Demographics of Romania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Dec 2024

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As of 2024, the population of Romania is projected at 19.02 million, compared to 19.12 million in 2023. It is the ninth-most populous country in Europe, and the 67th most populous country in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at -0.56 percent, the 209th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 9.21 million males and 9.81 million females in Romania. The percentage of the male population is 48.43%, compared to 51.57% of the female population. Romania has 596k more females than males. The sex ratio in Romania in 2024 will be 93.925 males per 100 females. Romania is in the 44th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Romania population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	7,882,783	8,514,496	16,397,279	1.41	92.581
1955	8,446,029	9,029,239	17,475,268	1.19	93.541
1960	8,893,640	9,419,854	18,313,495	0.65	94.414
1965	9,107,579	9,605,475	18,713,054	0.27	94.817
1970	9,733,301	10,278,323	20,011,625	1.47	94.697
1975	10,302,710	10,965,361	21,268,070	1.08	93.957
1980	10,741,480	11,413,290	22,154,771	0.57	94.114
1985	10,969,615	11,636,205	22,605,820	0.31	94.271
1990	11,123,285	11,816,245	22,939,530	0.11	94.136
1995	10,948,365	11,709,358	22,657,723	-0.47	93.501
2000	10,589,881	11,456,380	22,046,262	-0.55	92.437
2005	10,195,661	11,017,727	21,213,388	-0.87	92.539
2010	9,847,710	10,584,864	20,432,574	-0.73	93.036
2015	9,604,635	10,266,385	19,871,019	-0.50	93.554
2020	9,395,409	9,997,059	19,392,469	-0.62	93.982
2021	9,324,761	9,923,400	19,248,161	-0.87	93.967
2022	9,283,331	9,883,442	19,166,772	0.02	93.928
2023	9,260,257	9,858,221	19,118,479	-0.53	93.934
2024	9,209,716	9,805,372	19,015,088	-0.56	93.925
2025	9,157,752	9,750,898	18,908,650	-0.57	93.917

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	60.508	25.260	3.076
1955	63.251	26.132	3.011
1960	65.606	27.509	2.318
1965	68.386	29.602	1.903
1970	67.930	30.420	2.812
1975	69.599	30.721	2.595
1980	69.249	30.555	2.435
1985	69.407	31.531	2.309
1990	69.841	32.125	1.837
1995	69.323	33.087	1.337
2000	71.159	33.623	1.303
2005	71.581	35.809	1.394
2010	73.579	38.337	1.574
2015	74.737	40.268	1.621
2020	74.046	41.959	1.726
2021	72.740	42.217	1.718
2022	75.261	42.391	1.717
2023	75.938	42.621	1.713
2024	76.093	42.920	1.711
2025	76.245	43.204	1.709

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Romania death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	194,862	417,257	11.884	25.447
1955	192,970	441,735	11.042	25.278
1960	173,513	348,222	9.475	19.014
1965	158,672	270,385	8.479	14.449
1970	196,974	418,706	9.843	20.923
1975	202,134	422,961	9.504	19.887
1980	237,692	381,606	10.729	17.225
1985	250,630	347,803	11.087	15.386
1990	251,056	315,316	10.944	13.746
1995	273,267	241,445	12.061	10.656
2000	256,413	228,113	11.631	10.347
2005	282,749	229,483	13.329	10.818
2010	252,957	225,478	12.380	11.035
2015	268,849	204,558	13.530	10.294
2020	301,133	193,180	15.528	9.962
2021	336,901	187,162	17.503	9.724
2022	268,224	183,845	13.994	9.592
2023	257,119	183,623	13.449	9.604
2024	257,985	180,942	13.567	9.516
2025	256,801	178,474	13.581	9.439

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Romania
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	4,160,596	12,075,700	25.625
1955	5,353,421	12,130,514	30.619
1960	6,367,667	12,246,272	34.209
1965	7,305,565	12,074,003	37.697
1970	8,285,095	12,263,816	40.319
1975	9,279,580	12,386,063	42.831
1980	10,417,222	12,194,749	46.070
1985	11,468,899	11,634,747	49.641
1990	12,500,412	10,988,961	53.217
1995	12,348,124	10,616,987	53.769
2000	11,728,886	10,399,242	53.004
2005	11,395,702	10,035,316	53.174
2010	11,002,831	9,437,516	53.829
2015	10,711,013	9,165,608	53.887
2020	10,507,365	8,880,997	54.194
2021	10,482,858	8,812,219	54.329
2022	10,463,159	8,739,305	54.489
2023	10,448,074	8,662,243	54.672
2024	10,437,471	8,581,076	54.880

Population
Urbanization

Romania population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	477,230	452,934	930,164	4.89	105.364
05-09	523,899	501,233	1,025,132	5.39	104.522
10-14	527,763	505,307	1,033,070	5.43	104.444
15-19	558,019	535,415	1,093,435	5.75	104.222
20-24	511,161	490,319	1,001,480	5.27	104.251
25-29	511,440	489,632	1,001,072	5.26	104.454
30-34	571,574	541,888	1,113,461	5.86	105.478
35-39	693,802	652,999	1,346,801	7.08	106.249
40-44	660,084	614,857	1,274,941	6.70	107.356
45-49	768,552	740,269	1,508,821	7.93	103.821
50-54	743,780	736,681	1,480,460	7.79	100.964
55-59	679,429	708,027	1,387,457	7.30	95.961
60-64	474,317	545,073	1,019,389	5.36	87.019
65-69	518,098	679,479	1,197,577	6.30	76.249
70-74	435,759	625,688	1,061,447	5.58	69.645
75-79	271,584	428,679	700,263	3.68	63.354
80-84	157,989	293,944	451,933	2.38	53.748
85-89	90,728	191,625	282,354	1.48	47.347
90-94	29,181	61,599	90,781	0.48	47.373
95-99	4,909	9,175	14,084	0.07	53.504
100+	417	548	966	0.01	76.095
Total	9,209,715	9,805,371	19,015,088		93.925

Population pyramid
Gender ratio