| Population |
22,355,551 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 16.2% (male 1,861,801; female 1,770,746)
15-64 years: 69.4% (male 7,712,612; female 7,791,900)
65 years and over: 14.4% (male 1,330,994; female 1,887,498) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 36.1 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 37.5 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
-0.11% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
10.69 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
11.69 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 27.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 30.41 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 71.12 years
male: 67.63 years
female: 74.82 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.35 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
6,500 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
350 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: romanian(s)
adjective: romanian |
| Ethnic groups |
Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002) |
| Religions |
Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002) |
| Languages |
Romanian (official), Hungarian, German |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: romania
local short form: romania
local long form: none |