According to the NIS, the population of Romania was on January 1, 2025 of 21.73 million persons, of which in the urban area 12.05 million persons, decreasing in front of January 1, 2024 (1.2%), and in the rural area of 9.68 million persons, slightly increased in front of January 1, 2024 (0.4%). Potivit INS, the female population on January 1, 2025 was 11.13 million persons, decreasing by 0.5% compared to the same date of the previous year; The same evolution is also recorded by the male population, which was 10.6 million persons, decreasing by 0.5% compared to the same date of the previous year. The process of demographic aging continued in 2024, noting a slight decrease (0.3 percentage points) of the share of young people (0-14 years) and at the same time an increase (of 0.4 percentage points) of the share of the elder population (65 years and over) in the total population. The index of demographic aging increased from 126.8 to January 1, 2024 to 132.4 elderly people to 100 young people on January 1, 2025. The average age of the population was 42.9 years, 0.4 years older than on January 1, 2024. The median age was 43.7 years, increasing by 0.5 years 2025. He owned the age group 45-49 years (8.6%). The same age group had the highest weight both among female (8.3%) and male (9.0%). The weight of the group of 0-4 years was 4.2%, younger than that of the age groups 5-9 years (5.0%), 10-14 years (4.9%) and 15-19 years (5.3%). The data on the population after home on January 1, 2025 will be available to the locality level (municipality, city and commune), based on the central online data data, during May 2025.
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