Population of Romania

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

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The current population of Romania is 18,958,280 as of January 13, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Romania is projected 19,015,088, or 19.02 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Romania is projected at 19,118,479, or 19.12 million people, for the year 2023.

Romania is the ninth-most populous country in Europe and is in the 67th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Romania population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	16,281,956	16,397,279	230,646	1.407	0.66
1951	16,512,602	16,625,600	225,996	1.359	0.66
1952	16,738,598	16,846,047	214,898	1.276	0.65
1953	16,953,496	17,057,698	208,404	1.222	0.65
1954	17,161,900	17,266,663	209,527	1.213	0.64
1955	17,371,427	17,475,268	207,683	1.188	0.64
1956	17,579,110	17,691,496	224,771	1.271	0.63
1957	17,803,881	17,887,289	166,816	0.933	0.63
1958	17,970,697	18,046,129	150,864	0.836	0.62
1959	18,121,561	18,187,698	132,275	0.727	0.61
1960	18,253,836	18,313,495	119,318	0.652	0.61
1961	18,373,154	18,422,514	98,720	0.536	0.60
1962	18,471,874	18,511,669	79,591	0.430	0.59
1963	18,551,465	18,587,430	71,930	0.387	0.58
1964	18,623,395	18,655,401	64,013	0.343	0.57
1965	18,687,408	18,713,054	51,292	0.274	0.56
1966	18,738,700	18,776,259	75,118	0.400	0.55
1967	18,813,818	18,998,555	369,474	1.945	0.55
1968	19,183,292	19,361,055	355,526	1.836	0.55
1969	19,538,818	19,701,808	325,980	1.655	0.54
1970	19,864,798	20,011,625	293,653	1.467	0.54
1971	20,158,451	20,293,482	270,063	1.331	0.54
1972	20,428,514	20,555,576	254,124	1.236	0.53
1973	20,682,638	20,798,323	231,371	1.112	0.53
1974	20,914,009	21,033,552	239,086	1.137	0.53
1975	21,153,095	21,268,070	229,950	1.081	0.52
1976	21,383,045	21,497,683	229,277	1.067	0.52
1977	21,612,322	21,700,178	175,711	0.810	0.51
1978	21,788,033	21,868,067	160,067	0.732	0.51
1979	21,948,100	22,019,624	143,047	0.650	0.50
1980	22,091,147	22,154,771	127,248	0.574	0.50
1981	22,218,395	22,272,789	108,789	0.488	0.49
1982	22,327,184	22,374,443	94,517	0.422	0.49
1983	22,421,701	22,459,207	75,012	0.334	0.48
1984	22,496,713	22,533,999	74,571	0.331	0.47
1985	22,571,284	22,605,820	69,072	0.306	0.46
1986	22,640,356	22,674,743	68,773	0.303	0.46
1987	22,709,129	22,745,591	72,925	0.321	0.45
1988	22,782,054	22,815,429	66,751	0.293	0.44
1989	22,848,805	22,887,641	77,671	0.339	0.44
1990	22,926,476	22,939,530	26,108	0.114	0.43
1991	22,952,584	22,947,413	-10,341	-0.045	0.42
1992	22,942,243	22,912,393	-59,701	-0.261	0.42
1993	22,882,542	22,842,250	-80,583	-0.353	0.41
1994	22,801,959	22,756,243	-91,433	-0.402	0.40
1995	22,710,526	22,657,723	-105,606	-0.466	0.39
1996	22,604,920	22,541,910	-126,020	-0.559	0.39
1997	22,478,900	22,411,513	-134,775	-0.601	0.38
1998	22,344,125	22,284,900	-118,449	-0.532	0.37
1999	22,225,676	22,166,159	-119,034	-0.537	0.36
2000	22,106,642	22,046,262	-120,761	-0.548	0.36
2001	21,985,881	21,919,917	-131,927	-0.602	0.35
2002	21,853,954	21,770,017	-167,875	-0.771	0.34
2003	21,686,079	21,593,450	-185,257	-0.858	0.34
2004	21,500,822	21,403,217	-195,209	-0.912	0.33
2005	21,305,613	21,213,388	-184,451	-0.870	0.32
2006	21,121,162	21,035,732	-170,859	-0.812	0.32
2007	20,950,303	20,870,716	-159,174	-0.763	0.31
2008	20,791,129	20,718,742	-144,774	-0.699	0.30
2009	20,646,355	20,576,927	-138,857	-0.675	0.30
2010	20,507,498	20,432,574	-149,848	-0.733	0.29
2011	20,357,650	20,282,011	-151,278	-0.746	0.29
2012	20,206,372	20,158,452	-95,839	-0.475	0.28
2013	20,110,533	20,062,921	-95,224	-0.475	0.28
2014	20,015,309	19,968,174	-94,270	-0.472	0.27
2015	19,921,039	19,871,019	-100,039	-0.503	0.27
2016	19,821,000	19,777,051	-87,899	-0.444	0.26
2017	19,733,101	19,689,401	-87,399	-0.444	0.26
2018	19,645,702	19,597,872	-95,660	-0.488	0.25
2019	19,550,042	19,501,542	-97,000	-0.497	0.25
2020	19,453,042	19,392,469	-121,146	-0.625	0.25
2021	19,331,896	19,248,161	-167,470	-0.870	0.24
2022	19,164,426	19,166,772	4,693	0.024	0.24
2023	19,169,119	19,118,479	-101,281	-0.530	0.24

