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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) 2018-01-01
Romania	ROU	Rep	București	238,391	21,559,910	22,810,035	21,680,974	20,121,641	19,523,621
Alba	ALB	Cnty	Alba Iulia	6,242	409,634	413,919	382,747	342,376	328,247	624200	→
Arad	ARA	Cnty	Arad	7,754	512,020	487,617	461,791	430,629	419,236	775400	→
Argeș	ARG	Cnty	Pitești	6,826	631,918	681,206	652,625	612,431	585,835	682600	→
Bacău	BAC	Cnty	Bacău	6,621	667,791	737,512	706,623	616,168	590,427	662100	→
Bihor	BIH	Cnty	Oradea	7,544	633,094	638,863	600,246	575,398	564,023	754400	→
Bistrița-Năsăud	BIS	Cnty	Bistrița	5,355	286,628	326,820	311,657	286,225	279,997	535500	→
Botoșani	BOT	Cnty	Botoșani	4,986	451,217	461,305	452,834	412,626	385,011	498600	→
Brăila	BRA	Cnty	Brăila	4,766	377,954	392,031	373,174	321,212	294,109	476600	→
Brașov	BRS	Cnty	Brașov	5,363	582,863	643,261	589,028	549,217	550,912	536300	→
București [Bucharest]	BUC	City	București	238	1,807,239	2,067,545	1,926,334	1,883,425	1,827,836	23800	→
Buzău	BUZ	Cnty	Buzău	6,103	508,424	516,961	496,214	451,069	419,813	610300	→
Călărași	CAL	Cnty	Călărași	5,088	338,807	338,804	324,617	306,691	287,948	508800	→
Caraș-Severin	CAR	Cnty	Reșița	8,520	385,577	376,347	333,219	295,579	274,908	852000	→
Cluj	CLU	Cnty	Cluj-Napoca	6,674	715,507	736,301	702,755	691,106	704,696	667400	→
Constanța	CON	Cnty	Constanța	7,071	608,817	748,769	715,151	684,082	676,020	707100	→
Covasna	COV	Cnty	Sfântu Gheorghe	3,710	199,017	233,256	222,449	210,177	203,525	371000	→
Dâmbovița	DAM	Cnty	Târgoviște	4,054	527,620	562,041	541,763	518,745	496,272	405400	→
Dolj	DOL	Cnty	Craiova	7,414	750,328	762,142	734,231	660,544	630,507	741400	→
Galați	GAL	Cnty	Galați	4,466	581,561	641,011	619,556	536,167	508,832	446600	→
Giurgiu	GIU	Cnty	Giurgiu	3,526	327,494	313,352	297,859	281,422	269,286	352600	→
Gorj	GOR	Cnty	Târgu Jiu	5,602	348,521	401,021	387,308	341,594	320,008	560200	→
Harghita	HAR	Cnty	Miercurea Ciuc	6,639	326,310	348,335	326,222	310,867	304,325	663900	→
Hunedoara	HUN	Cnty	Deva	7,063	514,436	547,950	485,712	418,565	388,429	706300	→
Ialomița	IAL	Cnty	Slobozia	4,453	295,965	306,145	296,572	274,148	258,681	445300	→
Iași	IAS	Cnty	Iași	5,476	729,243	811,342	816,910	772,348	789,887	547600	→
Ilfov	ILF	Cnty	București	1,583	229,773	286,965	300,123	388,738	473,491	158300	→
Maramureș	MAR	Cnty	Baia Mare	6,304	492,860	540,099	510,110	478,659	463,117	630400	→
Mehedinți	MEH	Cnty	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	4,933	322,371	332,673	306,732	265,390	245,213	493300	→
Mureș	MUR	Cnty	Târgu Mureș	6,714	605,345	610,053	580,851	550,846	538,237	671400	→
Neamț	NEA	Cnty	Piatra Neamț	5,896	532,096	578,420	554,516	470,766	446,809	589600	→
Olt	OLT	Cnty	Slatina	5,498	518,804	523,291	489,274	436,400	400,760	549800	→
Prahova	PRA	Cnty	Ploiești	4,716	817,168	874,349	829,945	762,886	725,716	471600	→
Sălaj	SAL	Cnty	Zalău	3,864	264,569	266,797	248,015	224,384	213,802	386400	→
Satu Mare	SAT	Cnty	Satu Mare	4,418	393,840	400,789	367,281	344,360	334,475	441800	→
Sibiu	SIB	Cnty	Sibiu	5,432	481,645	452,873	421,724	397,322	399,994	543200	→
