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Labor force — Romania

Labor force in Romania in 2025 — 8,244,587 people. Ranked 63 in the world out of 182. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.5%.

2025 8.24M people −0.23% vs 2024
World rank 63of 182
Period maximum 9.33M people2000
Period minimum 8.1M people2009

Trend over time

1990–2025 · people

Labor force — Romania, 1990–20258M8.5M9M9.5M19901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 8,912,389 people1991: 8,936,386 people1992: 8,992,547 people1993: 9,058,535 people1994: 9,088,672 people1995: 9,085,797 people1996: 9,095,962 people1997: 9,173,262 people1998: 9,229,127 people1999: 9,281,167 people2000: 9,326,339 people2001: 9,226,282 people2002: 9,095,455 people2003: 9,095,150 people2004: 9,073,058 people2005: 9,050,515 people2006: 9,025,831 people2007: 8,924,741 people2008: 8,824,096 people2009: 8,103,793 people2010: 8,573,642 people2011: 8,469,420 people2012: 8,456,929 people2013: 8,437,034 people2014: 8,482,476 people2015: 8,563,782 people2016: 8,458,910 people2017: 8,547,354 people2018: 8,484,137 people2019: 8,460,344 people2020: 8,404,862 people2021: 8,417,695 people2022: 8,420,718 people2023: 8,296,265 people2024: 8,263,437 people2025: 8,244,587 people
Change over the period: −667,802 (−7.49%) Average annual rate: -0.22 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Romania 8.24M people
World 3.74B people
Europe & Central Asia 429M people
Eastern Europe computed 122M people
High-income countries computed 716M people
Labor force — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.24M −18,850 −0.23%
2024 8.26M −32,828 −0.4%
2023 8.3M −124,453 −1.48%
2022 8.42M +3,023 +0.04%
2021 8.42M +12,833 +0.15%
2020 8.4M −55,482 −0.66%
2019 8.46M −23,793 −0.28%
2018 8.48M −63,217 −0.74%
2017 8.55M +88,444 +1.05%
2016 8.46M −104,872 −1.22%
2015 8.56M +81,306 +0.96%
2014 8.48M +45,442 +0.54%
2013 8.44M −19,895 −0.24%
2012 8.46M −12,491 −0.15%
2011 8.47M −104,222 −1.22%
2010 8.57M +469,849 +5.8%
2009 8.1M −720,303 −8.16%
2008 8.82M −100,645 −1.13%
2007 8.92M −101,090 −1.12%
2006 9.03M −24,684 −0.27%
2005 9.05M −22,543 −0.25%
2004 9.07M −22,092 −0.24%
2003 9.1M −305 −0%
2002 9.1M −130,827 −1.42%
2001 9.23M −100,057 −1.07%
2000 9.33M +45,172 +0.49%
1999 9.28M +52,040 +0.56%
1998 9.23M +55,865 +0.61%
1997 9.17M +77,300 +0.85%
1996 9.1M +10,165 +0.11%
1995 9.09M −2,875 −0.03%
1994 9.09M +30,137 +0.33%
1993 9.06M +65,988 +0.73%
1992 8.99M +56,161 +0.63%
1991 8.94M +23,997 +0.27%
1990 8.91M — —

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

RU Russia 72.77M PL Poland 18.17M RO Romania 8.24M CZ Czechia 5.58M HU Hungary 4.94M BY Belarus 4.8M BG Bulgaria 3.09M SK Slovakia 2.76M MD Moldova 1.37M
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About the indicator

The economically active population — everyone aged 15 and over who either works or actively looks for work. It covers the employed, the unemployed and first-time job seekers; it leaves out students, homemakers and other people who do not offer their labor on the market. The size of the labor force is the basic constraint on the growth potential of an economy.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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