Demography of Romania

Evolution of the population (censuses)

  • 1859 - 3.864.000 (the first census of the modern Romania (Valachie and Moldavie)
  • 1877 - 4.500.000 (independent Romania)
  • 1914 - 7.771.600
  • 1930 - 18.052.896 (Large Romania; 71,9% Roumanians)
  • 1948 - 15.872.624 (current territory of Romania)
  • 1956 - 17.489.450
  • 1966 - 19.103.163
  • 1977 - 21.559.910
  • 1992 - 22.810.035
  • 2002 - 21.698.181 (census 2002)
  • 2007 - 22.350.000 (are. The CIA)

population by ethnos group (census 2002)

  • Rumanian --- 19.409.400 -- 89,5%

  • Magyar --- 1.434.377 -- 6,6% including the 500.000 Sicules magyarophones
  • Roms--- 535.250 -- 2,5%
  • Ukrainian--- 61.353 -- 0,3%
  • German--- 60.088 -- 0,3% Russian
  • --- 36.397 -- 0,2%
  • Turks--- 32.596 -- 0,2%
  • Tatars--- 24.137 -- 0,1% Serb
  • --- 22.518 -- 0,1% Slovak
  • --- 17.199 -- 0.1% Bulgarian
  • --- 8.092 -- 0,04% Croatian
  • --- 6.786 -- 0,03%
  • Greek--- 6.513 -- 0,03%
  • Jewish--- 5.870 -- 0,02%
  • Others--- -- 0,02%

population by religion (census 2002)

  • orthodoxe---86.6% catholic

  • ---5.6%
  • Protestant---3.7%
  • évangéliques---2.7%
  • Moslem---0.3%
  • others---0.8%
  • without---0.1%

population by age:

0-14 years: 18% (men 2.111.320; women 2.015.347)

15-64 years: 68% (men 7.597.958; women 7.707.498)

65 years and more: 14% (men 1.237.368; women 1.741.630) (census 2000)

Pattern of the settlement:

  • urban space - 52.70%

  • rural areas - 47.30%

Growth rate of the population:

-0.21% (census 2000)

Life expectancy:

on the whole of the population: 69,93 years

men: 66,1 years

women: 73,99 years (census 2000)

Birth rate:

10,76 naissances/1000 (census 2000)

Death rate:

12,29/1000 (census 2000)

infantile Death rate:

12,29/1000 (census 2000)

Fertility rate:

1,35/1000 (census 2000)

Rate of migration:

-0.6/1000 (census 2000)

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