Romania: Counties and Major Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts

Counties

The population of the counties of Romania according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1977-01-05	Population Census (C) 1992-01-07	Population Census (Cf) 2002-03-18	Population Census (Cf) 2011-10-20	Population Estimate (E) 2015-01-01
Romania	ROU	Rep	București	238,391	21,559,910	22,810,035	21,680,974	20,121,641	19,870,647
Alba	ALB	Cnty	Alba Iulia	6,242	409,634	413,919	382,747	342,376	335,875	624200
Arad	ARA	Cnty	Arad	7,754	512,020	487,617	461,791	430,629	426,459	775400
Argeș {Arges}	ARG	Cnty	Pitești	6,826	631,918	681,206	652,625	612,431	600,256	682600
Bacău {Bacau}	BAC	Cnty	Bacău	6,621	667,791	737,512	706,623	616,168	604,158	662100
Bihor	BIH	Cnty	Oradea	7,544	633,094	638,863	600,246	575,398	571,955	754400
Bistrița-Năsăud {Bistrita-Nasaud}	BIS	Cnty	Bistrița	5,355	286,628	326,820	311,657	286,225	283,210	535500
Botoșani {Botosani}	BOT	Cnty	Botoșani	4,986	451,217	461,305	452,834	412,626	399,259	498600
Brăila {Braila}	BRA	Cnty	Brăila	4,766	377,954	392,031	373,174	321,212	308,176	476600
Brașov {Brasov}	BRS	Cnty	Brașov	5,363	582,863	643,261	589,028	549,217	550,985	536300
București [Bucharest] {Bucuresti}	BUC	City	București	238	1,807,239	2,067,545	1,926,334	1,883,425	1,853,402	23800
Buzău {Buzau}	BUZ	Cnty	Buzău	6,103	508,424	516,961	496,214	451,069	436,440	610300
Călărași {Calarasi}	CAL	Cnty	Călărași	5,088	338,807	338,804	324,617	306,691	298,684	508800
Caraș-Severin {Caras-Severin}	CAR	Cnty	Reșița	8,520	385,577	376,347	333,219	295,579	286,143	852000
Cluj	CLU	Cnty	Cluj-Napoca	6,674	715,507	736,301	702,755	691,106	700,665	667400
Constanța {Constanta}	CON	Cnty	Constanța	7,071	608,817	748,769	715,151	684,082	683,339	707100
Covasna	COV	Cnty	Sfântu Gheorghe	3,710	199,017	233,256	222,449	210,177	207,596	371000
Dâmbovița {Dambovita}	DAM	Cnty	Târgoviște	4,054	527,620	562,041	541,763	518,745	509,531	405400
Dolj	DOL	Cnty	Craiova	7,414	750,328	762,142	734,231	660,544	646,455	741400
Galați {Galati}	GAL	Cnty	Galați	4,466	581,561	641,011	619,556	536,167	524,574	446600
Giurgiu	GIU	Cnty	Giurgiu	3,526	327,494	313,352	297,859	281,422	276,632	352600
Gorj	GOR	Cnty	Târgu Jiu	5,602	348,521	401,021	387,308	341,594	331,416	560200
Harghita	HAR	Cnty	Miercurea Ciuc	6,639	326,310	348,335	326,222	310,867	309,138	663900
Hunedoara	HUN	Cnty	Deva	7,063	514,436	547,950	485,712	418,565	403,554	706300
Ialomița {Ialomita}	IAL	Cnty	Slobozia	4,453	295,965	306,145	296,572	274,148	267,139	445300
Iași {Iasi}	IAS	Cnty	Iași	5,476	729,243	811,342	816,910	772,348	786,596	547600
Ilfov	ILF	Cnty	București	1,583	229,773	286,965	300,123	388,738	430,798	158300
Maramureș {Maramures}	MAR	Cnty	Baia Mare	6,304	492,860	540,099	510,110	478,659	470,691	630400
Mehedinți {Mehedinti}	MEH	Cnty	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	4,933	322,371	332,673	306,732	265,390	256,140	493300
Mureș {Mures}	MUR	Cnty	Târgu Mureș	6,714	605,345	610,053	580,851	550,846	546,415	671400
Neamț {Neamt}	NEA	Cnty	Piatra Neamț	5,896	532,096	578,420	554,516	470,766	459,372	589600
Olt	OLT	Cnty	Slatina	5,498	518,804	523,291	489,274	436,400	418,464	549800
Prahova	PRA	Cnty	Ploiești	4,716	817,168	874,349	829,945	762,886	747,565	471600
Sălaj {Salaj}	SAL	Cnty	Zalău	3,864	264,569	266,797	248,015	224,384	219,024	386400
Satu Mare	SAT	Cnty	Satu Mare	4,418	393,840	400,789	367,281	344,360	339,998	441800
Sibiu	SIB	Cnty	Sibiu	5,432	481,645	452,873	421,724	397,322	400,138	543200
Suceava	SUC	Cnty	Suceava	8,554	633,899	701,830	688,435	634,810	631,030	855400
Teleorman	TEL	Cnty	Alexandria	5,790	518,943	483,840	436,025	380,123	361,479	579000
Timiș {Timis}	TIM	Cnty	Timișoara	8,697	696,884	700,033	677,926	683,540	695,599	869700
Tulcea	TUL	Cnty	Tulcea	8,499	254,531	270,997	256,492	213,083	205,965	849900
Vâlcea {Valcea}	VAL	Cnty	Râmnicu Vâlcea	5,765	414,241	438,388	413,247	371,714	363,291	576500
Vaslui	VAS	Cnty	Vaslui	5,318	437,251	461,374	455,049	395,499	389,183	531800
Vrancea	VRA	Cnty	Focșani	4,857	369,740	393,408	387,632	340,310	333,858	485700

Romania National Institute of Statistics (web).
