Demographics of Romania

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Romania is projected at 19.13 million, down by 0.57% compared with 19.24 million in 2020. Romania is ranked 63rd in terms of population and 227th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.18 million births in Romania in 2021. That is 496 per day, which is ranked 88th. The crude birth rate is 9.45 per 1000 people. There are 0.26 million deaths in Romania in 2021. That is 699 per day, which is ranked 39th. The crude death rate is 13.31 per 1000 people.

10.48 million people are living in urban areas, which is 54.33% of Romania population. Romania is ranked 146th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Romania in 2021 is 94.61 males per 100 females. There are 9.30 million males and 9.83 million females in Romania. The percentage of female population is 51.38% compare to 48.62% male population. Romania has 0.53 million more females than males. Romania is at 38th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Romania population

Year Population Growth (%)
195016,236,289-
195517,483,9351.39
196018,613,9451.05
196519,379,5750.9
197020,548,9121.2
197521,665,6401
198022,615,6440.68
198523,071,2580.38
199023,489,1560.1
199522,964,747-0.65
200022,137,423-0.72
200521,417,287-0.74
201020,471,860-0.8
201519,925,182-0.55
201619,796,280-0.65
201719,653,966-0.72
201819,506,110-0.75
201919,364,558-0.73
202019,237,682-0.66
202119,127,772-0.57
  • Total
  • Crude

Romania death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950172,452411,97710.6225.42
1955185,173433,12810.5724.70
1960167,554349,7379.0518.92
1965175,095364,3788.9718.63
1970197,516433,4889.6321.15
1975205,914428,0989.5119.75
1980223,810394,2889.9317.51
1985242,452373,26710.4816.13
1990258,572322,67211.0813.83
1995272,477238,23511.8810.38
2000271,556216,60112.249.77
2005262,338220,99412.2910.36
2010255,106215,63712.4110.48
2015251,789195,39512.679.84
2020255,212183,95613.239.54
2021255,104181,09413.319.45
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Romania

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19504,160,59612,075,700-25.625
19555,353,42112,130,5144.9630.619
19606,367,66712,246,2723.1034.209
19657,305,56512,074,0032.8337.697
19708,285,09512,263,8162.4640.319
19759,279,58012,386,0632.2142.831
198010,417,22212,194,7492.2746.070
198511,468,89911,634,7471.8649.641
199012,500,41210,988,9611.4353.217
199512,348,12410,616,987-0.9353.769
200011,728,88610,399,242-1.0053.004
200511,395,70210,035,316-0.5053.174
201011,002,8319,437,516-0.6253.829
201510,711,0139,165,608-0.5053.887
202010,507,3658,880,997-0.2854.194
202110,482,8588,812,219-0.2354.329
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Romania population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 488,464 462,616 951,080 4.97 105.587
05-09 484,655 458,322 942,977 4.93 105.746
10-14 549,057 519,743 1,068,800 5.59 105.640
15-19 516,474 488,867 1,005,341 5.26 105.647
20-24 515,532 482,902 998,434 5.22 106.757
25-29 538,419 493,452 1,031,871 5.39 109.113
30-34 713,608 652,040 1,365,648 7.14 109.442
35-39 617,766 576,692 1,194,458 6.24 107.122
40-44 742,487 719,997 1,462,484 7.65 103.124
45-49 758,993 737,667 1,496,660 7.82 102.891
50-54 774,196 776,662 1,550,858 8.11 99.682
55-59 525,926 554,244 1,080,170 5.65 94.891
60-64 563,883 654,860 1,218,743 6.37 86.107
65-69 551,629 701,005 1,252,634 6.55 78.691
70-74 402,460 564,356 966,816 5.05 71.313
75-79 238,304 374,351 612,655 3.20 63.658
80-84 176,585 336,673 513,258 2.68 52.450
85-89 97,791 192,268 290,059 1.52 50.862
90-94 35,437 68,369 103,806 0.54 51.832
95-99 6,981 12,759 19,740 0.10 54.714
100+ 535 745 1,280 0.01 71.812
Total 9,299,182 9,828,590 19,127,772 94.614