Romania's population has been slowly but steadily declining since the collapse of communism in 1989, owing to a combination of factors such as declining birth rates, higher mortality, and emigration.

Romania's population has fallen by more than 12 per cent since 2002 as hundreds of thousands leave the poverty-stricken nation for richer countries such as Britain. Figures from the latest Romanian ...

Low birth rates, rampant emigration and an ageing population all take their toll on a country facing critical labour shortages. Percentage-wise, other former communist Eastern European countries have ...