Romania: cities by population
Romania has a population of 19,473,936, with Bucharest as its capital. The 50 largest of its 6,946 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bucharest | Bucharest | 1,877,155 |
| 2 | Iaşi | Iași County | 378,954 |
| 3 | Constanţa | Constanța County | 317,832 |
| 4 | Cluj-Napoca | Cluj County | 286,598 |
| 5 | Braşov | Brașov County | 253,200 |
| 6 | Timişoara | Timiș County | 250,849 |
| 7 | Craiova | Dolj | 234,140 |
| 8 | Galaţi | Galați County | 217,851 |
| 9 | Târgu Mureş | Mureș County | 212,752 |
| 10 | Oradea | Bihor County | 183,105 |
| 11 | Ploieşti | Prahova | 180,540 |
| 12 | Arad | Arad County | 169,065 |
| 13 | Brăila | Brăila County | 154,686 |
| 14 | Piteşti | Arges | 141,275 |
| 15 | Bacău | Bacău County | 136,087 |
| 16 | Sibiu | Sibiu County | 134,309 |
| 17 | Satu Mare | Satu Mare County | 112,490 |
| 18 | Baia Mare | Maramureş | 108,759 |
| 19 | Buzău | Buzău County | 103,481 |
| 20 | Piatra Neamţ | Neamț County | 102,688 |
| 21 | Râmnicu Vâlcea | Vâlcea County | 93,151 |
| 22 | Botoşani | Botoșani County | 90,010 |
| 23 | Suceava | Suceava | 84,308 |
| 24 | Reşiţa | Caraș-Severin County | 81,228 |
| 25 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | Mehedinți County | 79,865 |
| 26 | Bistriţa | Bistrița-Năsăud County | 78,877 |
| 27 | Târgu Jiu | Gorj County | 73,545 |
| 28 | Hunedoara | Hunedoara County | 69,136 |
| 29 | Roman | Neamț County | 67,819 |
| 30 | Bârlad | Vaslui County | 67,818 |
| 31 | Deva | Hunedoara County | 67,802 |
| 32 | Târgovişte | Dâmbovița County | 66,965 |
| 33 | Focșani | Vrancea | 66,648 |
| 34 | Tulcea | Tulcea County | 65,624 |
| 35 | Alba Iulia | Alba County | 64,227 |
| 36 | Slatina | Olt | 63,487 |
| 37 | Vaslui | Vaslui County | 63,035 |
| 38 | Giurgiu | Giurgiu County | 54,551 |
| 39 | Mediaş | Sibiu County | 53,040 |
| 40 | Zalău | Sălaj County | 52,359 |
| 41 | Sfântu Gheorghe | Covasna County | 50,080 |
| 42 | Paşcani | Iași County | 45,000 |
| 43 | Petroşani | Hunedoara County | 44,187 |
| 44 | Turda | Cluj County | 43,319 |
| 45 | Medgidia | Constanța County | 43,315 |
| 46 | Lugoj | Timiș County | 43,243 |
| 47 | Câmpina | Prahova | 41,554 |
| 48 | Slobozia | Ialomița County | 41,550 |
| 49 | Tecuci | Galați County | 41,154 |
| 50 | Sighetu Marmaţiei | Maramureş | 40,653 |
Twenty years earlier: Romania in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 21,377,426.