Romania's population fell from 22.6M in 1996 to 19M in 2025.
Romania · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Romania's population growth rose from -0.3 % in 1996 to -0.2 % in 2025.
Romania's population density fell from 99.0 in 1994 to 82.8 in 2023.
Romania's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.7 % in 1996 to 51.6 % in 2025.
Romania's urbanisation fell from 53.7 % in 1996 to 52.2 % in 2025.
Romania's urban population fell from 12.1M in 1996 to 9.92M in 2025.
Romania's rural population fell from 10.5M in 1996 to 9.1M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −9.7 %179th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −10.7 %198th of 217
- Death rate, crudeunchanged +0.0 %13th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.9 %119th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs28th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts173rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.0 pts112th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts38th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts106th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts35th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −2.0 %184th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.7 pts131st of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +110.9 %33rd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs94th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaledown −0.1 yrs83rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs99th of 217