Romania population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	19,067,838	19,015,088	-105,500	-0.555	0.23
2025	18,962,338	18,908,650	-107,375	-0.568	0.23
2026	18,854,963	18,800,605	-108,717	-0.578	0.23
2027	18,746,246	18,691,557	-109,377	-0.585	0.22
2028	18,636,869	18,581,890	-109,958	-0.592	0.22
2029	18,526,911	18,471,048	-111,726	-0.605	0.22
2030	18,415,185	18,359,507	-111,356	-0.607	0.21
2031	18,303,829	18,247,763	-112,132	-0.614	0.21
2032	18,191,697	18,135,675	-112,044	-0.618	0.21
2033	18,079,653	18,022,869	-113,569	-0.630	0.21
2034	17,966,084	17,909,246	-113,676	-0.635	0.20
2035	17,852,408	17,794,417	-115,982	-0.652	0.20
2036	17,736,426	17,678,048	-116,756	-0.660	0.20
2037	17,619,670	17,561,291	-116,758	-0.665	0.20
2038	17,502,912	17,443,921	-117,983	-0.676	0.19
2039	17,384,929	17,326,562	-116,734	-0.674	0.19
2040	17,268,195	17,209,718	-116,954	-0.680	0.19
2041	17,151,241	17,091,782	-118,918	-0.696	0.19
2042	17,032,323	16,973,751	-117,144	-0.690	0.18
2043	16,915,179	16,856,343	-117,671	-0.698	0.18
2044	16,797,508	16,738,280	-118,456	-0.708	0.18
2045	16,679,052	16,620,320	-117,464	-0.707	0.18
2046	16,561,588	16,502,990	-117,195	-0.710	0.17
2047	16,444,393	16,384,828	-119,130	-0.727	0.17
2048	16,325,263	16,265,694	-119,137	-0.732	0.17
2049	16,206,126	16,146,362	-119,528	-0.740	0.17
2050	16,086,598	16,027,266	-118,663	-0.740	0.17
2051	15,967,935	15,907,818	-120,234	-0.756	0.16
2052	15,847,701	15,786,540	-122,322	-0.775	0.16
2053	15,725,379	15,664,523	-121,712	-0.777	0.16
2054	15,603,667	15,541,852	-123,630	-0.795	0.16
2055	15,480,037	15,416,581	-126,913	-0.823	0.16
2056	15,353,124	15,288,921	-128,407	-0.840	0.15
2057	15,224,717	15,160,134	-129,166	-0.852	0.15
2058	15,095,551	15,030,496	-130,111	-0.866	0.15
2059	14,965,440	14,899,677	-131,525	-0.883	0.15
2060	14,833,915	14,768,088	-131,654	-0.891	0.15
2061	14,702,261	14,635,769	-132,984	-0.909	0.15
2062	14,569,277	14,502,743	-133,069	-0.918	0.14
2063	14,436,208	14,370,766	-130,884	-0.911	0.14
2064	14,305,324	14,240,313	-130,023	-0.913	0.14
2065	14,175,301	14,110,664	-129,275	-0.916	0.14
2066	14,046,026	13,983,436	-125,179	-0.895	0.14
2067	13,920,847	13,859,611	-122,473	-0.884	0.14
2068	13,798,374	13,738,885	-118,979	-0.866	0.14
2069	13,679,395	13,620,624	-117,541	-0.863	0.13
2070	13,561,854	13,504,412	-114,885	-0.851	0.13
2071	13,446,969	13,390,697	-112,545	-0.840	0.13
2072	13,334,424	13,279,476	-109,896	-0.828	0.13
2073	13,224,528	13,171,537	-105,983	-0.805	0.13
2074	13,118,545	13,066,168	-104,753	-0.802	0.13
2075	13,013,792	12,962,630	-102,324	-0.789	0.13
2076	12,911,468	12,861,113	-100,710	-0.783	0.13
2077	12,810,758	12,761,159	-99,198	-0.777	0.12
2078	12,711,560	12,662,735	-97,651	-0.771	0.12
2079	12,613,909	12,565,885	-96,049	-0.764	0.12
2080	12,517,860	12,470,346	-95,028	-0.762	0.12
2081	12,422,832	12,376,341	-92,983	-0.751	0.12
2082	12,329,849	12,284,928	-89,842	-0.731	0.12
2083	12,240,007	12,195,340	-89,335	-0.733	0.12
2084	12,150,672	12,106,780	-87,784	-0.725	0.12
2085	12,062,888	12,019,755	-86,266	-0.718	0.12
2086	11,976,622	11,933,497	-86,250	-0.723	0.12
2087	11,890,372	11,848,517	-83,710	-0.707	0.12
2088	11,806,662	11,764,995	-83,335	-0.708	0.11
2089	11,723,327	11,681,726	-83,203	-0.712	0.11
2090	11,640,124	11,598,357	-83,534	-0.720	0.11
2091	11,556,590	11,515,528	-82,124	-0.713	0.11
2092	11,474,466	11,433,199	-82,534	-0.722	0.11
2093	11,391,932	11,350,370	-83,124	-0.732	0.11
2094	11,308,808	11,267,855	-81,905	-0.727	0.11
2095	11,226,903	11,185,525	-82,755	-0.740	0.11
2096	11,144,148	11,102,768	-82,760	-0.745	0.11
2097	11,061,388	11,019,835	-83,106	-0.754	0.11
2098	10,978,282	10,936,475	-83,615	-0.765	0.11
2099	10,894,667	10,852,572	-84,191	-0.776	0.11
2100	10,810,476	10,768,185	-84,582	-0.785	0.11