NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Romania by population, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Bucureşti had the highest population of 42 areas in 2019, at 1.83 million. Tulcea had the lowest, at 194,421. The median was 397,698 and the figure for Romania was 19.41 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,829,897Bucureşti

Lowest194,421Tulcea

Median397,69842 areas

Romania19,414,458History

All areas, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2019 persons	Change on 2018
1	Bucureşti	1,829,897	+0.1%
2	Iaşi	793,559	+0.2%
3	Prahova	717,972	-1.1%
4	Cluj	706,905	+0.3%
5	Timiş	705,113	+0.5%
6	Constanţa	673,709	-0.4%
7	Dolj	625,656	-0.9%
8	Suceava	624,563	-0.5%
9	Bacău	585,146	-1%
10	Argeş	579,862	-1%
11	Bihor	561,404	-0.5%
12	Braşov	552,193	+0.2%
13	Mureş	535,193	-0.6%
14	Galaţi	504,058	-1.3%
15	Dâmboviţa	491,242	-1%
16	Ilfov	485,276	+2.5%
17	Maramureş	460,689	-0.6%
18	Neamţ	441,811	-1.2%
19	Arad	417,422	-0.4%
20	Buzău	413,723	-1.5%
21	Sibiu	401,006	+0.2%
22	Olt	394,389	-1.6%
23	Hunedoara	383,647	-1.3%
24	Botoşani	379,622	-1.5%
25	Vaslui	373,863	-1.6%
26	Vâlcea	350,059	-0.9%
27	Teleorman	334,143	-2.1%
28	Satu Mare	332,572	-0.6%
29	Alba	325,426	-0.9%
30	Vrancea	320,723	-1.1%
31	Gorj	315,494	-1.4%
32	Harghita	302,308	-0.6%
33	Brăila	289,537	-1.6%
34	Călăraşi	284,299	-1.3%
35	Bistriţa-Năsăud	278,851	-0.4%
36	Caraş-Severin	271,292	-1.4%
37	Giurgiu	266,194	-1.1%
38	Ialomiţa	256,120	-1.2%
39	Mehedinţi	241,262	-1.5%
40	Sălaj	211,691	-1%
41	Covasna	202,146	-0.7%
42	Tulcea	194,421	-1.7%

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 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Tulcea, with 194,421 in 2019.

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.