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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · ROU

Romania

Europe · Eastern Europe

Romania is recorded at 19.02m people in 2024, with total annual change of -105,500 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 642 · ROU

Romania

ROU · RO
SHRINKING
population 19.02m
annual change -105,500
natural change -77,043
fertility 1.71
migrant share 3.4%

Shrinkage · peak 1991 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 655.6k

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Romania in 2024
Births 180,942
Deaths -257,985
Natural change -77,043
Net migration -28,466
Total change -105,500
time anchors

-8,246,903

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Romania
This year -105,500
Since peak -3,932,325 since 1991
Projected 2100 10.77m
Vanishing Point

2204

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

3.4%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 19.12m

Romania 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.04m, ages 15-64 12.31m, ages 65+ 3.78m.

0-14
3.04m
15-64
12.31m
65+
3.78m
2050 2050 16.03m

Romania 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 2.31m, ages 15-64 9.26m, ages 65+ 4.45m.

0-14
2.31m
15-64
9.26m
65+
4.45m
2100 2100 10.77m

Romania 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.37m, ages 15-64 5.86m, ages 65+ 3.53m.

0-14
1.37m
15-64
5.86m
65+
3.53m
stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 1991.

crossover

1993

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

3.22

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 1993.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 19.02m -105,500 180.9k 258.0k 1.71
2030 18.36m -111,356 169.1k 253.5k 1.70
2050 16.03m -118,663 146.3k 243.5k 1.68
2080 12.47m -95,028 108.2k 186.4k 1.67
2100 10.77m -84,582 87.3k 158.5k 1.67