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Romania: cities by population

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Romania has a population of 18,800,605 (UN estimate, 2026), with Bucharest as its capital. The 50 largest of its 6,946 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

-15%
since 2000 (22,046,262)
-15%
projected by 2050 (16,027,266)
82
people per km²
19501975200020252050 16.4M 16.0M
UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.
Full UN series, 1950 to 2050
YearPopulation
195016,397,279
197521,268,070
200022,046,262
200521,213,388
201020,432,574
201519,871,019
202019,392,469
202518,908,650
202618,800,605
2030 projected18,359,507
2050 projected16,027,266

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Romania

#PlaceRegionPopulation
1BucharestBucharest1,877,155
2IaşiIași County378,954
3ConstanţaConstanța County317,832
4Cluj-NapocaCluj County286,598
5BraşovBrașov County253,200
6TimişoaraTimiș County250,849
7CraiovaDolj234,140
8GalaţiGalați County217,851
9Târgu MureşMureș County212,752
10OradeaBihor County183,105
11PloieştiPrahova180,540
12AradArad County169,065
13BrăilaBrăila County154,686
14PiteştiArges141,275
15BacăuBacău County136,087
16SibiuSibiu County134,309
17Satu MareSatu Mare County112,490
18Baia MareMaramureş108,759
19BuzăuBuzău County103,481
20Piatra NeamţNeamț County102,688
21Râmnicu VâlceaVâlcea County93,151
22BotoşaniBotoșani County90,010
23SuceavaSuceava84,308
24ReşiţaCaraș-Severin County81,228
25Drobeta-Turnu SeverinMehedinți County79,865
26BistriţaBistrița-Năsăud County78,877
27Târgu JiuGorj County73,545
28HunedoaraHunedoara County69,136
29RomanNeamț County67,819
30BârladVaslui County67,818
31DevaHunedoara County67,802
32TârgovişteDâmbovița County66,965
33FocșaniVrancea66,648
34TulceaTulcea County65,624
35Alba IuliaAlba County64,227
36SlatinaOlt63,487
37VasluiVaslui County63,035
38GiurgiuGiurgiu County54,551
39MediaşSibiu County53,040
40ZalăuSălaj County52,359
41Sfântu GheorgheCovasna County50,080
42PaşcaniIași County45,000
43PetroşaniHunedoara County44,187
44TurdaCluj County43,319
45MedgidiaConstanța County43,315
46LugojTimiș County43,243
47CâmpinaPrahova41,554
48SloboziaIalomița County41,550
49TecuciGalați County41,154
50Sighetu MarmaţieiMaramureş40,653

Twenty years earlier: Romania in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 21,377,426.

Common questions

What is the population of Romania?
Romania has a population of 18,800,605, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 16,027,266 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Romania?
Bucharest.

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Bucharest
The largest place we record in Romania: 1,877,155 people
Romania in 2005
The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 21,377,426 then
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