Romania - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Romania was 10,436,420 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,404,520 in 1991 and a minimum value of 6,296,818 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6,296,818
1961 6,474,669
1962 6,646,237
1963 6,820,612
1964 6,997,996
1965 7,174,333
1966 7,368,164
1967 7,586,123
1968 7,786,878
1969 7,968,040
1970 8,164,758
1971 8,352,002
1972 8,535,661
1973 8,713,690
1974 8,900,706
1975 9,120,255
1976 9,340,263
1977 9,560,064
1978 9,801,109
1979 10,019,800
1980 10,230,900
1981 10,456,990
1982 10,674,850
1983 10,876,410
1984 11,077,110
1985 11,284,890
1986 11,499,950
1987 11,720,960
1988 11,941,560
1989 12,160,690
1990 12,347,320
1991 12,404,520
1992 12,360,660
1993 12,309,020
1994 12,256,580
1995 12,197,110
1996 12,127,410
1997 12,058,030
1998 11,998,890
1999 11,945,690
2000 11,895,670
2001 11,697,190
2002 11,469,360
2003 11,415,410
2004 11,378,650
2005 11,336,530
2006 11,297,330
2007 11,159,030
2008 11,001,520
2009 10,936,930
2010 10,898,690
2011 10,871,610
2012 10,826,120
2013 10,778,600
2014 10,730,940
2015 10,678,040
2016 10,619,520
2017 10,565,370
2018 10,515,550
2019 10,476,960
2020 10,436,420

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Romania was 54.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 54.23 in 1992, while its lowest value was 34.21 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 34.21
1961 34.89
1962 35.59
1963 36.28
1964 36.99
1965 37.70
1966 38.35
1967 38.84
1968 39.33
1969 39.82
1970 40.32
1971 40.82
1972 41.32
1973 41.82
1974 42.33
1975 42.83
1976 43.34
1977 43.94
1978 44.65
1979 45.36
1980 46.07
1981 46.78
1982 47.50
1983 48.21
1984 48.93
1985 49.64
1986 50.36
1987 51.07
1988 51.79
1989 52.50
1990 53.22
1991 53.93
1992 54.23
1993 54.07
1994 53.92
1995 53.77
1996 53.62
1997 53.46
1998 53.31
1999 53.16
2000 53.00
2001 52.85
2002 52.78
2003 52.91
2004 53.04
2005 53.17
2006 53.31
2007 53.44
2008 53.57
2009 53.70
2010 53.83
2011 53.96
2012 53.97
2013 53.94
2014 53.90
2015 53.89
2016 53.90
2017 53.94
2018 54.00
2019 54.08
2020 54.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization