Romania vs Sweden: Population by world region

Romania
10.77 million people
in 2100
Sweden
11.37 million people
in 2100
Romania rank
98th
Sweden rank
96th

Population by world region over time

  • Romania
  • Sweden
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M100015502100

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 11.37 million people against 10.77 million people in Romania, a difference of 598,700 people.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 98th and Sweden ranks 96th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 46 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania Sweden Difference Ahead
1000s 800,000 people 400,000 people 400,000 people Romania
1100s 900,000 people 470,000 people 430,000 people Romania
1200s 1.00 million people 540,000 people 460,000 people Romania
1300s 1.50 million people 1.10 million people 400,000 people Romania
1400s 1.25 million people 433,628 people 816,372 people Romania
1500s 2.00 million people 507,784 people 1.49 million people Romania
1600s 2.00 million people 766,244 people 1.23 million people Romania
1700s 2.50 million people 1.37 million people 1.13 million people Romania
1710s 2.99 million people 1.42 million people 1.57 million people Romania
1720s 3.20 million people 1.45 million people 1.75 million people Romania
1730s 3.43 million people 1.62 million people 1.81 million people Romania
1740s 3.68 million people 1.72 million people 1.96 million people Romania
1750s 3.94 million people 1.77 million people 2.17 million people Romania
1760s 4.22 million people 1.92 million people 2.31 million people Romania
1770s 4.52 million people 2.04 million people 2.49 million people Romania
1780s 4.85 million people 2.10 million people 2.74 million people Romania
1790s 5.19 million people 2.19 million people 3.01 million people Romania
1800s 5.69 million people 2.45 million people 3.24 million people Romania
1810s 6.13 million people 2.48 million people 3.66 million people Romania
1820s 6.61 million people 2.71 million people 3.90 million people Romania
1830s 7.12 million people 2.99 million people 4.14 million people Romania
1840s 7.68 million people 3.27 million people 4.41 million people Romania
1850s 8.25 million people 3.62 million people 4.63 million people Romania
1860s 8.84 million people 3.98 million people 4.86 million people Romania
1870s 9.43 million people 4.35 million people 5.09 million people Romania
1880s 10.03 million people 4.67 million people 5.36 million people Romania
1890s 10.65 million people 4.94 million people 5.71 million people Romania
1900s 11.38 million people 5.27 million people 6.10 million people Romania
1910s 12.07 million people 5.65 million people 6.42 million people Romania
1920s 13.13 million people 6.00 million people 7.13 million people Romania
1930s 14.90 million people 6.25 million people 8.66 million people Romania
1940s 16.07 million people 6.66 million people 9.40 million people Romania
1950s 17.35 million people 7.24 million people 10.11 million people Romania
1960s 18.80 million people 7.71 million people 11.09 million people Romania
1970s 21.10 million people 8.18 million people 12.92 million people Romania
1980s 22.55 million people 8.37 million people 14.19 million people Romania
1990s 22.65 million people 8.76 million people 13.89 million people Romania
2000s 21.31 million people 9.04 million people 12.27 million people Romania
2010s 19.93 million people 9.79 million people 10.15 million people Romania
2020s 18.94 million people 10.61 million people 8.33 million people Romania
2030s 17.85 million people 10.95 million people 6.90 million people Romania
2040s 16.68 million people 11.19 million people 5.49 million people Romania
2050s 15.47 million people 11.36 million people 4.11 million people Romania
2060s 14.18 million people 11.40 million people 2.79 million people Romania
2070s 13.02 million people 11.42 million people 1.60 million people Romania
2080s 12.07 million people 11.41 million people 653,970 people Romania
2090s 11.23 million people 11.38 million people 157,120 people Sweden
2100s 10.77 million people 11.37 million people 598,700 people Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Romania or Sweden?
Sweden, at 11.37 million people against 10.77 million people in Romania as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Romania and Sweden?
598,700 people, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Sweden?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Romania and Sweden rank globally for population by world region?
Romania ranks 98th and Sweden ranks 96th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population by world region
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.