Capital of Romania:
BucharestArea of Romania: 238,391 km² (92,043 mi²) (
82th)
Population of Romania: 19,015,088 (
67th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Eastern Europe
Languages of Romania: Romanian (official) 91.6%,
Hungarian 6.3%,
Romani 1.2%, other 0.7% (2021 est.)
Religions of Romania: Christianity 84.7% [
Romanian Orthodox 73.6%,
Protestant 6.4%,
Catholic 4.4%, other
Christian 2%],
no religion 0.8%,
other 0.4%, unanswered 13.9% (2021 est.)
—
note: data represent individuals who declared a religion in the 2021 national census; 13.9% did not respond.
Ethnic groups of Romania: Romanian 89.3%,
Hungarian 6%,
Romani 3.4%,
Ukrainian 0.3%,
German 0.1%,
others 0.9% (2021 est.)
—
note: data represent individuals who declared an ethnic group in the 2021 national census; 13% did not respond; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Romania's population.
Currency:
Romanian leu (
RON)
Time zone:
UTC+2 (
EET), Summer (
DSTDaylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in North American English, hence the mnemonic: 'spring forward and fall back').)
UTC+3 (
EEST)
Calling code: (
+40)
Organizations: United Nations, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Border countries (5):
Bulgaria 631 km (392 mi),
Hungary 448 km (278 mi),
Moldova 681 km (423 mi),
Serbia 546 km (339 mi),
Ukraine 649 km (403 mi).
Coastline: 245 km (152 mi)
Administrative divisions in Romania
41 counties, and one city with special status (Bucharest, the national capital)*:
Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti (Bucharest)*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dambovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Valcea, Vrancea.
Natural resources: petroleum (reserves steady to declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydro power.