Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Romania

Population aged 15–64 in Romania in 2025 — 12,231,235 people. Ranked 66 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.2%.

2025 12.23M people −0.16% vs 2024
World rank 66of 217
Period maximum 15.34M people1990
Period minimum 11.97M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Romania, 1960–202511M12M13M14M15M16M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11,967,039 people1962: 12,173,386 people1964: 12,449,524 people1966: 12,826,382 people1968: 13,174,840 people1970: 13,414,698 people1972: 13,656,369 people1974: 13,775,770 people1976: 13,892,528 people1978: 13,905,058 people1980: 13,899,383 people1982: 14,151,171 people1984: 14,749,247 people1986: 15,031,416 people1988: 15,193,499 people1990: 15,343,333 people1992: 15,215,547 people1994: 15,288,745 people1996: 15,306,144 people1998: 15,239,735 people2000: 15,235,936 people2002: 14,863,301 people2004: 14,787,034 people2006: 14,647,449 people2008: 14,147,386 people2010: 13,851,476 people2012: 13,636,951 people2014: 13,447,831 people2016: 13,144,425 people2018: 12,813,963 people2020: 12,500,209 people2022: 12,280,355 people2024: 12,250,927 people2025: 12,231,235 people
Change over the period: +264,196 (+2.21%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Romania

Romania 12.23M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Eastern Europe computed 184M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 12.23M −19,692 −0.16%
2024 12.25M −18,753 −0.15%
2023 12.27M −10,675 −0.09%
2022 12.28M −67,720 −0.55%
2021 12.35M −152,134 −1.22%
2020 12.5M −159,482 −1.26%
2019 12.66M −154,272 −1.2%
2018 12.81M −166,186 −1.28%
2017 12.98M −164,276 −1.25%
2016 13.14M −158,462 −1.19%
2015 13.3M −144,944 −1.08%
2014 13.45M −109,973 −0.81%
2013 13.56M −79,147 −0.58%
2012 13.64M −98,284 −0.72%
2011 13.74M −116,241 −0.84%
2010 13.85M −131,819 −0.94%
2009 13.98M −164,091 −1.16%
2008 14.15M −267,995 −1.86%
2007 14.42M −232,068 −1.58%
2006 14.65M −83,873 −0.57%
2005 14.73M −55,712 −0.38%
2004 14.79M −30,591 −0.21%
2003 14.82M −45,676 −0.31%
2002 14.86M −211,561 −1.4%
2001 15.07M −161,074 −1.06%
2000 15.24M +15,924 +0.1%
1999 15.22M −19,723 −0.13%
1998 15.24M −42,906 −0.28%
1997 15.28M −23,503 −0.15%
1996 15.31M −533 −0%
1995 15.31M +17,932 +0.12%
1994 15.29M +31,237 +0.2%
1993 15.26M +41,961 +0.28%
1992 15.22M −62,533 −0.41%
1991 15.28M −65,253 −0.43%
1990 15.34M +68,252 +0.45%
1989 15.28M +81,582 +0.54%
1988 15.19M +74,964 +0.5%
1987 15.12M +87,119 +0.58%
1986 15.03M +119,102 +0.8%
1985 14.91M +163,067 +1.11%
1984 14.75M +262,883 +1.81%
1983 14.49M +335,193 +2.37%
1982 14.15M +197,579 +1.42%
1981 13.95M +54,209 +0.39%
1980 13.9M +1,599 +0.01%
1979 13.9M −7,274 −0.05%
1978 13.91M +11,393 +0.08%
1977 13.89M +1,137 +0.01%
1976 13.89M +47,850 +0.35%
1975 13.84M +68,908 +0.5%
1974 13.78M +48,849 +0.36%
1973 13.73M +70,552 +0.52%
1972 13.66M +107,683 +0.79%
1971 13.55M +133,988 +1%
1970 13.41M +141,372 +1.07%
1969 13.27M +98,486 +0.75%
1968 13.17M +122,339 +0.94%
1967 13.05M +226,119 +1.76%
1966 12.83M +213,269 +1.69%
1965 12.61M +163,589 +1.31%
1964 12.45M +150,001 +1.22%
1963 12.3M +126,137 +1.04%
1962 12.17M +104,333 +0.86%
1961 12.07M +102,014 +0.85%
1960 11.97M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.