Romania Population Pyramid 1950
Romania in 1950
As of 1950, Romania counted 16,397,279 inhabitants. With a median age of 26.4 years, Romania had a youth dependency ratio of 43.8 and an old-age dependency ratio of 11.2 per 100 people of working age.
The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Romania was 1.71 births per woman in 2023, under the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 76.6 years in 2023: 80.5 for women and 72.9 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
584,030 immigrants live in Romania, 3.1% of the population.
| Ukraine | 182,364 |
| Italy | 87,680 |
| Spain | 85,101 |
| Republic of Moldova | 80,610 |
| United Kingdom | 48,738 |
4,583,201 people born in Romania live in other countries.
| Germany | 968,697 |
| Italy | 880,402 |
| United Kingdom | 713,578 |
| Spain | 522,578 |
| Hungary | 253,045 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 16,397,279 | 26.4 | |
| Hungary | 9,337,881 | 30.1 | |
| Czech Republic | 8,916,711 | 32.6 | |
| Poland | 24,780,161 | 25.9 | |
| Bulgaria | 7,248,511 | 27.1 |





