Population of Romania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Feb 2025

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The current population of Romania is 18,940,509 as of March 16, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Romania is projected at 18,908,650, or 18.91 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Romania is projected at 19,015,088, or 19.02 million people, for the year 2024.

Romania is the ninth-most populous country in Europe and is in the 69th 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	0.658
1951	16,512,602	16,625,600	225,996	1.359	0.655
1952	16,738,598	16,846,047	214,898	1.276	0.652
1953	16,953,496	17,057,698	208,404	1.222	0.648
1954	17,161,900	17,266,663	209,527	1.213	0.643
1955	17,371,427	17,475,268	207,683	1.188	0.638
1956	17,579,110	17,691,496	224,771	1.271	0.633
1957	17,803,881	17,887,289	166,816	0.933	0.627
1958	17,970,697	18,046,129	150,864	0.836	0.620
1959	18,121,561	18,187,698	132,275	0.727	0.613
1960	18,253,836	18,313,495	119,318	0.652	0.607
1961	18,373,154	18,422,514	98,720	0.536	0.601
1962	18,471,874	18,511,669	79,591	0.430	0.593
1963	18,551,465	18,587,430	71,930	0.387	0.582
1964	18,623,395	18,655,401	64,013	0.343	0.571
1965	18,687,408	18,713,054	51,292	0.274	0.561
1966	18,738,700	18,776,259	75,118	0.400	0.552
1967	18,813,818	18,998,555	369,474	1.945	0.547
1968	19,183,292	19,361,055	355,526	1.836	0.546
1969	19,538,818	19,701,808	325,980	1.655	0.544
1970	19,864,798	20,011,625	293,653	1.467	0.542
1971	20,158,451	20,293,482	270,063	1.331	0.538
1972	20,428,514	20,555,576	254,124	1.236	0.535
1973	20,682,638	20,798,323	231,371	1.112	0.530
1974	20,914,009	21,033,552	239,086	1.137	0.526
1975	21,153,095	21,268,070	229,950	1.081	0.522
1976	21,383,045	21,497,683	229,277	1.067	0.519
1977	21,612,322	21,700,178	175,711	0.810	0.514
1978	21,788,033	21,868,067	160,067	0.732	0.509
1979	21,948,100	22,019,624	143,047	0.650	0.504
1980	22,091,147	22,154,771	127,248	0.574	0.498
1981	22,218,395	22,272,789	108,789	0.488	0.492
1982	22,327,184	22,374,443	94,517	0.422	0.485
1983	22,421,701	22,459,207	75,012	0.334	0.478
1984	22,496,713	22,533,999	74,571	0.331	0.471
1985	22,571,284	22,605,820	69,072	0.306	0.464
1986	22,640,356	22,674,743	68,773	0.303	0.457
1987	22,709,129	22,745,591	72,925	0.321	0.450
1988	22,782,054	22,815,429	66,751	0.293	0.444
1989	22,848,805	22,887,641	77,671	0.339	0.437
1990	22,926,476	22,939,530	26,108	0.114	0.431
1991	22,952,584	22,947,413	-10,341	-0.045	0.423
1992	22,942,243	22,912,393	-59,701	-0.261	0.416
1993	22,882,542	22,842,250	-80,583	-0.353	0.409
1994	22,801,959	22,756,243	-91,433	-0.402	0.401
1995	22,710,526	22,657,723	-105,606	-0.466	0.393
1996	22,604,920	22,541,910	-126,020	-0.559	0.386
1997	22,478,900	22,411,513	-134,775	-0.601	0.378
1998	22,344,125	22,284,900	-118,449	-0.532	0.371
1999	22,225,676	22,166,159	-119,034	-0.537	0.364
2000	22,106,642	22,046,262	-120,761	-0.548	0.357
2001	21,985,881	21,919,917	-131,927	-0.602	0.350
2002	21,853,954	21,770,017	-167,875	-0.771	0.343
2003	21,686,079	21,593,450	-185,257	-0.858	0.336
2004	21,500,822	21,403,217	-195,209	-0.912	0.329
2005	21,305,613	21,213,388	-184,451	-0.870	0.322
2006	21,121,162	21,035,732	-170,859	-0.812	0.315
2007	20,950,303	20,870,716	-159,174	-0.763	0.309
2008	20,791,129	20,718,742	-144,774	-0.699	0.303
2009	20,646,355	20,576,927	-138,857	-0.675	0.297
2010	20,507,498	20,432,574	-149,848	-0.733	0.291
2011	20,357,650	20,282,011	-151,278	-0.746	0.285
2012	20,206,372	20,158,452	-95,839	-0.475	0.280
2013	20,110,533	20,062,921	-95,224	-0.475	0.275
2014	20,015,309	19,968,174	-94,270	-0.472	0.271
2015	19,921,039	19,871,019	-100,039	-0.503	0.266
2016	19,821,000	19,777,051	-87,899	-0.444	0.262
2017	19,733,101	19,689,401	-87,399	-0.444	0.258
2018	19,645,702	19,597,872	-95,660	-0.488	0.254
2019	19,550,042	19,501,542	-97,000	-0.497	0.250
2020	19,453,042	19,392,469	-121,146	-0.625	0.246
2021	19,331,896	19,248,161	-167,470	-0.870	0.242
2022	19,164,426	19,166,772	4,693	0.024	0.239
2023	19,169,119	19,118,479	-101,281	-0.530	0.236

