Demographic history of Romania

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This article presents the demographic history of Romania through census results. See Demographics of Romania for a more detailed overview of the country's present-day demographics.

The 1930 census was the only one to cover Greater Romania. Censuses in 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 and 2002 covered Romania's present-day territory. All but the 1948 census, which asked about mother tongue, had a question on ethnicity. Moldavia and Wallachia each held a census in 1859. The Romanian Old Kingdom conducted statistical estimates in 1884, 1889 and 1894, and held censuses in 1899 and 1912. Ion Antonescu's regime also held two: a general one in April 1941, and one for those with "Jewish blood" in May 1942.

1866 estimate

Religion	number	%
Romanian Orthodox	4,198,862	94.9
Jewish	134,168	3.0
Roman Catholic	45,152	1.0
Protestant	28,903	0.7
Armenian Apostolic	8,375	0.2
Armenian Catholic	8,178	0.2
Muslim	1,323	0.0
Total	4,424,961	100.0

1887 estimate

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	4,500,000	81.8
Jews	300,000	5.5
Gipsies	200,000	3.6
Bulgarians	100,000	1.8
Germans	50,000	0.9
Hungarians	50,000	0.9
Armenians	15,000	0.3
Others*	285,000	5.2
Total	5,500,000	100.0

*Mainly in Dobruja (details)

December 1899 census

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	5,489,296	92.2
Jews	256,588	4.3
Others	210,806	3.5
Total	5,956,690	100.0

19 December 1912 census

	number	%
Total	7,234,919	100.0

29 December 1930 census

Postage stamp issued in 1930, marking the census that year.

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	12,981,324	71.9
Hungarians	1,425,507	7.9
Germans	745,421	4.1
Jews	728,115	4.0
Ruthenians and Ukrainians	582,115	3.2
Russians	409,150	2.3
Bulgarians	366,384	2.0
Gipsies	262,501	1.5
Turks	154,772	0.9
Gagauz	105,750	0.6
Czechs and Slovaks	51,842	0.3
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	51,062	0.3
Poles	48,310	0.3
Greeks	26,495	0.1
Tatars	22,141	0.1
Armenians	15,544	0.0
Hutsuls	12,456	0.0
Albanians	4,670	0.0
Others	56,355	0.3
Undeclared	7,114	0.0
Total	18,057,028	100.0

6 April 1941 census

	number	%
Total	13,535,757	100.0

25 January 1948 census

Mother tongue	number	%
Romanian	13,597,613	85.7
Hungarian	1,499,851	9.4
German	343,913	2.2
Yiddish	138,795	0.9
Gipsies	53,425	0.3
Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian	45,447	0.3
Russian	39,332	0.2
Ukrainian	37,582	0.2
Czech and Slovak	35,143	0.2
Turkish and Tatar	28,782	0.2
Bulgarian	13,408	0.1
Greek	8,696	0.1
Armenian	6,987	0.0
Polish	6,753	0.0
Albanian	735	0.0
Others	15,639	0.2
Undeclared	523	0.0
Total	15,872,624	100.0

21 February 1956 census

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	14,996,114	85.7
Hungarians	1,587,675	9.1
Germans	384,708	2.2
Jews	146,264	0.8
Gipsies	104,216	0.6
Ukrainians	60,479	0.4
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	46,517	0.3
Russians	38,731	0.2
Slovaks	23,331	0.2
Tatars	20,469	0.2
Turks	14,329	0.1
Bulgarians	12,040	0.1
Czechs	11,821	0.0
Greeks	11,166	0.0
Poles	7,627	0.0
Armenians	6,441	0.0
Others	13,357	0.1
Undeclared	4,165	0.0
Total	17,489,450	100.0

15 March 1966 census

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	16,746,510	87.7
Hungarians	1,619,592	8.5
Germans	382,595	2.0
Gipsies	64,197	0.3
Ukrainians	54,705	0.3
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	44,236	0.3
Jews	42,888	0.2
Russians	39,483	0.2
Slovaks	22,221	0.1
Tatars	22,151	0.1
Turks	18,040	0.1
Bulgarians	11,193	0.1
Czechs	9,978	0.0
Greeks	9,088	0.0
Poles	5,860	0.0
Armenians	3,436	0.0
Others	4,681	0.0
Undeclared	2,309	0.0
Total	19,103,163	100.0

5 January 1977 census

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	18,999,565	88.1
Hungarians	1,713,928	7.9
Germans	359,109	1.6
Gipsies	227,398	1.05
Ukrainians	55,510	0.3
Serbs	34,429	0.2
Russians	32,696	0.2
Jews	24,667	0.1
Turks	23,422	0.1
Tatars	23,369	0.1
Slovaks	21,286	0.1
Bulgarians	10,372	0.0
Czechs	7,683	0.0
Croats	7,500	0.0
Greeks	6,262	0.0
Poles	4,641	0.0
Armenians	2,342	0.0
Others	5,279	0.0
Undeclared	452	0.0
Total	21,559,910	100.0

7 January 1992 census

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	20,408,542	89.5
Hungarians	1,624,959	7.1
Roma/Gipsies	401,087	1.8
Germans	119,462	0.5
Ukrainians	65,764	0.3
Russians	38,606	0.2
Turks	29,832	0.1
Serbs	29,408	0.1
Tatars	24,596	0.1
Slovaks	19,594	0.1
Bulgarians	9,851	0.1
Jews	8,955	0.0
Czechs	5,797	0.0
Poles	4,232	0.0
Croats	4,085	0.0
Greeks	3,940	0.0
Armenians	1,957	0.0
Others	8,602	0.0
Undeclared	766	0.0
Total	22,810,035	100.0

18 March 2002 census

Ethnicity	number	%
Romanians	19,409,400	89.5
Hungarians	1,434,377	6.6
Roma	535,250	2.5
Ukrainians	61,091	0.3
Germans	60,088	0.3
Lipovan Russians	36,397	0.2
Turks	32,596	0.2
Tatars	24,137	0.1
Serbs	22,518	0.1
Slovaks	17,199	0.1
Bulgarians	8,092	0.0
Croats	6,786	0.0
Greeks	6,513	0.0
Jews	5,870	0.0
Czechs	3,938	0.0
Poles	3,671	0.0
Italians	3,331	0.0
Chinese	2,249	0.0
Armenians	1,780	0.0
Csángó	1,370	0.0
Italians	3,331	0.0
Macedonians	731	0.0
Albanians	520	0.0
Ruthenians	262	0.0
Krashovani	207	0.0
Slovenes	175	0.0
Gagauz	45	0.0
Others	13,653	0.1
Undeclared	5,935	0.0
Total	21,698,181	100.0

Notes

Parliamentary Reports. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1867. p. 153. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
The Statesman's Year-Book. St. Martin's Press. 1889. p. 407. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
New International Yearbook. Dodd, Mead and Company. 1915. p. 612. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
The Statesman's Year-book. St. Martin's Press. 1918. p. 1198. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
Populaţia pe Neamuri (in Romanian). Institutul Central de Statistică. pp. XXIV. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
Enciclopedia de istorie a României (in Romanian). Editura Meronia. 2002. p. 358. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "Hungarians in Transylvania between 1870 and 1995". Retrieved 2008-07-20.
"Rezultate" (in Romanian). Institutul Naţional de Statistică. 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

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