# NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population, 2025

All 42 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/romania-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/romania-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bucureşti | 1,709,191 |
| 2 | Iaşi | 780,271 |
| 3 | Cluj | 697,374 |
| 4 | Prahova | 685,562 |
| 5 | Timiş | 667,225 |
| 6 | Constanţa | 656,082 |
| 7 | Suceava | 645,930 |
| 8 | Ilfov | 604,264 |
| 9 | Dolj | 595,229 |
| 10 | Bacău | 591,999 |
| 11 | Argeş | 561,990 |
| 12 | Braşov | 560,277 |
| 13 | Bihor | 556,894 |
| 14 | Mureş | 519,574 |
| 15 | Galaţi | 489,056 |
| 16 | Dâmboviţa | 476,523 |
| 17 | Maramureş | 450,925 |
| 18 | Neamţ | 445,750 |
| 19 | Arad | 410,320 |
| 20 | Buzău | 395,517 |
| 21 | Sibiu | 394,963 |
| 22 | Botoşani | 388,291 |
| 23 | Olt | 375,641 |
| 24 | Vaslui | 365,977 |
| 25 | Hunedoara | 351,253 |
| 26 | Vâlcea | 340,236 |
| 27 | Vrancea | 331,236 |
| 28 | Satu Mare | 330,466 |
| 29 | Alba | 325,260 |
| 30 | Teleorman | 313,033 |
| 31 | Gorj | 307,702 |
| 32 | Bistriţa-Năsăud | 297,211 |
| 33 | Harghita | 291,871 |
| 34 | Călăraşi | 278,602 |
| 35 | Brăila | 271,655 |
| 36 | Giurgiu | 261,198 |
| 37 | Ialomiţa | 248,786 |
| 38 | Caraş-Severin | 242,232 |
| 39 | Mehedinţi | 229,220 |
| 40 | Sălaj | 211,140 |
| 41 | Covasna | 199,606 |
| 42 | Tulcea | 187,619 |