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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Vietnam	Romania	Vietnam
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	19,059,479	100,352,192	0.06%	0.67%
2024	19,069,340	100,987,686	0.05%	0.63%
2025	18,962,595	101,598,531	-0.56%	0.6%
2026	18,854,232	102,177,434	-0.57%	0.57%
2027	18,744,883	102,727,392	-0.58%	0.54%
2028	18,634,894	103,255,746	-0.59%	0.51%
2029	18,523,736	103,761,151	-0.6%	0.49%
2030	18,411,878	104,254,900	-0.6%	0.48%
2031	18,299,820	104,737,913	-0.61%	0.46%
2032	18,187,406	105,204,401	-0.61%	0.45%
2033	18,074,282	105,656,307	-0.62%	0.43%
2034	17,960,330	106,097,515	-0.63%	0.42%
2035	17,845,182	106,530,671	-0.64%	0.41%
2036	17,728,480	106,945,842	-0.65%	0.39%
2037	17,611,384	107,346,046	-0.66%	0.37%
2038	17,493,684	107,732,019	-0.67%	0.36%
2039	17,375,991	108,097,653	-0.67%	0.34%
2040	17,258,810	108,437,634	-0.67%	0.31%
2041	17,140,535	108,752,199	-0.69%	0.29%
2042	17,022,168	109,040,314	-0.69%	0.26%
2043	16,904,427	109,292,559	-0.69%	0.23%
2044	16,786,029	109,506,274	-0.7%	0.2%
2045	16,667,734	109,685,396	-0.7%	0.16%
2046	16,550,066	109,827,664	-0.71%	0.13%
2047	16,431,566	109,930,243	-0.72%	0.09%
2048	16,312,099	109,994,024	-0.73%	0.06%
2049	16,192,424	110,018,017	-0.73%	0.02%
2050	16,072,989	110,008,910	-0.74%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.