NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bucureşti had the highest population of 42 areas in 2017, at 1.83 million. Tulcea had the lowest, at 200,679. The median was 403,723 and the figure for Romania was 19.64 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,826,706Bucureşti

Lowest200,679Tulcea

Median403,72342 areas

Romania19,643,949History

All areas, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2017 persons	Change on 2016
1	Bucureşti	1,826,706	-0.9%
2	Iaşi	789,913	+0.2%
3	Prahova	732,833	-1%
4	Cluj	702,771	+0.2%
5	Timiş	698,261	+0.2%
6	Constanţa	678,286	-0.4%
7	Dolj	635,631	-0.8%
8	Suceava	628,319	-0.2%
9	Bacău	595,526	-0.8%
10	Argeş	590,531	-0.9%
11	Bihor	566,353	-0.5%
12	Braşov	550,795	-0%
13	Mureş	540,704	-0.6%
14	Galaţi	515,282	-0.9%
15	Dâmboviţa	501,274	-0.8%
16	Maramureş	465,402	-0.6%
17	Ilfov	460,502	+3.7%
18	Neamţ	451,517	-0.9%
19	Buzău	425,862	-1.2%
20	Arad	421,945	-0.5%
21	Olt	407,719	-1.2%
22	Sibiu	399,726	-0.1%
23	Hunedoara	393,176	-1.4%
24	Botoşani	390,334	-1.1%
25	Vaslui	383,931	-0.9%
26	Vâlcea	356,676	-0.9%
27	Teleorman	349,669	-1.6%
28	Satu Mare	336,509	-0.5%
29	Alba	330,961	-0.8%
30	Vrancea	328,084	-0.9%
31	Gorj	323,626	-1.2%
32	Harghita	305,679	-0.6%
33	Brăila	299,077	-1.5%
34	Călăraşi	292,835	-0.9%
35	Bistriţa-Năsăud	281,387	-0.4%
36	Caraş-Severin	279,109	-1.2%
37	Giurgiu	274,021	-0.2%
38	Ialomiţa	262,231	-0.9%
39	Mehedinţi	249,327	-1.3%
40	Sălaj	215,860	-0.7%
41	Covasna	204,920	-0.7%
42	Tulcea	200,679	-1.2%

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 1.83 million in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Tulcea, with 200,679 in 2017.

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.