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How many babies are born in Romania?

176 thousand babies born in Romania in 2026. That is 0.13% of all births worldwide, and the 88th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Romania: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Romania’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~32K ~800K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~33K ~800K 41.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~86K ~2M 43.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~203K ~5.5M 36.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~427K ~11M 38.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 417K 16.4M 25.5 UN estimate
2000 228K 22M 10.4 UN estimate
2023 184K 19.1M 9.6 UN estimate
2026 176K 18.8M 9.4 UN projection
2050 146K 16M 9.1 UN projection
2075 114K 13M 8.8 UN projection
2100 87.3K 10.8M 8.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Romania among estimates through 2023 were in 1932, at about ~519K. That is roughly 16 times the estimated ~32K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.71 children per woman, fertility in Romania is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Romania each year?

An estimated 176 thousand babies are born in Romania in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 482 a day and 0.13% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Romania?

Romania has an estimated 9.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.71 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.