NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bucureşti had the highest population of 42 areas in 2018, at 1.83 million. Tulcea had the lowest, at 197,734. The median was 400,391 and the figure for Romania was 19.53 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,828,869Bucureşti

Lowest197,734Tulcea

Median400,39142 areas

Romania19,533,481History

All areas, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2018 persons	Change on 2017
1	Bucureşti	1,828,869	+0.1%
2	Iaşi	791,753	+0.2%
3	Prahova	725,599	-1%
4	Cluj	704,619	+0.3%
5	Timiş	701,506	+0.5%
6	Constanţa	676,095	-0.3%
7	Dolj	631,026	-0.7%
8	Suceava	627,439	-0.1%
9	Bacău	591,053	-0.8%
10	Argeş	585,713	-0.8%
11	Bihor	564,171	-0.4%
12	Braşov	551,185	+0.1%
13	Mureş	538,214	-0.5%
14	Galaţi	510,865	-0.9%
15	Dâmboviţa	496,213	-1%
16	Ilfov	473,422	+2.8%
17	Maramureş	463,306	-0.5%
18	Neamţ	447,232	-0.9%
19	Buzău	419,831	-1.4%
20	Arad	419,135	-0.7%
21	Olt	400,763	-1.7%
22	Sibiu	400,018	+0.1%
23	Hunedoara	388,614	-1.2%
24	Botoşani	385,268	-1.3%
25	Vaslui	379,987	-1%
26	Vâlcea	353,161	-1%
27	Teleorman	341,447	-2.4%
28	Satu Mare	334,589	-0.6%
29	Alba	328,264	-0.8%
30	Vrancea	324,437	-1.1%
31	Gorj	319,903	-1.2%
32	Harghita	304,219	-0.5%
33	Brăila	294,097	-1.7%
34	Călăraşi	288,061	-1.6%
35	Bistriţa-Năsăud	280,058	-0.5%
36	Caraş-Severin	275,041	-1.5%
37	Giurgiu	269,239	-1.7%
38	Ialomiţa	259,143	-1.2%
39	Mehedinţi	244,960	-1.8%
40	Sălaj	213,761	-1%
41	Covasna	203,471	-0.7%
42	Tulcea	197,734	-1.5%

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 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Tulcea, with 197,734 in 2018.

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.