Population of Romania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	18 Mar 2024

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The current population of Romania is 18,987,264 as of October 05, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Romania is projected at 19,618,996, or 19.62 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Romania is projected at 19,892,812, or 19.89 million people, for the year 2023.

Romania is the ninth-most populous country in Europe and is in the 66th 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	16,392,971	222,031	1.354	0.66
1951	16,503,987	16,612,734	217,494	1.309	0.65
1952	16,721,481	16,828,585	214,208	1.273	0.65
1953	16,935,689	17,041,122	210,866	1.237	0.65
1954	17,146,555	17,250,994	208,877	1.211	0.64
1955	17,355,432	17,455,291	199,719	1.144	0.64
1956	17,555,151	17,668,031	225,759	1.278	0.63
1957	17,780,910	17,884,928	208,035	1.163	0.63
1958	17,988,945	18,089,945	201,999	1.117	0.62
1959	18,190,944	18,282,518	183,148	1.002	0.62
1960	18,374,092	18,458,008	167,833	0.909	0.61
1961	18,541,925	18,622,911	161,971	0.870	0.61
1962	18,703,896	18,770,327	132,863	0.708	0.60
1963	18,836,759	18,895,142	116,765	0.618	0.59
1964	18,953,524	19,010,052	113,055	0.595	0.58
1965	19,066,579	19,117,072	100,987	0.528	0.57
1966	19,167,566	19,221,483	107,834	0.561	0.56
1967	19,275,400	19,348,536	146,271	0.756	0.56
1968	19,421,671	19,515,298	187,253	0.960	0.55
1969	19,608,924	19,711,721	205,595	1.043	0.54
1970	19,814,519	19,922,618	216,197	1.085	0.54
1971	20,030,716	20,145,244	229,055	1.137	0.53
1972	20,259,771	20,382,169	244,797	1.201	0.53
1973	20,504,568	20,628,252	247,369	1.199	0.53
1974	20,751,937	20,889,661	275,447	1.319	0.52
1975	21,027,384	21,167,265	279,762	1.322	0.52
1976	21,307,146	21,449,635	284,977	1.329	0.52
1977	21,592,123	21,678,700	173,155	0.799	0.51
1978	21,765,278	21,844,026	157,496	0.721	0.51
1979	21,922,774	21,993,493	141,438	0.643	0.50
1980	22,064,212	22,125,224	122,023	0.552	0.50
1981	22,186,235	22,237,470	102,471	0.461	0.49
1982	22,288,706	22,331,065	84,717	0.379	0.48
1983	22,373,423	22,403,762	60,678	0.271	0.48
1984	22,434,101	22,465,037	61,872	0.275	0.47
1985	22,495,973	22,525,363	58,780	0.261	0.46
1986	22,554,753	22,587,322	65,138	0.288	0.46
1987	22,619,891	22,653,807	67,833	0.299	0.45
1988	22,687,724	22,719,093	62,739	0.276	0.44
1989	22,750,463	22,788,040	75,155	0.330	0.44
1990	22,825,618	22,836,234	21,232	0.093	0.43
1991	22,846,850	22,842,482	-8,735	-0.038	0.42
1992	22,838,115	22,800,963	-74,304	-0.326	0.42
1993	22,763,811	22,721,656	-84,310	-0.371	0.41
1994	22,679,501	22,632,776	-93,450	-0.413	0.40
1995	22,586,051	22,533,134	-105,834	-0.470	0.39
1996	22,480,217	22,417,869	-124,697	-0.556	0.38
1997	22,355,520	22,289,535	-131,970	-0.592	0.38
1998	22,223,550	22,161,242	-124,616	-0.562	0.37
1999	22,098,934	22,039,007	-119,853	-0.544	0.36
2000	21,979,081	21,919,876	-118,409	-0.540	0.36
2001	21,860,672	21,797,590	-126,164	-0.579	0.35
2002	21,734,508	21,653,532	-161,952	-0.748	0.34
2003	21,572,556	21,481,320	-182,472	-0.849	0.34
2004	21,390,084	21,289,286	-201,597	-0.947	0.33
2005	21,188,487	21,092,264	-192,447	-0.912	0.32
2006	20,996,040	20,909,401	-173,277	-0.829	0.31
2007	20,822,763	20,744,230	-157,066	-0.757	0.31
2008	20,665,697	20,597,508	-136,378	-0.662	0.30
2009	20,529,319	20,466,318	-126,002	-0.616	0.30
2010	20,403,317	20,335,211	-136,212	-0.670	0.29
2011	20,267,105	20,220,285	-93,640	-0.463	0.29
2012	20,173,465	20,137,118	-72,694	-0.361	0.28
2013	20,100,771	20,066,546	-68,450	-0.341	0.28
2014	20,032,321	19,995,836	-72,971	-0.365	0.27
2015	19,959,350	19,906,079	-106,542	-0.535	0.27
2016	19,852,808	19,797,820	-109,976	-0.555	0.26
2017	19,742,832	19,698,853	-87,958	-0.447	0.26
2018	19,654,874	19,606,783	-96,182	-0.491	0.26
2019	19,558,692	19,524,211	-68,962	-0.353	0.25
2020	19,489,730	19,442,038	-95,383	-0.491	0.25
2021	19,394,347	19,328,560	-131,574	-0.681	0.24