Suceava	SUC	Cnty	Suceava	8,554	633,899	701,830	688,435	634,810	626,017	855400	→
Teleorman	TEL	Cnty	Alexandria	5,790	518,943	483,840	436,025	380,123	341,391	579000	→
Timiș	TIM	Cnty	Timișoara	8,697	696,884	700,033	677,926	683,540	701,318	869700	→
Tulcea	TUL	Cnty	Tulcea	8,499	254,531	270,997	256,492	213,083	197,757	849900	→
Vâlcea	VAL	Cnty	Râmnicu Vâlcea	5,765	414,241	438,388	413,247	371,714	353,242	576500	→
Vaslui	VAS	Cnty	Vaslui	5,318	437,251	461,374	455,049	395,499	379,144	531800	→
Vrancea	VRA	Cnty	Focșani	4,857	369,740	393,408	387,632	340,310	324,368	485700	→

The tabulated population estimate refers to the usually resident population.
Romania National Institute of Statistics (web).

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	23406	→
Bacău	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	Town	PRA	17,440	20,681	20,020	17,981	6536	→
Băilești	City	DOL	19,890	22,344	20,083	17,437	16376	→
Balș	Town	OLT	16,539	24,640	21,271	18,164	4113	→
Bârlad	City	VAS	55,781	77,518	69,066	55,837	1456	→
Bistrița	City	BIS	44,339	87,710	81,259	75,076	14547	→
Blaj	City	ALB	20,826	22,425	20,765	20,630	9905	→
Bocșa	Town	CAR	20,731	19,152	16,911	15,842	12202	→
Borșa	Town	MAR	24,406	27,450	26,984	27,611	42412	→
Botoșani	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	City	BRA	195,659	234,110	216,292	180,302	4366	→
Brașov	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]	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	Town	BAC	20,148	21,621	18,746	14,562	3986	→
Buzău	City	BUZ	97,698	148,087	134,227	115,494	8128	→
Calafat	City	DOL	15,568	20,445	18,858	17,336	13761	→
Călărași	City	CAL	49,727	76,952	70,039	65,181	13322	→
Câmpia Turzii	City	CLU	22,409	29,307	26,823	22,223	2378	→
Câmpina	City	PRA	32,503	41,554	38,789	32,935	2423	→
Câmpulung	City	ARG	31,533	44,125	38,209	31,767	3559	→
Câmpulung 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	City	CAR	27,190	31,985	28,301	24,689	7008	→
Carei	City	SAT	24,050	26,372	23,182	21,112	10231	→
Cernavodă	Town	CON	13,608	22,043	18,915	17,022	4263	→
Chitila	Town	ILF	...	...	12,643	14,184	1254	→
Cisnădie	Town	SIB	20,135	17,807	15,648	14,282	13862	→
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	Town	BAC	16,879	23,679	25,020	19,568	6387	→
Constanța	City	CON	256,978	350,581	310,471	283,872	12507	→
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	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	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	City	BRS	33,827	44,931	36,121	30,714	3905	→
Fălticeni	City	SUC	20,656	32,807	29,787	25,723	2876	→
Fetești	City	IAL	27,491	35,374	33,294	30,217	10119	→
Filiași	Town	DOL	14,294	18,692	18,802	16,900	9973	→
Focșani	City	VRA	56,252	101,335	101,854	79,315	4815	→
Găești	Town	DAM	12,494	18,566	15,585	13,317	2297	→
Galați	City	GAL	238,292	326,141	298,861	249,432	24602	→
Gheorgheni	City	HAR	17,748	21,433	20,018	18,377	22051	→
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	City	VAS	22,828	32,673	29,510	26,266	6398	→
Iași	City	IAS	265,002	344,425	320,888	290,422	10064	→
Luduș	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	6230	→
