Romania Demographics Profile 2012

Population

21,848,504 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.8% (male 1,667,894/female 1,579,458)
15-64 years: 70.4% (male 7,684,514/female 7,725,957)
65 years and over: 14.8% (male 1,314,132/female 1,932,596) (2011 est.)

Median age

total: 38.7 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 40.2 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.26% (2011 est.)

Birth rate

9.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

11.84 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 57% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

BUCHAREST (capital) 1.933 million (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 10.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 74.22 years
male: 70.75 years
female: 77.89 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.3 children born/woman (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

16,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)

Nationality

noun: Romanian(s)
adjective: Romanian

Ethnic groups

Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002 census)

Religions

Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census)

Languages

Romanian (official) 91%, Hungarian 6.7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 1.2%

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.3%
male: 98.4%
female: 96.3% (2002 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2008)

Education expenditures

4.3% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

27 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

3.5% (2002)

Health expenditures

5.4% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

1.9166 physicians/1,000 population (2006)

Hospital bed density

6.54 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

8.6% (2000)