This article presents the demographic history of Romania through

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

results. See

Demographics of Romania This article is about the demographic features of the population of Romania, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. About 88 ...

for a more detailed overview of the country's present-day demographics. The 1930 census was the only one to cover

Greater Romania The term Greater Romania ( ro, România Mare) usually refers to the borders of the Kingdom of Romania in the interwar period, achieved after the Great Union. It also refers to a pan-nationalist idea. As a concept, its main goal is the creation ...

. Censuses in 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002, and 2011 covered Romania's present-day territory, as does the current 2022 census. All but the 1948 census, which asked about mother tongue, had a question on ethnicity.

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...

and

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...

each held a census in 1859. The

Romanian Old Kingdom The Romanian Old Kingdom ( ro, Vechiul Regat or just ''Regat''; german: Regat or ) is a colloquial term referring to the territory covered by the first independent Romanian nation state, which was composed of the Romanian Principalities: Wallachia ...

conducted statistical estimates in 1884, 1889, and 1894, and held censuses in 1899 and 1912.

Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu (; ; – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and ''Conducător'' during most of World War II. A Romanian Army career officer who made ...

's regime also held two: a general one in April 1941, and one for those with "

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

ish blood" in May, 1942.

1859–1860 census

1887 estimate

* Mainly in

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December 1899 census

19 December 1912 census

29 December 1930 census

6 April 1941 census

25 January 1948 census

21 February 1956 census

15 March 1966 census

5 January 1977 census

7 January 1992 census

18 March 2002 census

File:RoCensus2002Inhab.png, Ethnicity by county and number of inhabitants File:RoCensus2002Proc.png, Ethnicity by county and percentage

20 October 2011 census

Ethnic figures for 2011 are given as a percentage of individuals for whom data is available, while the "data unavailable" cohort is given as a percentage of the total population.

2022 census

The

2022 Romanian census The 2022 Romanian census was a census in Romania that began on 1 February 2022. It was supposed to be done in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania in order to avoid census takers from getting infected when coming into ...

was held between March and July 2022, being postponed from its original scheduled year, 2021, due to the

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References

External links

2011 Romanian census
site from the National Institute of Statistics {{Romanian censuses Demographics of Romania Geographic history of Romania

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