In today's world, Demographic history of Romania has become a topic of great relevance and interest to all types of people. Whether due to its impact on society, its historical relevance or its importance in the scientific field, Demographic history of Romania is a topic that arouses curiosity and debate in different sectors. Throughout history, Demographic history of Romania has been the subject of study and research, generating a large body of knowledge that continues to be explored and questioned today. Therefore, it is of great interest to delve into the different aspects that Demographic history of Romania covers, from its origins to its implications in daily life.
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. Ion Antonescu's regime also held two: a general one in April 1941, and one for those with "Jewish blood" in May, 1942.
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.
The 2021 Romanian census (RPL2021), with the reference day for the census data set at 1 December 2021, was held between February and July 2022, being postponed from its original scheduled year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. The first provisional results of the RPL2021 published at the end of 2022 show a resident population of Romania of 19,053,815 people.
^Leonida Colescu, director of the Romanian Statistics Service between 1899 and 1922, conjectured that the number of people was overestimated in the census conducted in 1859-1860 and calculated that the real figure was 3,864,848 people. Colescu, Leonida (1944). Analiza rezultatelor recensãmântului general al populației României din 1899(PDF). Institutul Național de Statistică. p. 7-8; 19.
^Parliamentary Reports. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1867. p. 153.