| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
| Date | 07 Feb 2025 |
The current population of Romania is 18,872,956 as of October 31, 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.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |