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, 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 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.

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's regime also held two: a general one in April 1941, and one for those with " Jewish blood" in May, 1942.

1859–1860 census

1887 estimate

* Mainly in Dobruja (

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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

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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 COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.

References

External links

2011 Romanian census
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