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Romania Population and Religion Percentage
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. According to the National Institute of Statistics as on 1st Jan 2022, the Population of Romania is 19,038,098 (19 million or 1.9 crores)
Estimated Population of Romania in 2023: 19 million or 1.9 crores
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| Romania | 2022 Population |
| Total Population | 19,038,098 |
| Global Rank | 61 |
| Land Area | 230,291 sq. km (89,302 sq. mi) |
| Area Rank | 81 |
| Pop. Density | 124 people/sq. km |
| Growth rate | 1.17% |
| Fertility Rate* | 1.62 |
| Infant mortality rate ** | 5.8 |
| Median Age | 43.2 Years |
| Life Expectancy | 76.50 years |
| Urban Population | 55% |
*Fertility rate, average number of children born to women during their reproductive years.
**Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age.
Religion in Poland
Christianity is the majority religion in Romania 94% of the population identifies themselves as Christians. Romania has the world’s third-largest Eastern Orthodox population.
At the country’s 2011 census, 81.0% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Romanian Orthodox Church. Other denominations include Protestantism (6.2%), Roman Catholicism (4.3%), and Greek Catholicism (0.8%). Other Christians include Jehovah’s Witness and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Other religions/ affiliations account for 1.5%, and the remaining 6.2% are classified as unaffiliated, which can mean agnostic, atheist, or “nothing in particular.” Other religion, includes 64,337 Muslims (mostly of Turkish and Tatar ethnicity) and 3,519 Jewish. Other small faiths are very small in numbers
Religion in Romania as of Census 2011
| Religion / Affiliationns | Percentage |
| Eastern Orthodox | 81% |
| Protestant | 6.20% |
| Roman Catholics | 4.30% |
| Greek Catholics | 0.80% |
| Other Religion | 1.50% |
| Not religious | 0.20% |
| Unspecified | 6% |
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Top Cities in Romania by Population
| # | City | County | Population |
| 1 | Bucharest | Bucharest | 18,83,425 |
| 2 | Cluj-Napoca | Cluj | 3,24,576 |
| 3 | Timișoara | Timiș | 3,19,279 |
| 4 | Iași | Iași | 2,90,422 |
| 5 | Constanța | Constanța | 2,83,872 |
| 6 | Craiova | Dolj | 2,69,506 |
| 7 | Brașov | Brașov | 2,53,200 |
| 8 | Galați | Galați | 2,49,342 |
| 9 | Ploiești | Prahova | 2,09,945 |
| 10 | Oradea | Bihor | 1,96,367 |
| 11 | Brăila | Brăila | 1,80,302 |
| 12 | Arad | Arad | 1,59,704 |
| 13 | Pitești | Argeș | 1,55,383 |
| 14 | Sibiu | Sibiu | 1,47,245 |
| 15 | Bacău | Bacău | 1,44,307 |
| 16 | Târgu Mureș | Mureș | 1,34,290 |
| 17 | Baia Mare | Maramureș | 1,23,738 |
| 18 | Buzău | Buzău | 1,15,494 |
| 19 | Botoșani | Botoșani | 1,06,847 |
| 20 | Satu Mare | Satu Mare | 1,02,441 |