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Romania’s population drop slowed by migration but still ongoing
Romania’s resident population reached 19.041 million people on January 1, 2026, 1,829 fewer than a year earlier, according to provisional data published Friday, August 28, by the National Institute of Statistics.
Radu Dumitrescu · Journalist
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Romania’s resident population reached 19.041 million people on January 1, 2026, 1,829 fewer than a year earlier, according to provisional data published Friday, August 28, by the National Institute of Statistics.
The decline was largely limited by migration. The number of immigrants exceeded that of emigrants by 102,200, but the difference did not fully offset the natural decrease of 104,100 people.
