DEMOGRAPHICS OF ROMANIA IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD
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25 March 2026
Available Online
15 November 2013
Abstract
THE ROMANIAN STATISTICS, SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ONE, BRINGS FORWARD THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANIA’S INTERWAR POPULATION FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC POINT OF VIEW, WITH ITS DYNAMISM AND FLUCTUATIONS. THERE IS A GENERAL TENDENCY OF BIRTH RATE DE CREASE AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL, MORE PRONOUNCED AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL, ROMANIA INCLUDED, SCORING IN THIS CONTEXT ONE OF THE HIGHEST BIRTH RATES IN THE WORLD, THE ROMANIAN STATE CONSTANTLY INCREASING THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTRY, IN SPITE OF THE MORE PRONOUNCE D BIRTH RATE DECREASE IN THE RURAL AREAS AS OPPOSED TO THE URBAN AREAS. THE MOST SEVERE PROBLEM IN THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTY – BOTH IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS - WAS THE EXTREMELY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL DEATH RATE AND INFANT MORTALITY, ROMANIA OCCUPYING THE FIRST PLACE FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW. DUE TO THE HIGH BIRTH RATE, THE NATURAL POPULATION SURPLUS RATE HAS STILL MAINTAINED AT A CONSIDERABLE LEVEL. DATA OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF BUCHAREST, CORPUS “SABIN MANUINĂ”, WITH REFERENCE TO THE GLOBAL LEVEL, COMPLETE THIS PICTURE.
Keywords
DEMOGRAPHICS
BIRTH RATE
DEATH RATE
NATURAL POPULATION SURPLUS
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