Romania
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Europe.
- Capital
- Bucharest
- Continent
- Europe
More Europe quizzes - Region
- the Balkans
- Land neighbours
- Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine
- Population
- 19,020,271 (2025)
- Total area
- 238,400 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 45.8° N, 25.0° E
Romania at a glance
Romania is a country in Europe, in the Balkans. Its capital is Bucharest. It shares land borders with 5 countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.
Flag of Romania
Romania’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Guess the Flag never shows it beside Chad’s flag: the two differ only in shade or proportions.
Andorra, Moldova and Romania: blue, yellow and red vertical bands; Andorra and Moldova add a coat of arms in the centre, Romania has none.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Andorra, Moldova, Belgium and France.
Romania in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 19,020,271 | 67thof 195 | 9thof 44 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 238,400 km² | 81stof 194 | 12thof 43 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $428.7B | 37thof 182 | 16thof 41 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $22,538 | 49thof 182 | 30thof 41 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 76.5 years | 73rdof 195 | 37thof 44 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.39 | 162ndof 195 | 24thof 44 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $1,051 | 62ndof 191 | 35thof 42 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 52.2% | 131stof 195 | 41stof 44 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 91.3% | 47thof 180 | 26thof 43 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 30.1% | 101stof 191 | 30thof 42 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 3.72 t | 68thof 181 | 30thof 37 |
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Romania compared with its neighbours
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Romania · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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