NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bucureşti had the highest population of 42 areas in 2016, at 1.84 million. Tulcea had the lowest, at 203,196. The median was 406,237 and the figure for Romania was 19.76 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,843,962Bucureşti

Lowest203,196Tulcea

Median406,23742 areas

Romania19,760,585History

All areas, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2016 persons	Change on 2015
1	Bucureşti	1,843,962	-0.5%
2	Iaşi	788,659	+0.3%
3	Prahova	740,483	-0.9%
4	Cluj	701,258	+0.1%
5	Timiş	696,720	+0.2%
6	Constanţa	681,054	-0.3%
7	Dolj	641,040	-0.8%
8	Suceava	629,733	-0.2%
9	Bacău	600,549	-0.6%
10	Argeş	595,764	-0.7%
11	Bihor	568,969	-0.5%
12	Braşov	550,934	-0%
13	Mureş	543,726	-0.5%
14	Galaţi	520,058	-0.9%
15	Dâmboviţa	505,219	-0.8%
16	Maramureş	468,333	-0.5%
17	Neamţ	455,643	-0.8%
18	Ilfov	444,241	+3.1%
19	Buzău	431,015	-1.2%
20	Arad	424,075	-0.6%
21	Olt	412,491	-1.4%
22	Sibiu	399,982	-0%
23	Hunedoara	398,950	-1.1%
24	Botoşani	394,625	-1.2%
25	Vaslui	387,525	-0.4%
26	Vâlcea	359,814	-1%
27	Teleorman	355,281	-1.7%
28	Satu Mare	338,181	-0.5%
29	Alba	333,488	-0.7%
30	Vrancea	330,937	-0.9%
31	Gorj	327,537	-1.2%
32	Harghita	307,555	-0.5%
33	Brăila	303,608	-1.5%
34	Călăraşi	295,505	-1.1%
35	Bistriţa-Năsăud	282,495	-0.3%
36	Caraş-Severin	282,467	-1.3%
37	Giurgiu	274,570	-0.7%
38	Ialomiţa	264,733	-0.9%
39	Mehedinţi	252,600	-1.4%
40	Sălaj	217,331	-0.8%
41	Covasna	206,279	-0.6%
42	Tulcea	203,196	-1.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Questions

Which area has the highest population?

Bucureşti, with 1.84 million in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Tulcea, with 203,196 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.