NUTS 3 areas of Romania by natural population change

Iaşi had the highest natural population change of 42 areas in 2018, at 990. Prahova had the lowest, at -3,873. The median was -1,532 and the figure for Romania was -61,167. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest990Iaşi
Lowest-3,873Prahova
Median-1,53242 areas
Romania-61,167History

All areas, 2018

Iaşi: 990 personsIaşi990Ilfov: 799 personsIlfov799Suceava: 390 personsSuceava390Bistriţa-Năsăud: 61 personsBistriţa-Năsăud61Timiş: 43 personsTimiş43Braşov: -44 personsBraşov-44Sibiu: -234 personsSibiu-234Bucureşti: -347 personsBucureşti-347Vâlcea: -515 personsVâlcea-515Covasna: -573 personsCovasna-573Harghita: -574 personsHarghita-574Sălaj: -698 personsSălaj-698Maramureş: -826 personsMaramureş-826Satu Mare: -900 personsSatu Mare-900Cluj: -943 personsCluj-943Ialomiţa: -1,225 personsIalomiţa-1,225Mureş: -1,300 personsMureş-1,300Constanţa: -1,316 personsConstanţa-1,316Alba: -1,325 personsAlba-1,325Bihor: -1,423 personsBihor-1,423Tulcea: -1,528 personsTulcea-1,528Vaslui: -1,535 personsVaslui-1,535Gorj: -1,557 personsGorj-1,557Vrancea: -1,627 personsVrancea-1,627Arad: -1,656 personsArad-1,656Călăraşi: -1,754 personsCălăraşi-1,754Caraş-Severin: -1,790 personsCaraş-Severin-1,790Mehedinţi: -1,876 personsMehedinţi-1,876Giurgiu: -2,086 personsGiurgiu-2,086Botoşani: -2,131 personsBotoşani-2,131Dâmboviţa: -2,203 personsDâmboviţa-2,203Argeş: -2,210 personsArgeş-2,210Galaţi: -2,274 personsGalaţi-2,274Hunedoara: -2,330 personsHunedoara-2,330Brăila: -2,336 personsBrăila-2,336Neamţ: -2,570 personsNeamţ-2,570Bacău: -2,667 personsBacău-2,667Olt: -3,005 personsOlt-3,005Dolj: -3,269 personsDolj-3,269Buzău: -3,292 personsBuzău-3,292Teleorman: -3,638 personsTeleorman-3,638Prahova: -3,873 personsPrahova-3,873Iaşi: 990 personsIaşi990Ilfov: 799 personsIlfov799Suceava: 390 personsSuceava390Bistriţa-Năsăud: 61 personsBistriţa-Năsăud61Timiş: 43 personsTimiş43Braşov: -44 personsBraşov-44Sibiu: -234 personsSibiu-234Bucureşti: -347 personsBucureşti-347Vâlcea: -515 personsVâlcea-515Covasna: -573 personsCovasna-573Harghita: -574 personsHarghita-574Sălaj: -698 personsSălaj-698Maramureş: -826 personsMaramureş-826Satu Mare: -900 personsSatu Mare-900Cluj: -943 personsCluj-943Ialomiţa: -1,225 personsIalomiţa-1,225Mureş: -1,300 personsMureş-1,300Constanţa: -1,316 personsConstanţa-1,316Alba: -1,325 personsAlba-1,325Bihor: -1,423 personsBihor-1,423Tulcea: -1,528 personsTulcea-1,528Vaslui: -1,535 personsVaslui-1,535Gorj: -1,557 personsGorj-1,557Vrancea: -1,627 personsVrancea-1,627Arad: -1,656 personsArad-1,656Călăraşi: -1,754 personsCălăraşi-1,754Caraş-Severin: -1,790 personsCaraş-Severin-1,790Mehedinţi: -1,876 personsMehedinţi-1,876Giurgiu: -2,086 personsGiurgiu-2,086Botoşani: -2,131 personsBotoşani-2,131Dâmboviţa: -2,203 personsDâmboviţa-2,203Argeş: -2,210 personsArgeş-2,210Galaţi: -2,274 personsGalaţi-2,274Hunedoara: -2,330 personsHunedoara-2,330Brăila: -2,336 personsBrăila-2,336Neamţ: -2,570 personsNeamţ-2,570Bacău: -2,667 personsBacău-2,667Olt: -3,005 personsOlt-3,005Dolj: -3,269 personsDolj-3,269Buzău: -3,292 personsBuzău-3,292Teleorman: -3,638 personsTeleorman-3,638Prahova: -3,873 personsPrahova-3,873
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2018
persons
Change on 2017
1Iaşi990-42%
2Ilfov799-19.3%
3Suceava390-42.2%
4Bistriţa-Năsăud61+154%
5Timiş43+117.9%
6Braşov-44-115%
7Sibiu-234-212%
8Bucureşti-347-181.5%
9Vâlcea-515+40.1%
10Covasna-573-45.1%
11Harghita-574-50.7%
12Sălaj-698-32.7%
13Maramureş-826-34.1%
14Satu Mare-900-55.7%
15Cluj-943-41.2%
16Ialomiţa-1,225-16.6%
17Mureş-1,300-46.4%
18Constanţa-1,316-68.1%
19Alba-1,325-13.8%
20Bihor-1,423-17.7%
21Tulcea-1,528-32.4%
22Vaslui-1,535-158.4%
23Gorj-1,557-6%
24Vrancea-1,627-9.9%
25Arad-1,656+18.8%
26Călăraşi-1,754-7%
27Caraş-Severin-1,790+5.7%
28Mehedinţi-1,876+3.2%
29Giurgiu-2,086-9.4%
30Botoşani-2,131-12.9%
31Dâmboviţa-2,203-3.9%
32Argeş-2,210-4.7%
33Galaţi-2,274-34.2%
34Hunedoara-2,330-9.8%
35Brăila-2,336-3.1%
36Neamţ-2,570-30.1%
37Bacău-2,667-48.5%
38Olt-3,005+0.3%
39Dolj-3,269-4.2%
40Buzău-3,292-9.7%
41Teleorman-3,6380%
42Prahova-3,873-5.3%

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Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

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Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (NUTS 3 areas of Romania by natural population change, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table

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Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), NUTS 3 areas of Romania by natural population change, 2018. Eurostat, European Commission, 21 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/romania-provinces?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). NUTS 3 areas of Romania by natural population change, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/romania-provinces?period=2018.

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Which area has the highest natural population change?

Iaşi, with 990 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Prahova, with -3,873 in 2018.

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