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.

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 ...

Vietnamese men work at the construction site on the roof of a block of flats in Bucharest, September 26, 2019. ADRIAN CATU / AFP With a population of 19 million, Romania is sinking into a worrying ...