The estimates for 2015 refer to the usually resident population.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2011-10-20
1	București	BUC	1,883,425
2	Cluj-Napoca	CLU	324,576
3	Timișoara	TIM	319,279
4	Iași	IAS	290,422
5	Constanța	CON	283,872
6	Craiova	DOL	269,506
7	Brașov	BRS	253,200
8	Galați	GAL	249,432
9	Ploiești	PRA	209,945

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Romanian cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1977-01-05	Population Census (C) 1992-01-07	Population Census (Cf) 2002-03-18	Population Census (Cf) 2011-10-20	Area
Adjud	City	VRA	12,501	20,346	17,585	16,045	5911
Aiud	City	ALB	24,620	31,894	28,934	22,876	14252
Alba Iulia	City	ALB	41,199	71,168	66,406	63,536	10365
Alexandria	City	TEL	37,340	58,478	50,496	45,434	8992
Arad	City	ARA	171,193	190,144	172,827	159,074	25285
Bacău {Bacau}	City	BAC	127,299	205,029	175,500	144,307	4319
Baia Mare	City	MAR	100,985	149,205	137,921	123,738	23347
Baia Sprie	Town	MAR	15,554	16,059	16,609	15,476	9602
Băicoi {Baicoi}	Town	PRA	17,440	20,681	20,020	17,981	6536
Băilești {Bailesti}	City	DOL	19,890	22,344	20,083	17,437	16376
Balș {Bals}	Town	OLT	16,539	24,640	21,271	18,164	4113
Bârlad {Barlad}	City	VAS	55,781	77,518	69,066	55,837	1456
Bistrița {Bistrita}	City	BIS	44,339	87,710	81,259	75,076	14547
Blaj	City	ALB	20,826	22,425	20,765	20,630	9893
Bocșa {Bocsa}	Town	CAR	20,731	19,152	16,911	15,842	12202
Borșa {Borsa}	Town	MAR	24,406	27,450	26,984	27,611	42412
Botoșani {Botosani}	City	BOT	63,204	126,145	115,070	106,847	4136
Brad	City	HUN	17,077	18,861	16,482	14,495	7998
Bragadiru	Town	ILF	...	...	8,165	15,329	2179
Brăila {Braila}	City	BRA	195,659	234,110	216,292	180,302	4392
Brașov {Brasov}	City	BRS	256,475	323,736	284,596	253,200	26732
Breaza	Town	PRA	17,583	19,329	18,199	15,928	5069
București [Bucharest] {Bucuresti}	City	BUC	1,807,239	2,067,545	1,926,334	1,883,425	23787
Buftea	Town	ILF	14,891	19,399	20,350	22,178	5487
Buhuși {Buhusi}	Town	BAC	20,148	21,621	18,746	14,562	3986
Buzău {Buzau}	City	BUZ	97,698	148,087	134,227	115,494	8128
Calafat	City	DOL	15,568	20,445	18,858	17,336	13761
Călărași {Calarasi}	City	CAL	49,727	76,952	70,039	65,181	13322
Câmpia Turzii {Campia Turzii}	City	CLU	22,409	29,307	26,823	22,223	2378
Câmpina {Campina}	City	PRA	32,503	41,554	38,789	32,935	2423
Câmpulung {Campulung}	City	ARG	31,533	44,125	38,209	31,767	3559
Câmpulung Moldovenesc {Campulung Moldovenesc}	City	SUC	18,648	22,143	20,041	16,722	14155
Caracal	City	OLT	30,408	39,130	34,625	30,954	6964
Caransebeș {Caransebes}	City	CAR	27,190	31,985	28,301	24,689	7008
Carei	City	SAT	24,050	26,372	23,182	21,112	10231
Cernavodă {Cernavoda}	Town	CON	13,608	22,043	18,915	17,022	4669
Chitila	Town	ILF	...	...	12,643	14,184	1254
Cisnădie {Cisnadie}	Town	SIB	20,135	17,807	15,648	14,282	13856
Cluj-Napoca	City	CLU	262,858	328,602	317,953	324,576	17952
Codlea	City	BRS	22,449	24,547	24,286	21,708	12262
