Population of Romania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Romania is 18,963,221 as of March 21, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Romania is projected at 19,127,774 or 19.128 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Romania is projected at 19,237,691 or 19.238 million people for the year 2020. Romania ranks number 63rd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Romania is ranked 9th among 48 countries in Europe.

Romania's population peaked in 1990 with 23.49 mn people after Romania's population decreased year by year. The Romania population is projected to reach 18.31 million in 2030 and decrease further to 16.26 million in 2050 and 11.88 million by 2100. Romania accounts for 0.24 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.63% of 1954 and is projected to decline at 0.11% by 2100.

Romania was at 29th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 96th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Romania population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	16,236,296	-	-	0.64
1951	16,512,664	276,368	1.70	0.64
1952	16,764,904	252,240	1.53	0.64
1953	17,005,717	240,813	1.44	0.64
1954	17,243,818	238,101	1.40	0.63
1955	17,483,935	240,117	1.39	0.63
1956	17,726,631	242,696	1.39	0.63
1957	17,968,466	241,835	1.36	0.63
1958	18,202,712	234,246	1.30	0.62
1959	18,420,454	217,742	1.20	0.62
1960	18,613,939	193,485	1.05	0.61
1961	18,780,202	166,263	0.89	0.61
1962	18,924,157	143,955	0.77	0.60
1963	19,059,938	135,781	0.72	0.59
1964	19,207,135	147,197	0.77	0.59
1965	19,379,568	172,433	0.90	0.58
1966	19,582,335	202,767	1.05	0.57
1967	19,810,615	228,280	1.17	0.57
1968	20,055,971	245,356	1.24	0.56
1969	20,305,354	249,383	1.24	0.56
1970	20,548,911	243,557	1.20	0.56
1971	20,783,546	234,635	1.14	0.55
1972	21,011,137	227,591	1.10	0.55
1973	21,232,621	221,484	1.05	0.54
1974	21,450,410	217,789	1.03	0.54
1975	21,665,643	215,233	1.00	0.53
1976	21,879,086	213,443	0.99	0.53
1977	22,087,896	208,810	0.95	0.52
1978	22,285,507	197,611	0.89	0.52
1979	22,463,308	177,801	0.80	0.51
1980	22,615,639	152,331	0.68	0.51
1981	22,737,209	121,570	0.54	0.50
1982	22,830,554	93,345	0.41	0.49
1983	22,907,302	76,748	0.34	0.49
1984	22,983,968	76,666	0.33	0.48
1985	23,071,274	87,306	0.38	0.47
1986	23,175,058	103,784	0.45	0.47
1987	23,288,400	113,342	0.49	0.46
1988	23,393,730	105,330	0.45	0.45
1989	23,466,407	72,677	0.31	0.45
1990	23,489,160	22,753	0.10	0.44
1991	23,456,644	-32,516	-0.14	0.43
1992	23,375,822	-80,822	-0.34	0.43
1993	23,256,956	-118,866	-0.51	0.42
1994	23,115,811	-141,145	-0.61	0.41
1995	22,964,754	-151,057	-0.65	0.40
1996	22,805,703	-159,051	-0.69	0.39
1997	22,637,604	-168,099	-0.74	0.38
1998	22,466,286	-171,318	-0.76	0.38
1999	22,298,125	-168,161	-0.75	0.37
2000	22,137,419	-160,706	-0.72	0.36
2001	21,989,350	-148,069	-0.67	0.35
2002	21,853,273	-136,077	-0.62	0.35
2003	21,720,407	-132,866	-0.61	0.34
2004	21,577,885	-142,522	-0.66	0.33
2005	21,417,291	-160,594	-0.74	0.33
2006	21,234,305	-182,986	-0.85	0.32
2007	21,034,189	-200,116	-0.94	0.31
2008	20,829,517	-204,672	-0.97	0.31
2009	20,637,991	-191,526	-0.92	0.30
2010	20,471,864	-166,127	-0.80	0.29
2011	20,336,718	-135,146	-0.66	0.29
2012	20,227,469	-109,249	-0.54	0.28
2013	20,132,776	-94,693	-0.47	0.28
2014	20,035,930	-96,846	-0.48	0.27
2015	19,925,175	-110,755	-0.55	0.27
2016	19,796,285	-128,890	-0.65	0.27
2017	19,653,969	-142,316	-0.72	0.26
2018	19,506,114	-147,855	-0.75	0.26
2019	19,364,557	-141,557	-0.73	0.25

