 | 57,706,067 | 0.35% | 2.43% |
| 1985 | 22,732,999 | 59,060,622 | 0.41% | 2.35% |
| 1986 | 22,836,841 | 60,347,048 | 0.46% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 22,949,430 | 61,584,651 | 0.49% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 23,057,662 | 62,843,228 | 0.47% | 2.04% |
| 1989 | 23,161,458 | 64,147,348 | 0.45% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 23,201,835 | 65,504,552 | 0.17% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 23,001,155 | 66,891,775 | -0.86% | 2.12% |
| 1992 | 22,794,284 | 68,260,337 | -0.9% | 2.05% |
| 1993 | 22,763,280 | 69,586,384 | -0.14% | 1.94% |
| 1994 | 22,730,211 | 70,854,391 | -0.15% | 1.82% |
| 1995 | 22,684,270 | 72,049,940 | -0.2% | 1.69% |
| 1996 | 22,619,004 | 73,156,447 | -0.29% | 1.54% |
| 1997 | 22,553,978 | 74,226,889 | -0.29% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 22,507,344 | 75,299,660 | -0.21% | 1.45% |
| 1999 | 22,472,040 | 76,287,452 | -0.16% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 22,442,971 | 77,154,011 | -0.13% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 | 77,969,361 | -1.39% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 | 78,772,224 | -1.81% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 | 79,563,777 | -0.72% | 1% |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 | 80,338,971 | -0.57% | 0.97% |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 | 81,088,313 | -0.62% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 | 82,167,897 | -0.59% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 | 83,633,375 | -1.47% | 1.78% |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 | 85,175,788 | -1.65% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 | 86,460,018 | -0.83% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 | 87,455,152 | -0.59% | 1.15% |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 | 88,468,314 | -0.49% | 1.16% |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 | 89,510,356 | -0.44% | 1.18% |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 | 90,573,104 | -0.37% | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 | 91,679,578 | -0.37% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 | 92,823,254 | -0.47% | 1.25% |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 | 94,000,117 | -0.57% | 1.27% |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 | 95,176,977 | -0.58% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 | 96,237,319 | -0.59% | 1.11% |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 | 97,173,776 | -0.53% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 | 98,079,191 | -0.55% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 | 98,935,098 | -0.74% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 | 99,680,655 | -0.38% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 19,061,062 | 100,352,192 | 0.07% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 19,051,804 | 100,987,686 | -0.05% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 18,945,157 | 101,598,531 | -0.56% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 18,836,893 | 102,177,434 | -0.57% | 0.57% |
| 2027 | 18,727,645 | 102,727,392 | -0.58% | 0.54% |
| 2028 | 18,617,757 | 103,255,746 | -0.59% | 0.51% |
| 2029 | 18,506,702 | 103,761,151 | -0.6% | 0.49% |
| 2030 | 18,394,947 | 104,254,900 | -0.6% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 18,282,991 | 104,737,913 | -0.61% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 18,170,681 | 105,204,401 | -0.61% | 0.45% |
| 2033 | 18,057,661 | 105,656,307 | -0.62% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 17,943,814 | 106,097,515 | -0.63% | 0.42% |
| 2035 | 17,828,772 | 106,530,671 | -0.64% | 0.41% |
| 2036 | 17,712,177 | 106,945,842 | -0.65% | 0.39% |
| 2037 | 17,595,189 | 107,346,046 | -0.66% | 0.37% |
| 2038 | 17,477,597 | 107,732,019 | -0.67% | 0.36% |
| 2039 | 17,360,012 | 108,097,653 | -0.67% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 17,242,939 | 108,437,634 | -0.67% | 0.31% |
| 2041 | 17,124,773 | 108,752,199 | -0.69% | 0.29% |
| 2042 | 17,006,515 | 109,040,314 | -0.69% | 0.26% |
| 2043 | 16,888,882 | 109,292,559 | -0.69% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 16,770,593 | 109,506,274 | -0.7% | 0.2% |
| 2045 | 16,652,406 | 109,685,396 | -0.7% | 0.16% |
| 2046 | 16,534,847 | 109,827,664 | -0.71% | 0.13% |
| 2047 | 16,416,456 | 109,930,243 | -0.72% | 0.09% |
| 2048 | 16,297,099 | 109,994,024 | -0.73% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 16,177,534 | 110,018,017 | -0.73% | 0.02% |
| 2050 | 16,058,209 | 110,008,910 | -0.74% | -0.008% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).
Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.
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Population differences between Romania and Vietnam
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 75 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 34.6 years |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 33.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49:51 |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 214.5 ppl/mi² | 835 ppl/mi² |
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