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Romania
Quick facts
- Capital
- Bucharest
- Population
- 22 m
- Area
- 238,391 km²
- Region
- Southeast Europe
- Languages
- Romanian
- Currency
- Romanian leu (lei)
- Demonym
- Romanian
- UN member
- Yes
How Romania compares
Economy size$383 B
39th of 178 worldwide · 1st of 9 in Southeast Europe
Income per person$20,080
52nd of 178 worldwide · 2nd of 9 in Southeast Europe
Life expectancy76.5 yrs
71st of 179 worldwide · 7th of 9 in Southeast Europe
Internet access91.3%
45th of 179 worldwide · 2nd of 9 in Southeast Europe
Military spending$8.7 B
30th of 163 worldwide · 1st of 9 in Southeast Europe
Highlights
GDP
$383 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$20,080
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
76.5 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
0.5%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Researchers (per million)
1,082
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Resource rents
1.1%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From Roman Dacia to the European Union — a Latin island in a Slavic and Magyar sea, unified, dismembered and remade.
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