Romania population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	19,237,691	-126,866	-0.66	0.25
2021	19,127,774	-109,917	-0.57	0.24
2022	19,031,335	-96,439	-0.50	0.24
2023	18,944,134	-87,201	-0.46	0.24
2024	18,859,613	-84,521	-0.45	0.23
2025	18,772,912	-86,701	-0.46	0.23
2026	18,682,879	-90,033	-0.48	0.23
2027	18,590,736	-92,143	-0.49	0.22
2028	18,496,696	-94,040	-0.51	0.22
2029	18,401,609	-95,087	-0.51	0.22
2030	18,306,101	-95,508	-0.52	0.21
2031	18,209,879	-96,222	-0.53	0.21
2032	18,112,417	-97,462	-0.54	0.21
2033	18,013,901	-98,516	-0.54	0.21
2034	17,914,581	-99,320	-0.55	0.20
2035	17,814,660	-99,921	-0.56	0.20
2036	17,714,198	-100,462	-0.56	0.20
2037	17,613,140	-101,058	-0.57	0.20
2038	17,511,516	-101,624	-0.58	0.19
2039	17,409,328	-102,188	-0.58	0.19
2040	17,306,600	-102,728	-0.59	0.19
2041	17,203,354	-103,246	-0.60	0.19
2042	17,099,614	-103,740	-0.60	0.18
2043	16,995,491	-104,123	-0.61	0.18
2044	16,891,071	-104,420	-0.61	0.18
2045	16,786,453	-104,618	-0.62	0.18
2046	16,681,661	-104,792	-0.62	0.17
2047	16,576,689	-104,972	-0.63	0.17
2048	16,471,449	-105,240	-0.63	0.17
2049	16,365,842	-105,607	-0.64	0.17
2050	16,259,787	-106,055	-0.65	0.17
2051	16,153,315	-106,472	-0.65	0.17
2052	16,046,462	-106,853	-0.66	0.16
2053	15,939,138	-107,324	-0.67	0.16
2054	15,831,245	-107,893	-0.68	0.16
2055	15,722,751	-108,494	-0.69	0.16
2056	15,613,683	-109,068	-0.69	0.16
2057	15,504,168	-109,515	-0.70	0.15
2058	15,394,362	-109,806	-0.71	0.15
2059	15,284,493	-109,869	-0.71	0.15
2060	15,174,769	-109,724	-0.72	0.15
2061	15,065,298	-109,471	-0.72	0.15
2062	14,956,231	-109,067	-0.72	0.15
2063	14,847,818	-108,413	-0.72	0.14
2064	14,740,356	-107,462	-0.72	0.14
2065	14,634,089	-106,267	-0.72	0.14
2066	14,529,157	-104,932	-0.72	0.14
2067	14,425,670	-103,487	-0.71	0.14
2068	14,323,851	-101,819	-0.71	0.14
2069	14,223,929	-99,922	-0.70	0.14
2070	14,126,069	-97,860	-0.69	0.14
2071	14,030,396	-95,673	-0.68	0.13
2072	13,936,904	-93,492	-0.67	0.13
2073	13,845,519	-91,385	-0.66	0.13
2074	13,756,065	-89,454	-0.65	0.13
2075	13,668,422	-87,643	-0.64	0.13
2076	13,582,549	-85,873	-0.63	0.13
2077	13,498,451	-84,098	-0.62	0.13
2078	13,416,076	-82,375	-0.61	0.13
2079	13,335,379	-80,697	-0.60	0.13
2080	13,256,303	-79,076	-0.59	0.12
2081	13,178,789	-77,514	-0.58	0.12
2082	13,102,765	-76,024	-0.58	0.12
2083	13,028,100	-74,665	-0.57	0.12
2084	12,954,667	-73,433	-0.56	0.12
2085	12,882,345	-72,322	-0.56	0.12
2086	12,811,014	-71,331	-0.55	0.12
2087	12,740,627	-70,387	-0.55	0.12
2088	12,671,148	-69,479	-0.55	0.12
2089	12,602,553	-68,595	-0.54	0.12
2090	12,534,805	-67,748	-0.54	0.12
2091	12,467,818	-66,987	-0.53	0.12
2092	12,401,492	-66,326	-0.53	0.11
2093	12,335,669	-65,823	-0.53	0.11
2094	12,270,209	-65,460	-0.53	0.11
2095	12,204,974	-65,235	-0.53	0.11
2096	12,139,826	-65,148	-0.53	0.11
2097	12,074,649	-65,177	-0.54	0.11
2098	12,009,338	-65,311	-0.54	0.11
2099	11,943,803	-65,535	-0.55	0.11
2100	11,877,964	-65,839	-0.55	0.11