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🇷🇴 Romania

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ROU
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2RO
UN M49 numeric642
IOC codeROU
Official nameRomania
Native name(s)ron: official: România; common: România
Alt spellingsRO, Rumania, Roumania, România
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionSoutheast Europe
UN regional groupEastern European Group
CapitalBucharest
Area (km²)238,391
Lat / Lng46.0000, 25.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BGR, HUN, MDA, SRB, UKR
Top-level domain.ro
Calling coderoot: +4; suffixes: 0

Demographics

Population (World Bank)19,020,271 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.459 (2024)
Languagesron: Romanian
Demonymseng: f: Romanian; m: Romanian; fra: f: Roumaine; m: Roumain
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)428,677,977,854.826 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)22,537.953 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.992 (2025)
CurrenciesRON: name: Romanian leu; symbol: lei

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195016,397,279
195116,625,600
195216,846,047
195317,057,698
195417,266,663
195517,475,268
195617,691,496
195717,887,289
195818,046,129
195918,187,698
196018,313,495
196118,422,514
196218,511,669
196318,587,430
196418,655,401
196518,713,054
196618,776,259
196718,998,555
196819,361,055
196919,701,808
197020,011,625
197120,293,482
197220,555,576
197320,798,323
197421,033,552
197521,268,070
197621,497,683
197721,700,178
197821,868,067
197922,019,624
198022,154,771
198122,272,789
198222,374,443
198322,459,207
198422,533,999
198522,605,820
198622,674,743
198722,745,591
198822,815,429
198922,887,641
199022,939,530
199122,947,413
199222,912,393
199322,842,250
199422,756,243
199522,657,723
199622,541,910
199722,411,513
199822,284,900
199922,166,159
200022,046,262
200121,919,917
200221,770,017
200321,593,450
200421,403,217
200521,213,388
200621,035,732
200720,870,716
200820,718,742
200920,576,927
201020,432,574
201120,282,011
201220,158,452
201320,062,921
201419,968,174
201519,871,019
201619,777,051
201719,689,401
201819,597,872
201919,501,542
202019,392,469
202119,248,161
202219,166,772
202319,118,479

Full raw record (JSON)

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