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Romania vs Uzbekistan
How Romania and Uzbekistan compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Romania was higher: 75.9 years against 72.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Romania was higher: $12,570 against $4,733
- Population · In 2023, Uzbekistan was higher: 35.7 million people against 19.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2018, Uzbekistan was higher: 2.49% of GDP against 1.8% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Uzbekistan was higher: 4.09 tonnes against 3.72 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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