Population — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Romania's population increased by 36.1% compared to 2024, reaching 299,603.

Romania accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 30,600,204.

Romania ranks 15th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 277.3% (from 79,402 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.