Population in Romania
The population of Romania was 19,020,271 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1964.
Romania, 2025
19,020,271
Change from 2024
−0.2%
European Union, 2025
451,127,411 people
Position in 2025
67th of 217
Population in Romania over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Romania | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,020,271 people | 451,127,411 people |
| 2024 | 19,051,804 people | 450,228,188 people |
| 2023 | 19,061,062 people | 448,897,545 people |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 people | 447,203,596 people |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 people | 446,228,281 people |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 people | 446,870,959 people |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 people | 446,910,453 people |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 people | 446,058,453 people |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 people | 445,321,060 people |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 people | 444,676,652 people |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 people | 443,793,218 people |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 people | 442,920,819 people |
| 2013 | 19,983,693 people | 442,425,741 people |
| 2012 | 20,058,035 people | 442,069,839 people |
| 2011 | 20,147,528 people | 441,414,078 people |
| 2010 | 20,246,871 people | 442,088,310 people |
| 2009 | 20,367,487 people | 441,388,573 people |
| 2008 | 20,537,875 people | 440,270,719 people |
| 2007 | 20,882,982 people | 438,796,003 people |
| 2006 | 21,193,760 people | 437,263,803 people |
| 2005 | 21,319,685 people | 435,789,139 people |
| 2004 | 21,451,748 people | 434,193,248 people |
| 2003 | 21,574,326 people | 432,512,916 people |
| 2002 | 21,730,496 people | 430,924,112 people |
| 2001 | 22,131,970 people | 429,909,307 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2% from 19,051,804 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 19,815,616 people, the figure has changed by −4.0%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Romania has the 67th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.
More for Romania
All statistics for Romania
Population on 1 January
19,043,151e (Estimated) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population growth
-0.17%
2025 · World Bank
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
Total fertility rate
1.39e (Estimated) births per woman
2024 · Eurostat