Romania
Median age in Romania
Median age in Romania: 25.3 years in 1950 and 42.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 42.6 years
- Since 1950
- +17.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 33 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 50.3 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 50.3 years in 2100, between 45.2 years and 55.6 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 42.6 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 42.4 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 42.2 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 42 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 41.6 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 41.3 | 29 |
| 2017 | 41 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 40.6 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 40.3 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 39.9 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 39.6 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 39.2 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 38.8 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 38.3 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 37.9 | 27 |
| 2008 | 37.4 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 36.9 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 36.4 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 35.8 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 35.3 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 34.7 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 34.2 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 33.8 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 33.6 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 33.6 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 33.5 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 33.4 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 33.2 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 33.1 | 24 |
| 1994 | 32.9 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 32.7 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 32.5 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 32.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 32.1 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 32 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 31.9 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 31.7 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 31.6 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 31.5 | 22 |
| 1984 | 31.4 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 31.2 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 30.9 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 30.7 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 30.6 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 30.5 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 30.6 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 30.7 | 21 |
| 1976 | 30.8 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 30.7 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 30.7 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 30.7 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 30.6 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 30.5 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 30.4 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 30.4 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 30.3 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 30.3 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 30 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 29.6 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 29.2 | 21 |
| 1963 | 28.7 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 28.3 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 27.9 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 27.5 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 27.2 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 26.9 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 26.6 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 26.3 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 26.1 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 25.9 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 25.7 | 22 |
| 1952 | 25.6 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 25.4 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 25.3 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42.942.9–43 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 43.243.1–43.3 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 43.543.3–43.7 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 43.643.3–44 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 43.743.3–44.2 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 43.943.4–44.4 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 44.143.6–44.6 | 32 |
| 2031 | 44.443.7–45 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 44.643.9–45.3 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 44.944.1–45.6 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 45.244.3–46 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 45.544.4–46.4 | 33 |
| 2036 | 45.844.5–46.8 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 4644.4–47.1 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 46.144.3–47.5 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 46.244.2–47.8 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 46.244.1–48 | 34 |
| 2041 | 46.243.9–48.2 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 46.243.8–48.3 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 46.243.6–48.5 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 46.243.5–48.6 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 46.243.4–48.7 | 35 |
| 2046 | 46.243.3–48.8 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 46.243.2–48.9 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 46.243.2–49 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 46.243.2–49.1 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 46.243.2–49.2 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 46.243.3–49.2 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 46.343.3–49.2 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 46.443.4–49.3 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 46.543.5–49.3 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 46.643.6–49.5 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 46.743.7–49.6 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 46.943.7–49.7 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 4743.7–49.9 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 4743.8–50 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 47.143.8–50.2 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 47.143.8–50.3 | 38 |
| 2062 | 47.243.9–50.5 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 47.343.9–50.5 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 47.343.9–50.6 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 47.443.9–50.7 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 47.643.9–50.8 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 47.743.9–51 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 47.743.9–51.2 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 47.843.9–51.4 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 47.843.9–51.6 | 39 |
| 2071 | 47.943.8–51.8 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 47.943.8–52 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 47.943.8–52.2 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 47.943.7–52.4 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 4843.7–52.6 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 4843.7–52.7 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 4843.6–52.9 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 4843.6–53 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 48.143.6–53.2 | 40 |
| 2080 | 48.143.6–53.3 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 48.243.7–53.4 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 48.243.7–53.5 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 48.343.8–53.6 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 48.343.8–53.7 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 48.443.9–53.8 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 48.543.9–53.8 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 48.644–53.9 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 48.744.1–54 | 41 |
| 2089 | 48.944.2–54.1 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 4944.3–54.2 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 49.144.4–54.4 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 49.344.6–54.5 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 49.444.7–54.7 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 49.544.8–54.8 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 49.744.9–54.9 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 49.845–55.1 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 49.945–55.2 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 5045.1–55.3 | 42 |
| 2099 | 50.245.2–55.4 | 42 |
| 2100 | 50.345.2–55.6 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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 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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