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Romania — Population
Population, Total for Romania, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
19.02 million
Population, Total · people · +3.3% since 1960
Population for Romania was 19.02 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 23.20 million in 1990. The lowest was 18.41 million in 1960 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.05% per year.
Romania ranks 67 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 31%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Romania sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 18% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
19.02 million
First (1960)
18.41 million
Change
+3.3%
Highest
23.20 million
in 1990
Lowest
18.41 million
in 1960
Average
20.96 million
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.05%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,020,271 |
| 2024 | 19,051,804 |
| 2023 | 19,061,062 |
| 2022 | 19,048,502 |
| 2021 | 19,122,059 |
| 2020 | 19,265,250 |
| 2019 | 19,371,648 |
| 2018 | 19,473,970 |
| 2017 | 19,588,715 |
| 2016 | 19,702,267 |
| 2015 | 19,815,616 |
| 2014 | 19,908,979 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. 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.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.