China vs Romania: Population, total, annual growth rate
China
-0.1696 % change on previous year
in 2025
Romania
-0.1653 % change on previous year
in 2025
China rank
188th
Romania rank
186th
Population, total, annual growth rate over time
- China
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports -0.1653 % change on previous year against -0.1696 % change on previous year in China, a difference of 0.0043 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.
China ranks 188th and Romania ranks 186th of 218 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.99 % change on previous year | 0.9323 % change on previous year | 1.06 % change on previous year | China |
| 1970s | 1.99 % change on previous year | 0.9947 % change on previous year | 0.9927 % change on previous year | China |
| 1980s | 1.45 % change on previous year | 0.4746 % change on previous year | 0.9719 % change on previous year | China |
| 1990s | 1.14 % change on previous year | -0.3013 % change on previous year | 1.44 % change on previous year | China |
| 2000s | 0.6099 % change on previous year | -0.9771 % change on previous year | 1.59 % change on previous year | China |
| 2010s | 0.5603 % change on previous year | -0.5 % change on previous year | 1.06 % change on previous year | China |
| 2020s | -0.0138 % change on previous year | -0.3042 % change on previous year | 0.2904 % change on previous year | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, total, annual growth rate, China or Romania?
- Romania, at -0.1653 % change on previous year against -0.1696 % change on previous year in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population, total, annual growth rate between China and Romania?
- 0.0043 % change on previous year, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Romania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do China and Romania rank globally for population, total, annual growth rate?
- China ranks 188th and Romania ranks 186th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population, total, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population, total. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.