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title: "Romania — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Romania: capital Bucharest, area 238,391 km², population 19,020,271 (2025), currency Romanian leu. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Romania

**Romania: Capital Bucharest**

238,391 km² · 19,020,271 people (2025) · Romanian leu

The Danube Delta is the best-preserved river delta in Europe and one of the largest wetlands in the world, still growing seaward. The Carpathians curve through the middle of the country and hold the largest brown bear population in Europe outside Russia. The Transfăgărășan road climbs to 2,042 m.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Bucharest
- **Area:** 238,391 km² — 92,043 sq mi
- **Population:** 19,020,271 (2025)
- **Density:** 79.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Romanian leu (RON, lei)
- **Official language:** Romanian
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +40
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** RO · ROU
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 82 of 200
- **By population:** 68 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uganda | 241,038 | 51,384,894 |
| Ghana | 238,533 | 35,064,272 |
| Romania ← | 238,391 | 19,020,271 |
| Laos | 236,800 | 7,873,046 |
| Guyana | 214,969 | 835,986 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Romania?

Bucharest

### What currency does Romania use?

The Romanian leu (RON).

### How big is Romania?

238,391 km², or 92,043 square miles — 82 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Romania drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Uganda](https://atoneplace.net/country/uganda/)
- [Ghana](https://atoneplace.net/country/ghana/)
- [Laos](https://atoneplace.net/country/laos/)
- [Guyana](https://atoneplace.net/country/guyana/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]