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	0.233
2025	18,962,338	18,908,650	-107,375	-0.568	0.230
2026	18,854,963	18,800,605	-108,717	-0.578	0.226
2027	18,746,246	18,691,557	-109,377	-0.585	0.223
2028	18,636,869	18,581,890	-109,958	-0.592	0.220
2029	18,526,911	18,471,048	-111,726	-0.605	0.217
2030	18,415,185	18,359,507	-111,356	-0.607	0.214
2031	18,303,829	18,247,763	-112,132	-0.614	0.211
2032	18,191,697	18,135,675	-112,044	-0.618	0.208
2033	18,079,653	18,022,869	-113,569	-0.630	0.206
2034	17,966,084	17,909,246	-113,676	-0.635	0.203
2035	17,852,408	17,794,417	-115,982	-0.652	0.200
2036	17,736,426	17,678,048	-116,756	-0.660	0.198
2037	17,619,670	17,561,291	-116,758	-0.665	0.195
2038	17,502,912	17,443,921	-117,983	-0.676	0.192
2039	17,384,929	17,326,562	-116,734	-0.674	0.190
2040	17,268,195	17,209,718	-116,954	-0.680	0.188
2041	17,151,241	17,091,782	-118,918	-0.696	0.185
2042	17,032,323	16,973,751	-117,144	-0.690	0.183
2043	16,915,179	16,856,343	-117,671	-0.698	0.181
2044	16,797,508	16,738,280	-118,456	-0.708	0.178
2045	16,679,052	16,620,320	-117,464	-0.707	0.176
2046	16,561,588	16,502,990	-117,195	-0.710	0.174
2047	16,444,393	16,384,828	-119,130	-0.727	0.172
2048	16,325,263	16,265,694	-119,137	-0.732	0.170
2049	16,206,126	16,146,362	-119,528	-0.740	0.168
2050	16,086,598	16,027,266	-118,663	-0.740	0.166
2051	15,967,935	15,907,818	-120,234	-0.756	0.164
2052	15,847,701	15,786,540	-122,322	-0.775	0.162
2053	15,725,379	15,664,523	-121,712	-0.777	0.160
2054	15,603,667	15,541,852	-123,630	-0.795	0.158
2055	15,480,037	15,416,581	-126,913	-0.823	0.157
2056	15,353,124	15,288,921	-128,407	-0.840	0.155
2057	15,224,717	15,160,134	-129,166	-0.852	0.153
2058	15,095,551	15,030,496	-130,111	-0.866	0.151
2059	14,965,440	14,899,677	-131,525	-0.883	0.150
2060	14,833,915	14,768,088	-131,654	-0.891	0.148
2061	14,702,261	14,635,769	-132,984	-0.909	0.146
2062	14,569,277	14,502,743	-133,069	-0.918	0.144
2063	14,436,208	14,370,766	-130,884	-0.911	0.143
2064	14,305,324	14,240,313	-130,023	-0.913	0.141
2065	14,175,301	14,110,664	-129,275	-0.916	0.140
2066	14,046,026	13,983,436	-125,179	-0.895	0.138
2067	13,920,847	13,859,611	-122,473	-0.884	0.137
2068	13,798,374	13,738,885	-118,979	-0.866	0.135
2069	13,679,395	13,620,624	-117,541	-0.863	0.134
2070	13,561,854	13,504,412	-114,885	-0.851	0.133
2071	13,446,969	13,390,697	-112,545	-0.840	0.131
2072	13,334,424	13,279,476	-109,896	-0.828	0.130
2073	13,224,528	13,171,537	-105,983	-0.805	0.129
2074	13,118,545	13,066,168	-104,753	-0.802	0.128
2075	13,013,792	12,962,630	-102,324	-0.789	0.126
2076	12,911,468	12,861,113	-100,710	-0.783	0.125
2077	12,810,758	12,761,159	-99,198	-0.777	0.124
2078	12,711,560	12,662,735	-97,651	-0.771	0.123
2079	12,613,909	12,565,885	-96,049	-0.764	0.122
2080	12,517,860	12,470,346	-95,028	-0.762	0.121
2081	12,422,832	12,376,341	-92,983	-0.751	0.120
2082	12,329,849	12,284,928	-89,842	-0.731	0.119
2083	12,240,007	12,195,340	-89,335	-0.733	0.119
2084	12,150,672	12,106,780	-87,784	-0.725	0.118
2085	12,062,888	12,019,755	-86,266	-0.718	0.117
2086	11,976,622	11,933,497	-86,250	-0.723	0.116
2087	11,890,372	11,848,517	-83,710	-0.707	0.115
2088	11,806,662	11,764,995	-83,335	-0.708	0.114
2089	11,723,327	11,681,726	-83,203	-0.712	0.114
2090	11,640,124	11,598,357	-83,534	-0.720	0.113
2091	11,556,590	11,515,528	-82,124	-0.713	0.112
2092	11,474,466	11,433,199	-82,534	-0.722	0.111
2093	11,391,932	11,350,370	-83,124	-0.732	0.111
2094	11,308,808	11,267,855	-81,905	-0.727	0.110
2095	11,226,903	11,185,525	-82,755	-0.740	0.109
2096	11,144,148	11,102,768	-82,760	-0.745	0.109
2097	11,061,388	11,019,835	-83,106	-0.754	0.108
2098	10,978,282	10,936,475	-83,615	-0.765	0.107
2099	10,894,667	10,852,572	-84,191	-0.776	0.106
2100	10,810,476	10,768,185	-84,582	-0.785	0.106