The first data of the population census published at the end of 2022 pointed to a decline by 1.1 million inhabitants from the 2011 census and the reason behind this decrease are the ongoing birth rate decline, migration and the demographic gap.
As a matter of fact, the number of newborns has almost halved since 1990. All Romania’s counties have registered falling numbers of newborns in the past three decades. The steepest declines were recorded in Bacau, Neamt and Prahova counties.
Sociologist Alfred Bulai believes there are two major reasons behind the decline: the dearth of birth rate promotion policies and migration.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)