Romania
Life expectancy in Romania
Life expectancy in Romania: 60.5 years in 1950 and 75.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 75.9 years
- Since 1950
- +15.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 105 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 86.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 86.9 years in 2100, between 78.3 years and 93.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1932: 42 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 75.9 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 75.3 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 72.7 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 74.1 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 75.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 75.1 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 75 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 75 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 74.7 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 74.8 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 74.9 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 74.3 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 74.3 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 73.6 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 73.5 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 73.2 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 72.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | 72.2 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 71.6 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 71.1 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 70.8 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 70.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 71.1 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 71.2 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 70.6 | 66 |
| 1998 | 69.9 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 69.1 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 68.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 69.3 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 69.3 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 69.5 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 69.5 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 70.1 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69.8 | 64 |
| 1989 | 69.6 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 69.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 69.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 69.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 69.4 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 69.9 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 69.8 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 69.8 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 69.5 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 69.3 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 69.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 69.8 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 69.5 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 69.9 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 69.6 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 69.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 68.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 69 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 68.4 | 56 |
| 1970 | 67.9 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 67.2 | 56 |
| 1968 | 68 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 68.1 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 68.2 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 68.4 | 54 |
| 1964 | 68.4 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 67.8 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 67.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 66.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 65.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 64.9 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 64.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 64 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 63.6 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 63.3 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 63 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 62.5 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 61.8 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 61.2 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 60.5 | 46.4 |
| 1932 | 42 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.175–77.1 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 76.374.7–77.7 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 76.474.4–78.2 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 76.674.3–78.7 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 76.774.2–79.1 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 76.974.1–79.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 7774.1–79.7 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 77.273.9–80.1 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 77.373.9–80.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 77.573.9–80.7 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 77.673.9–80.9 | 75 |
| 2035 | 77.873.8–81.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 77.973.8–81.4 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 78.173.8–81.7 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 78.273.6–82.1 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 78.473.8–82.3 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 78.673.7–82.5 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 78.773.6–82.9 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 78.973.8–83.1 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 7973.8–83.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 79.273.9–83.5 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 79.373.8–83.6 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 79.573.9–83.9 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 79.674–84.1 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 79.874.1–84.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 79.974.1–84.7 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 80.174–85 | 77 |
| 2051 | 80.274.3–85.1 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 80.474.3–85.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 80.674.4–85.4 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 80.774.2–85.7 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 80.974.3–85.8 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 8174.3–85.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 81.274.3–86.1 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 81.374.5–86.2 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 81.574.4–86.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 81.674.4–86.3 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 81.874.5–86.7 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 81.974.4–86.9 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 82.174.4–87 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 82.274.7–87.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 82.474.6–87.4 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 82.574.7–87.8 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 82.674.8–88.1 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 82.874.8–88.3 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 82.974.7–88.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 83.175.1–88.7 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 83.275.1–88.9 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 83.375.2–89.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 83.575.2–89.2 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 83.675.4–89.3 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 83.875.4–89.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 83.975.6–89.8 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 8475.7–90 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 84.276–90 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 84.376–90.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 84.476–90.5 | 80 |
| 2081 | 84.675.9–90.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 84.776–90.8 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 84.876.3–91.1 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 84.976.5–91.4 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 85.176.8–91.6 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 85.276.8–91.6 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 85.376.9–91.7 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 85.477.1–91.9 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 85.677–92.2 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 85.777.1–92.4 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 85.877.3–92.5 | 81 |
| 2092 | 8677.5–92.7 | 81 |
| 2093 | 86.177.6–92.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 86.278–93 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 86.377.8–93 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 86.478–93.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 86.678.1–93.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 86.778.4–93.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 86.878.4–93.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 86.978.3–93.9 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per person$513 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel128,000 people in 2020
- National power0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports421 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports132 million TIV in 2025
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