Romania population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	19,262,773	19,659,267	792,987	4.034	0.25
2023	20,055,760	19,892,812	-325,896	-1.638	0.25
2024	19,729,864	19,618,996	-221,737	-1.130	0.24
2025	19,508,127	19,424,322	-167,609	-0.863	0.24
2026	19,340,518	19,291,945	-97,146	-0.504	0.23
2027	19,243,372	19,208,482	-69,779	-0.363	0.23
2028	19,173,593	19,144,537	-58,111	-0.304	0.23
2029	19,115,482	19,085,238	-60,487	-0.317	0.23
2030	19,054,995	19,023,383	-63,223	-0.332	0.22
2031	18,991,772	18,959,017	-65,510	-0.346	0.22
2032	18,926,262	18,892,250	-68,023	-0.360	0.22
2033	18,858,239	18,823,372	-69,735	-0.370	0.22
2034	18,788,504	18,752,783	-71,442	-0.381	0.21
2035	18,717,062	18,680,470	-73,183	-0.392	0.21
2036	18,643,879	18,606,572	-74,613	-0.401	0.21
2037	18,569,266	18,531,225	-76,082	-0.411	0.21
2038	18,493,184	18,454,237	-77,894	-0.422	0.20
2039	18,415,290	18,375,560	-79,460	-0.432	0.20
2040	18,335,830	18,295,603	-80,455	-0.440	0.20
2041	18,255,375	18,214,523	-81,704	-0.449	0.20
2042	18,173,671	18,132,423	-82,497	-0.455	0.19
2043	18,091,174	18,049,550	-83,248	-0.461	0.19
2044	18,007,926	17,966,025	-83,802	-0.466	0.19
2045	17,924,124	17,882,022	-84,203	-0.471	0.19
2046	17,839,921	17,797,514	-84,814	-0.477	0.19
2047	17,755,107	17,712,699	-84,815	-0.479	0.19
2048	17,670,292	17,627,677	-85,231	-0.484	0.18
2049	17,585,061	17,542,502	-85,117	-0.485	0.18
2050	17,499,944	17,457,213	-85,462	-0.490	0.18
2051	17,414,482	17,371,613	-85,737	-0.494	0.18
2052	17,328,745	17,285,538	-86,413	-0.500	0.18
2053	17,242,332	17,198,605	-87,454	-0.508	0.17
2054	17,154,878	17,110,533	-88,691	-0.518	0.17
2055	17,066,187	17,020,831	-90,712	-0.533	0.17
2056	16,975,475	16,928,728	-93,495	-0.552	0.17
2057	16,881,980	16,834,038	-95,883	-0.570	0.17
2058	16,786,097	16,737,121	-97,952	-0.585	0.17
2059	16,688,145	16,637,911	-100,468	-0.604	0.17
2060	16,587,677	16,536,378	-102,598	-0.620	0.16
2061	16,485,079	16,432,944	-104,270	-0.635	0.16
2062	16,380,809	16,327,810	-105,998	-0.649	0.16
2063	16,274,811	16,221,489	-106,644	-0.657	0.16
2064	16,168,167	16,114,514	-107,306	-0.666	0.16
2065	16,060,861	16,007,279	-107,165	-0.669	0.16
2066	15,953,696	15,900,325	-106,743	-0.671	0.16
2067	15,846,953	15,794,047	-105,813	-0.670	0.15
2068	15,741,140	15,688,825	-104,630	-0.667	0.15
2069	15,636,510	15,585,182	-102,656	-0.659	0.15
2070	15,533,854	15,483,266	-101,176	-0.653	0.15
2071	15,432,678	15,382,747	-99,861	-0.649	0.15
2072	15,332,817	15,283,710	-98,215	-0.643	0.15
2073	15,234,602	15,186,397	-96,411	-0.635	0.15
2074	15,138,191	15,091,066	-94,250	-0.625	0.15
2075	15,043,941	14,998,034	-91,814	-0.612	0.14
2076	14,952,127	14,907,137	-89,981	-0.604	0.14
2077	14,862,146	14,817,960	-88,371	-0.596	0.14
2078	14,773,775	14,730,373	-86,804	-0.589	0.14
2079	14,686,971	14,644,584	-84,774	-0.579	0.14
2080	14,602,197	14,560,803	-82,787	-0.569	0.14
2081	14,519,410	14,478,763	-81,295	-0.561	0.14
2082	14,438,115	14,398,553	-79,124	-0.550	0.14
2083	14,358,991	14,320,054	-77,874	-0.544	0.14
2084	14,281,117	14,242,845	-76,544	-0.537	0.14
2085	14,204,573	14,167,084	-74,979	-0.529	0.14
2086	14,129,594	14,092,969	-73,249	-0.520	0.14
2087	14,056,345	14,020,175	-72,340	-0.516	0.13
2088	13,984,005	13,948,215	-71,580	-0.513	0.13
2089	13,912,425	13,876,861	-71,128	-0.513	0.13
2090	13,841,297	13,806,070	-70,453	-0.510	0.13
2091	13,770,844	13,735,693	-70,301	-0.512	0.13
2092	13,700,543	13,665,399	-70,287	-0.514	0.13
2093	13,630,256	13,595,279	-69,954	-0.515	0.13
2094	13,560,302	13,525,441	-69,722	-0.515	0.13
2095	13,490,580	13,455,669	-69,822	-0.519	0.13
2096	13,420,758	13,385,831	-69,855	-0.522	0.13
2097	13,350,903	13,315,808	-70,190	-0.527	0.13
2098	13,280,713	13,245,556	-70,314	-0.531	0.13
2099	13,210,399	13,175,373	-70,051	-0.532	0.13
2100	13,140,348	13,105,206	-70,284	-0.536	0.13