Comănești {Comanesti}	Town	BAC	16,879	23,679	25,020	19,568	6387
Constanța {Constanta}	City	CON	256,978	350,581	310,471	283,872	12489
Corabia	Town	OLT	19,705	22,386	20,610	16,441	12319
Craiova	City	DOL	221,261	303,959	302,601	269,506	8141
Cugir	Town	ALB	26,773	31,877	25,977	21,376	34577
Curtea de Argeș {Curtea de Arges}	City	ARG	24,645	35,824	32,510	27,359	6952
Dej	City	CLU	32,345	41,216	38,437	33,497	10912
Deva	City	HUN	60,334	78,438	69,257	61,123	6003
Dorohoi	City	BOT	22,161	33,739	30,949	24,309	6039
Drăgășani {Dragasani}	City	VAL	15,647	22,126	20,798	17,871	4821
Drobeta-Turnu Severin	City	MEH	76,686	115,259	104,557	92,617	5471
Făgăraș {Fagaras}	City	BRS	33,827	44,931	36,121	30,714	3905
Fălticeni {Falticeni}	City	SUC	20,656	32,807	29,787	25,723	2876
Fetești {Fetesti}	City	IAL	27,491	35,374	33,294	30,217	10119
Filiași {Filiasi}	Town	DOL	14,294	18,692	18,802	16,900	9973
Focșani {Focsani}	City	VRA	56,252	101,335	101,854	79,315	4815
Găești {Gaesti}	Town	DAM	12,494	18,566	15,585	13,317	2297
Galați {Galati}	City	GAL	238,292	326,141	298,861	249,432	24602
Gheorgheni	City	HAR	17,748	21,433	20,018	18,377	22202
Gherla	City	CLU	17,599	26,277	24,083	20,982	3628
Giurgiu	City	GIU	51,544	74,191	69,345	61,353	4694
Gura Humorului	Town	SUC	13,235	16,629	15,656	13,667	6984
Hunedoara	City	HUN	79,719	81,337	71,257	60,525	9730
Huși {Husi}	City	VAS	22,828	32,673	29,510	26,266	6398
Iași {Iasi}	City	IAS	265,002	344,425	320,888	290,422	9391
Luduș {Ludus}	Town	MUR	14,978	18,789	17,497	15,328	6725
Lugoj	City	TIM	44,537	50,939	44,636	40,361	9851
Lupeni	City	HUN	28,280	32,853	30,642	23,390	7773
Mangalia	City	CON	26,821	43,960	40,150	36,364	6224
Marghita	City	BIH	14,589	19,071	17,291	15,770	8373
Medgidia	City	CON	40,328	46,657	43,841	39,780	8987
Mediaș {Medias}	City	SIB	65,072	64,484	55,153	47,204	6265
Miercurea Ciuc	City	HAR	30,936	46,228	42,029	38,966	11766
Mioveni (Colibaşi)	Town	ARG	...	33,897	35,801	31,998	5097
Mizil	Town	PRA	13,189	17,090	15,760	14,312	1932
Moinești {Moinesti}	City	BAC	20,862	25,560	24,210	21,787	4583
Moreni	City	DAM	17,737	22,886	20,941	18,687	3514
Motru	City	GOR	15,998	26,626	22,967	19,079	5009
Năvodari {Navodari}	Town	CON	9,717	31,746	32,390	32,981	5844
Negrești-Oaș {Negresti-Oas}	Town	SAT	12,387	16,648	13,871	11,867	13012
Ocna Mureș {Ocna Mures}	Town	ALB	16,416	16,256	15,503	13,036	6834
Odorheiu Secuiesc	City	HAR	28,738	39,959	36,948	34,257	4779
Oltenița {Oltenita}	City	CAL	24,414	31,821	27,213	24,822	10489
Onești (Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej) {Onesti}	City	BAC	41,738	58,810	51,416	39,172	5248
Oradea	City	BIH	170,531	222,741	206,614	196,367	11556
Orăștie {Orastie}	City	HUN	17,845	24,174	21,213	18,227	3862
Pantelimon	Town	ILF	...	...	16,031	25,596	6877
Pașcani {Pascani}	City	IAS	24,459	44,900	42,057	33,745	7542
Petrila	Town	HUN	25,173	29,302	25,840	22,692	30868
Petroșani {Petrosani}	City	HUN	40,664	52,390	45,195	37,160	19556
