Romania

Presentation

Capital: Bucharest

Population

Total Population (million): 21.55

Annual growth rate: -0.43%

Density: 94 inhab./km²

Urban population: 53.88%

Population of principal cities: Bucharest (1921751); Lasi (32158); Cluj-Napoca (318027); Timisoara (317651); Constance (310526); Craiova (302622)

Ethnic Origins:

Official Language: Romanian, spoken by 89.4 % of the population.

Other languages spoken: it is important to note that Hungarian and German are also used in this country. Moreover, as far as foreign languages are concerned, the most commonly used in Romania are English and French. Indeed, over the course of the past decade, the population has become less and less interested in learning Russian.

Business language: French, English and German.

Religion: Orthodox 70%, Atheists 14%, Catholics 6%, Protestants 6%, Others 4%.

Literacy rate: 97.30%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Bucharest

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 238,390 km²

Type of State: Social Republic based on parliamentary democracy.

Type of economy: Upper-middle-income economy, Ex-Transition country
The largest of the Balkan countries.

HID*: 0.813

HDI (world rank): 60/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Bucharest

F° | C°

17°

Low: 9° | High: 19°

Humidity: 72% | Wind: 17 km/h
Sunrise: 6:57 am | Sunset: 5:00 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Romania, dial 00
To call in Romania, dial 40

Internet suffix: .ro

Computers: 11.3 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 0.0

Internet users: 0.0