Birth rate, crude in Romania
Romania: Birth rate, crude was 7.5 per 1,000 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Birth rate, crude in Romania, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in per 1,000 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for birth rate, crude in Romania is 7.5 per 1,000 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, birth rate, crude in Romania peaked at 27 per 1,000 people in 1967 and was at its lowest, 7.5 per 1,000 people, in 2024.
That places Romania 196th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.94 per 1,000 people | 14.2 per 1,000 people | 27 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 19.41 per 1,000 people | 18.2 per 1,000 people | 21.1 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.16 per 1,000 people | 14.3 per 1,000 people | 18 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.09 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people | 13.6 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.28 per 1,000 people | 9.7 per 1,000 people | 10.9 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.17 per 1,000 people | 9.4 per 1,000 people | 10.8 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.14 per 1,000 people | 7.5 per 1,000 people | 10.3 per 1,000 people | 5 |
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More health data for Romania
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 110,408 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 14.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 1.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 6.18 million (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 105,173 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 103,189 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 106,395 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 97,788 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 1.44 million (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 98,604 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is birth rate, crude in Romania?
- Birth rate, crude in Romania was 7.5 per 1,000 people in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest birth rate, crude recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 27 per 1,000 people in 1967.
- What is the lowest birth rate, crude recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for birth rate, crude?
- Romania ranks 196th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is birth rate, crude rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.