The rate of decline in the under-one-year-old population between the last censuses is almost 20%, the fastest rate of any age group, according to data released Friday by INS President Andriy Tudorel at a demography event.

The population of Romania decreased by 5.3% in RPL2021 compared to RPL2011. According to the age categories, the number of children under 8 years decreased by 8.4%, and children under 10 years – by almost 6%, Tudorel Andrii noted.

Also, the share of Romanians under the age of 65 decreased from almost 20% to just over 18%, while the share of those over 65 increased from 16% to almost 20%.

The head of statistics also spoke on Friday about the main demographic trends over time: the post-war period was characterized by a low number of births, the years 1956-1966 were the years of abortion liberalization and the continuation of the decline in the birth rate, then the period 1967-1989, when the state applied pro-natalist measures, and since 1989, we have again observed a decrease in the number of births and consistent external migration.

According to census data, over the past ten years the number of permanent residents has increased only in 3 poviats: Ilfov (39.6%), Bistrica-Neseud (3.4%) and Suceava (1.2%). In 5 poviats, there was a decrease by the population is small: Brasov (-0.5%), Vranca Iasi (-1.5%) and Cluj (-1.7%). There population decline is opportunistic, they are university centers.

Growth rates over the past 10 years ranged from -4.9% to -2.0%;

SB (-2.3%), BC (-2.4%), NT (-3.5%), SM (-4.0%), CT (4.1%), BH (-4.2 %), Arad (-4.8%), BT and AB (-4.8%), CV (-4.8%) and TM (-4.8%);

Many counties have relatively large decreases in resident population in RPL2021 compared to RPL2011, with growth rates ranging from (-9.9; -5.0);

7 counties have registered a very significant decrease in resident population over the last 10 years, CS (-16.6%), TR (-14.9%), HD (-13.6%), BR (-12.4%), OT (-12.2%) ), MH (-11.7%) and BZ (-10.2%).

The most important role in reducing the population of Romania is also considered to be international migration.

Only in the period 2003–2011, the reduction of the permanent population due to international migration was proportionately more than 75%;

In 2012–2021, almost 645,000 more people died than were born, and international migration contributed to the reduction of the permanent population by 423,000 people.