Median age of the population in Romania
The median age in Romania was 44.1 years on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1968.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
Romania, 2025
44.1e (Estimated)
Change from 2024
+0.7%
European Union, 2025
44.9 yearsep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
43.8 years
Position in 2025
17th of 40
Median age of the population in Romania over time
View
Romania
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Romania | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.1 yearse (estimated) | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 43.8 yearse (estimated) | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 43.6 yearse (estimated) | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 43.5 yearse (estimated) | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | 43.0 years | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 42.8 yearse (estimated) | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 42.5 years | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 42.1 years | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 41.8 years | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 41.4 years | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 41.0 years | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 40.8 yearse (estimated) | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 40.5 years | – |
| 2012 | 40.2 years | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 40.1 years | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 40.1 years | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 40.1 years | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 38.7 years | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 37.3 years | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 37.2 years | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 35.5 years | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 35.4 years | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 35.3 years | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 35.0 years | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 34.4 years | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7% from 43.8 years in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 41.0 years, the figure has changed by +7.6%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Romania has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 44.9 years.
More for Romania
All statistics for Romania
Population aged 65 and over
20.3%e (Estimated)
2025 · Eurostat
Old-age dependency ratio
31.6e (Estimated) per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
19,043,151e (Estimated) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
19,043,151e (Estimated) people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.0ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
12.5ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat