Romania Population (LIVE)

18,907,020

Romania Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Romania is 18,906,890 as of Sunday, July 6, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Romania 2025 population is estimated at 18,908,650 people at mid-year.
Romania population is equivalent to 0.23% of the total world population.
Romania ranks number 69 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Romania is 82 per Km² (213 people per mi²).
The total land area is 230,170 Km² (88,869 sq. miles).
55.17% of the population is urban (10,431,178 people in 2025)
The median age in Romania is 43.2 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Romania (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Romania Global Rank
2025	18,908,650	−0.56%	−106,438	−29,041	43.2	1.71	82	55.2%	10,431,178	0.23%	8,231,613,070	69
2024	19,015,088	−0.54%	−103,391	−28,466	42.9	1.71	83	54.9%	10,437,471	0.23%	8,161,972,572	67
2023	19,118,479	−0.25%	−48,293	−27,780	42.6	1.71	83	54.6%	10,448,074	0.24%	8,091,734,930	67
2022	19,166,772	−0.58%	−112,849	89,076	42.4	1.72	83	54.6%	10,463,159	0.24%	8,021,407,192	66
2020	19,392,469	−0.49%	−95,710	−13,202	42	1.73	84	54.2%	10,507,365	0.25%	7,887,001,292	64
2015	19,871,019	−0.56%	−112,311	−35,751	40.3	1.62	86	53.9%	10,711,013	0.27%	7,470,491,872	59
2010	20,432,574	−0.75%	−156,163	−122,364	38.3	1.57	89	53.8%	11,002,831	0.29%	7,021,732,148	58
2005	21,213,388	−0.77%	−166,575	−131,176	35.8	1.39	92	53.7%	11,395,702	0.32%	6,586,970,132	50
2000	22,046,262	−0.55%	−122,292	−92,451	33.6	1.3	96	53.2%	11,728,886	0.36%	6,171,702,993	47
1995	22,657,723	−0.25%	−56,361	−73,779	33.1	1.34	98	54.5%	12,348,124	0.39%	5,758,878,982	41
1990	22,939,530	0.29%	66,742	−38,157	32.1	1.84	100	54.5%	12,500,412	0.43%	5,327,803,110	36
1985	22,605,820	0.4%	90,210	−28,108	31.5	2.31	98	50.7%	11,468,899	0.46%	4,868,943,465	33
1980	22,154,771	0.82%	177,340	−16,668	30.6	2.44	96	47%	10,417,222	0.50%	4,447,606,236	33
1975	21,268,070	1.23%	251,289	9,125	30.7	2.6	92	43.6%	9,279,580	0.52%	4,070,735,277	33
1970	20,011,625	1.35%	259,714	71,919	30.4	2.81	87	41.4%	8,285,095	0.54%	3,694,683,794	33
1965	18,713,054	0.43%	79,912	−60,430	29.6	1.9	81	39%	7,305,565	0.56%	3,334,533,703	31
1960	18,313,495	0.94%	167,645	−55,397	27.5	2.32	80	34.8%	6,367,667	0.61%	3,015,470,894	29
1955	17,475,268	1.28%	215,598	−41,093	26.1	3.01	76	30.6%	5,353,421	0.64%	2,740,213,792	29

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Romania Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Romania Global Rank
2030	18,359,507	−0.59%	−109,829	−26,893	44.1	1.7	80	57%	10,456,337	0.21%	8,569,124,911	74
2035	17,794,417	−0.62%	−113,018	−27,327	45.5	1.69	77	59.3%	10,553,645	0.20%	8,885,210,181	77
2040	17,209,718	−0.67%	−116,940	−24,390	46.2	1.69	75	62.2%	10,706,441	0.19%	9,177,190,203	78
2045	16,620,320	−0.69%	−117,880	−23,052	46.2	1.69	72	65.2%	10,844,374	0.18%	9,439,639,668	79
2050	16,027,266	−0.72%	−118,611	−21,471	46.2	1.68	70	68.2%	10,932,389	0.17%	9,664,378,587	81

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Romania Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Romania

Life Expectancy

76.2 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

5.0

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

6.1

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Romania Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Romania delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Romania (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Romania in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.