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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Romania	Zimbabwe	Romania	Zimbabwe
1960	18,406,905	3,809,389	-	-
1961	18,555,250	3,930,401	0.81%	3.18%
1962	18,676,550	4,055,959	0.65%	3.19%
1963	18,797,850	4,185,877	0.65%	3.2%
1964	18,919,126	4,320,006	0.65%	3.2%
1965	19,031,576	4,458,462	0.59%	3.2%
1966	19,215,450	4,601,217	0.97%	3.2%
1967	19,534,242	4,748,307	1.66%	3.2%
1968	19,799,831	4,900,440	1.36%	3.2%
1969	20,009,141	5,058,181	1.06%	3.22%
1970	20,250,398	5,215,918	1.21%	3.12%
1971	20,461,567	5,374,712	1.04%	3.04%
1972	20,657,957	5,542,445	0.96%	3.12%
1973	20,835,681	5,720,404	0.86%	3.21%
1974	21,029,429	5,908,328	0.93%	3.29%
1975	21,293,583	6,098,658	1.26%	3.22%
1976	21,551,634	6,287,105	1.21%	3.09%
1977	21,756,096	6,449,512	0.95%	2.58%
1978	21,951,464	6,543,575	0.9%	1.46%
1979	22,090,488	6,647,556	0.63%	1.59%
1980	22,207,282	7,041,303	0.53%	5.92%
1981	22,353,070	7,498,635	0.66%	6.49%
1982	22,475,741	7,796,496	0.55%	3.97%
1983	22,560,478	8,098,404	0.38%	3.87%
1984	22,640,547	8,391,488	0.35%	3.62%
1985	22,732,999	8,686,813	0.41%	3.52%
1986	22,836,841	8,982,578	0.46%	3.4%
1987	22,949,430	9,284,644	0.49%	3.36%
1988	23,057,662	9,583,094	0.47%	3.21%
1989	23,161,458	9,864,798	0.45%	2.94%
1990	23,201,835	10,137,281	0.17%	2.76%
1991	23,001,155	10,404,816	-0.86%	2.64%
1992	22,794,284	10,702,700	-0.9%	2.86%
1993	22,763,280	10,860,288	-0.14%	1.47%
1994	22,730,211	10,873,148	-0.15%	0.12%
1995	22,684,270	10,974,599	-0.2%	0.93%
1996	22,619,004	11,158,360	-0.29%	1.67%
1997	22,553,978	11,369,827	-0.29%	1.9%
1998	22,507,344	11,594,297	-0.21%	1.97%
1999	22,472,040	11,783,458	-0.16%	1.63%
2000	22,442,971	11,892,055	-0.13%	0.92%
2001	22,131,970	11,971,901	-1.39%	0.67%
2002	21,730,496	12,087,653	-1.81%	0.97%
2003	21,574,326	12,232,323	-0.72%	1.2%
2004	21,451,748	12,365,896	-0.57%	1.09%
2005	21,319,685	12,483,432	-0.62%	0.95%
2006	21,193,760	12,636,445	-0.59%	1.23%
2007	20,882,982	12,804,058	-1.47%	1.33%
2008	20,537,875	12,959,149	-1.65%	1.21%
2009	20,367,487	13,142,790	-0.83%	1.42%
2010	20,246,871	13,356,548	-0.59%	1.63%
2011	20,147,528	13,595,424	-0.49%	1.79%
2012	20,058,035	13,817,887	-0.44%	1.64%
2013	19,983,693	14,013,808	-0.37%	1.42%
2014	19,908,979	14,207,359	-0.37%	1.38%
2015	19,815,616	14,399,013	-0.47%	1.35%
2016	19,702,267	14,600,294	-0.57%	1.4%
2017	19,588,715	14,812,482	-0.58%	1.45%
2018	19,473,970	15,034,452	-0.59%	1.5%
2019	19,371,648	15,271,368	-0.53%	1.58%
2020	19,265,250	15,526,888	-0.55%	1.67%
2021	19,122,059	15,797,210	-0.74%	1.74%
2022	19,048,502	16,069,056	-0.38%	1.72%
2023	19,061,062	16,340,822	0.07%	1.69%
2024	19,051,804	16,634,373	-0.05%	1.8%
2025	18,945,157	16,950,805	-0.56%	1.9%
2026	18,836,893	17,273,591	-0.57%	1.9%
2027	18,727,645	17,600,621	-0.58%	1.89%
2028	18,617,757	17,932,015	-0.59%	1.88%
2029	18,506,702	18,268,967	-0.6%	1.88%
2030	18,394,947	18,610,356	-0.6%	1.87%
2031	18,282,991	18,956,207	-0.61%	1.86%
2032	18,170,681	19,311,368	-0.61%	1.87%
2033	18,057,661	19,675,929	-0.62%	1.89%
2034	17,943,814	20,041,125	-0.63%	1.86%
2035	17,828,772	20,409,159	-0.64%	1.84%
2036	17,712,177	20,778,662	-0.65%	1.81%
2037	17,595,189	21,144,748	-0.66%	1.76%
2038	17,477,597	21,512,919	-0.67%	1.74%
2039	17,360,012	21,881,123	-0.67%	1.71%
2040	17,242,939	22,250,123	-0.67%	1.69%
2041	17,124,773	22,627,428	-0.69%	1.7%
2042	17,006,515	23,000,906	-0.69%	1.65%
2043	16,888,882	23,371,301	-0.69%	1.61%
2044	16,770,593	23,740,630	-0.7%	1.58%
2045	16,652,406	24,102,391	-0.7%	1.52%
2046	16,534,847	24,462,491	-0.71%	1.49%
2047	16,416,456	24,816,449	-0.72%	1.45%
2048	16,297,099	25,168,419	-0.73%	1.42%
2049	16,177,534	25,518,513	-0.73%	1.39%
2050	16,058,209	25,866,397	-0.74%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Romania decreased by 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Romania lost -865,374 (a 4.39% decline), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Romania was ranked 51st most populous country in 2006 and is 70th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.