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Romania — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Romania, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.17%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -120.6% since 1961
Population growth for Romania was -0.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.65% in 1967. The lowest was -1.83% in 2002 (about 11.1× the latest value).
Romania ranks 186 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 86%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Romania sits below it. It peaked in 1967 and has fallen 110% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 65%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.17%
First (1961)
0.80%
Change
-120.6%
Highest
1.65%
in 1967
Lowest
-1.83%
in 2002
Average
0.05%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.17% |
| 2024 | -0.05% |
| 2023 | 0.07% |
| 2022 | -0.39% |
| 2021 | -0.75% |
| 2020 | -0.55% |
| 2019 | -0.53% |
| 2018 | -0.59% |
| 2017 | -0.58% |
| 2016 | -0.57% |
| 2015 | -0.47% |
| 2014 | -0.37% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.