Piatra Neamț {Piatra Neamt}	City	NEA	77,812	123,360	104,914	85,055	7747
Pitești {Pitesti}	City	ARG	123,735	179,337	168,458	155,383	4073
Ploiești {Ploiesti}	City	PRA	199,699	252,715	232,527	209,945	5828
Popești-Leordeni {Popesti-Leordeni}	Town	ILF	...	...	15,114	21,895	5581
Pucioasa	Town	DAM	13,555	16,601	15,263	14,254	4009
Rădăuți {Radauti}	City	SUC	21,869	31,074	27,633	23,822	3230
Râmnicu Sărat {Ramnicu Sarat}	City	BUZ	28,689	41,405	38,828	33,843	5286
Râmnicu Vâlcea {Ramnicu Valcea}	City	VAL	66,321	113,624	107,726	98,776	8952
Râșnov {Rasnov}	Town	BRS	13,792	16,384	15,456	15,022	16436
Reghin	City	MUR	29,903	38,240	36,126	33,281	5609
Reșița {Resita}	City	CAR	84,786	96,918	84,026	73,282	19765
Roman	City	NEA	51,132	80,328	69,268	50,713	2983
Roșiori de Vede {Rosiori de Vede}	City	TEL	28,847	37,640	31,849	27,416	7358
Săcele {Sacele}	City	BRS	30,551	30,226	29,915	30,798	26275
Salonta	City	BIH	19,746	20,660	18,074	17,735	17004
Satu Mare	City	SAT	103,544	131,987	115,142	102,411	15024
Sebeș {Sebes}	City	ALB	25,926	29,754	27,698	27,019	11545
Sfântu Gheorghe {Sfantu Gheorghe}	City	COV	40,804	68,359	61,543	56,006	7292
Sibiu	City	SIB	151,137	169,656	154,892	147,245	12164
Sighetu Marmației {Sighetu Marmatiei}	City	MAR	38,146	44,185	41,220	37,640	13536
Sighișoara {Sighisoara}	City	MUR	33,208	36,170	32,304	28,102	9602
Șimleu Silvaniei {simleu Silvaniei}	Town	SAL	14,575	17,642	16,066	14,436	6226
Slatina	City	OLT	44,892	85,168	78,815	70,293	5393
Slobozia	City	IAL	29,978	56,048	52,710	45,891	12672
Ștefănești (Florica) {stefanesti}	Town	ARG	...	...	12,983	14,541	5665
Suceava	City	SUC	62,715	114,462	105,865	92,121	5210
Târgoviște {Targoviste}	City	DAM	61,254	98,117	89,930	79,610	4681
Târgu Jiu {Targu Jiu}	City	GOR	63,506	98,238	96,641	82,504	9333
Târgu Mureș {Targu Mures}	City	MUR	130,076	164,445	150,041	134,290	4930
Târgu Neamț {Targu Neamt}	Town	NEA	14,951	22,912	20,496	18,695	4301
Târgu Secuiesc {Targu Secuiesc}	City	COV	16,329	22,912	20,488	18,491	4925
Târnăveni {Tarnaveni}	City	MUR	26,073	30,520	26,654	22,075	5268
Tecuci	City	GAL	36,143	46,825	42,094	34,871	8676
Timișoara {Timisoara}	City	TIM	269,353	334,115	317,660	319,279	12927
Toplița {Toplita}	City	HAR	13,618	17,212	15,880	13,929	33830
Tulcea	City	TUL	61,729	97,904	91,875	73,707	17724
Turda	City	CLU	55,294	61,200	55,887	47,744	9156
Turnu Măgurele {Turnu Magurele}	City	TEL	32,341	36,966	30,089	24,772	10924
Urziceni	City	IAL	12,476	19,303	17,094	15,308	5357
Vaslui	City	VAS	80,614	80,614	70,571	55,407	6844
Vatra Dornei	City	SUC	15,873	18,488	16,321	14,429	14434
Vișeu de Sus {Viseu de Sus}	Town	MAR	20,205	19,167	16,879	15,037	44306
Voluntari	Town	ILF	...	...	30,016	42,944	3740
Vulcan	City	HUN	28,664	34,524	29,740	24,160	8731
Zalău {Zalau}	City	SAL	31,923	68,404	62,927	56,202	9009
Zărnești {Zarnesti}	Town	BRS	23,288	26,319	25,299	23,476	20475
Zimnicea	Town	TEL	13,964	17,128	15,672	14,058	13133

Romania National Institute of Statistics (web).