Marghita	City	BIH	14,589	19,071	17,291	15,770	8373	→
Medgidia	City	CON	40,328	46,657	43,841	39,780	9116	→
Mediaș	City	SIB	65,072	64,484	55,153	47,204	6265	→
Miercurea Ciuc	City	HAR	30,936	46,228	42,029	38,966	11886	→
Mioveni (Colibaşi)	Town	ARG	...	33,897	35,801	31,998	5097	→
Mizil	Town	PRA	13,189	17,090	15,760	14,312	1932	→
Moinești	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	Town	CON	9,717	31,746	32,390	32,981	6448	→
Negrești-Oaș	Town	SAT	12,387	16,648	13,871	11,867	13012	→
Ocna Mureș	Town	ALB	16,416	16,256	15,503	13,036	6834	→
Odorheiu Secuiesc	City	HAR	28,738	39,959	36,948	34,257	4712	→
Oltenița	City	CAL	24,414	31,821	27,213	24,822	10489	→
Onești (Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej)	City	BAC	41,738	58,810	51,416	39,172	5248	→
Oradea	City	BIH	170,531	222,741	206,614	196,367	11556	→
Orăștie	City	HUN	17,845	24,174	21,213	18,227	3862	→
Pantelimon	Town	ILF	...	...	16,019	25,596	6877	→
Pașcani	City	IAS	24,459	44,900	42,057	33,745	7931	→
Petrila	Town	HUN	25,173	29,302	25,840	22,692	30868	→
Petroșani	City	HUN	40,664	52,390	45,195	37,160	19556	→
Piatra Neamț	City	NEA	77,812	123,360	104,914	85,055	7747	→
Pitești	City	ARG	123,735	179,337	168,458	155,383	4073	→
Ploiești	City	PRA	199,699	252,715	232,527	209,945	5826	→
Popești-Leordeni	Town	ILF	...	...	15,115	21,895	5581	→
Pucioasa	Town	DAM	13,555	16,601	15,263	14,254	4009	→
Rădăuți	City	SUC	21,869	31,074	27,633	23,822	3230	→
Râmnicu Sărat	City	BUZ	28,689	41,405	38,828	33,843	5286	→
Râmnicu Vâlcea	City	VAL	66,321	113,624	107,726	98,776	8952	→
Râșnov	Town	BRS	13,792	16,384	15,456	15,022	16436	→
Reghin	City	MUR	29,903	38,240	36,126	33,281	5588	→
Reșița	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	City	TEL	28,847	37,640	31,849	27,416	7358	→
Săcele	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	City	ALB	25,926	29,754	27,698	27,019	11535	→
Sfântu 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	City	MAR	38,146	44,185	41,220	37,640	13536	→
Sighișoara	City	MUR	33,208	36,170	32,304	28,102	9602	→
Șimleu 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)	Town	ARG	...	...	12,983	14,541	5665	→
Suceava	City	SUC	62,715	114,462	105,865	92,121	5210	→
Târgoviște	City	DAM	61,254	98,117	89,930	79,610	4681	→
Târgu Jiu	City	GOR	63,506	98,238	96,641	82,504	9335	→
Târgu Mureș	City	MUR	130,076	164,445	150,041	134,290	4930	→
Târgu Neamț	Town	NEA	14,951	22,912	20,496	18,695	4301	→
Târgu Secuiesc	City	COV	16,329	22,912	20,488	18,491	4925	→
Târnăveni	City	MUR	26,073	30,520	26,654	22,075	5896	→
Tecuci	City	GAL	36,143	46,825	42,094	34,871	8676	→
Timișoara	City	TIM	269,353	334,115	317,660	319,279	12927	→
Toplița	City	HAR	13,618	17,212	15,880	13,929	33770	→
Tulcea	City	TUL	61,729	97,904	91,875	73,707	23303	→
Turda	City	CLU	55,294	61,200	55,887	47,744	9156	→
Turnu Măgurele	City	TEL	32,341	36,966	30,089	24,772	10931	→
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	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	City	SAL	31,923	68,404	62,927	56,202	9009	→
Zărnești	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).