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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Zambia	Romania	Zambia
1960	18,406,905	3,153,729	-	-
1961	18,555,250	3,254,086	0.81%	3.18%
1962	18,676,550	3,358,099	0.65%	3.2%
1963	18,797,850	3,465,907	0.65%	3.21%
1964	18,919,126	3,577,017	0.65%	3.21%
1965	19,031,576	3,692,086	0.59%	3.22%
1966	19,215,450	3,812,003	0.97%	3.25%
1967	19,534,242	3,936,343	1.66%	3.26%
1968	19,799,831	4,065,593	1.36%	3.28%
1969	20,009,141	4,197,116	1.06%	3.24%
1970	20,250,398	4,321,718	1.21%	2.97%
1971	20,461,567	4,442,525	1.04%	2.8%
1972	20,657,957	4,569,309	0.96%	2.85%
1973	20,835,681	4,702,693	0.86%	2.92%
1974	21,029,429	4,842,746	0.93%	2.98%
1975	21,293,583	4,990,086	1.26%	3.04%
1976	21,551,634	5,143,842	1.21%	3.08%
1977	21,756,096	5,302,480	0.95%	3.08%
1978	21,951,464	5,465,374	0.9%	3.07%
1979	22,090,488	5,631,728	0.63%	3.04%
1980	22,207,282	5,802,833	0.53%	3.04%
1981	22,353,070	5,983,289	0.66%	3.11%
1982	22,475,741	6,178,637	0.55%	3.26%
1983	22,560,478	6,381,038	0.38%	3.28%
1984	22,640,547	6,580,490	0.35%	3.13%
1985	22,732,999	6,780,953	0.41%	3.05%
1986	22,836,841	6,986,471	0.46%	3.03%
1987	22,949,430	7,191,282	0.49%	2.93%
1988	23,057,662	7,391,440	0.47%	2.78%
1989	23,161,458	7,589,216	0.45%	2.68%
1990	23,201,835	7,786,169	0.17%	2.6%
1991	23,001,155	7,981,650	-0.86%	2.51%
1992	22,794,284	8,176,680	-0.9%	2.44%
1993	22,763,280	8,373,921	-0.14%	2.41%
1994	22,730,211	8,576,269	-0.15%	2.42%
1995	22,684,270	8,785,763	-0.2%	2.44%
1996	22,619,004	9,004,053	-0.29%	2.48%
1997	22,553,978	9,237,063	-0.29%	2.59%
1998	22,507,344	9,482,408	-0.21%	2.66%
1999	22,472,040	9,740,005	-0.16%	2.72%
2000	22,442,971	10,017,631	-0.13%	2.85%
2001	22,131,970	10,325,185	-1.39%	3.07%
2002	21,730,496	10,647,949	-1.81%	3.13%
2003	21,574,326	10,983,595	-0.72%	3.15%
2004	21,451,748	11,338,198	-0.57%	3.23%
2005	21,319,685	11,718,819	-0.62%	3.36%
2006	21,193,760	12,129,553	-0.59%	3.5%
2007	20,882,982	12,565,085	-1.47%	3.59%
2008	20,537,875	13,021,324	-1.65%	3.63%
2009	20,367,487	13,490,389	-0.83%	3.6%
2010	20,246,871	13,965,594	-0.59%	3.52%
2011	20,147,528	14,437,796	-0.49%	3.38%
2012	20,058,035	14,913,629	-0.44%	3.3%
2013	19,983,693	15,398,997	-0.37%	3.25%
2014	19,908,979	15,895,315	-0.37%	3.22%
2015	19,815,616	16,399,089	-0.47%	3.17%
2016	19,702,267	16,914,423	-0.57%	3.14%
2017	19,588,715	17,441,320	-0.58%	3.12%
2018	19,473,970	17,973,569	-0.59%	3.05%
2019	19,371,648	18,513,839	-0.53%	3.01%
2020	19,265,250	19,059,395	-0.55%	2.95%
2021	19,122,059	19,603,607	-0.74%	2.86%
2022	19,048,502	20,152,938	-0.38%	2.8%
2023	19,059,479	20,723,965	0.06%	2.83%
2024	19,069,340	21,314,956	0.05%	2.85%
2025	18,962,595	21,913,869	-0.56%	2.81%
2026	18,854,232	22,521,905	-0.57%	2.77%
2027	18,744,883	23,138,716	-0.58%	2.74%
2028	18,634,894	23,761,368	-0.59%	2.69%
2029	18,523,736	24,389,681	-0.6%	2.64%
2030	18,411,878	25,024,887	-0.6%	2.6%
2031	18,299,820	25,666,496	-0.61%	2.56%
2032	18,187,406	26,311,946	-0.61%	2.51%
2033	18,074,282	26,960,073	-0.62%	2.46%
2034	17,960,330	27,611,621	-0.63%	2.42%
2035	17,845,182	28,266,887	-0.64%	2.37%
2036	17,728,480	28,925,103	-0.65%	2.33%
2037	17,611,384	29,583,482	-0.66%	2.28%
2038	17,493,684	30,240,549	-0.67%	2.22%
2039	17,375,991	30,895,586	-0.67%	2.17%
2040	17,258,810	31,550,394	-0.67%	2.12%
2041	17,140,535	32,204,340	-0.69%	2.07%
2042	17,022,168	32,856,596	-0.69%	2.03%
2043	16,904,427	33,510,500	-0.69%	1.99%
2044	16,786,029	34,165,920	-0.7%	1.96%
2045	16,667,734	34,821,101	-0.7%	1.92%
2046	16,550,066	35,475,795	-0.71%	1.88%
2047	16,431,566	36,129,270	-0.72%	1.84%
2048	16,312,099	36,782,260	-0.73%	1.81%
2049	16,192,424	37,434,667	-0.73%	1.77%
2050	16,072,989	38,083,369	-0.74%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Romania decreased by 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Romania lost -853,021 (a 4.3% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Romania was ranked 50th most populous country in 2005 and is 69th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.