Location:

Eastern Europe

Status:

UN Country

Capital City:

Bucharest (Bucuresti)

Main Cities:

Constanta, Iasi, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca

Population:

23,434,000

Area:

237,500 km2

Currency:

RON

Languages:

Romanian, Hungarian

Religions:

Romanian Orthodox, Roman Catholic

Population:

22,276,056 (July 2007 est.)

Area:

total: 237,500 sq km
land: 230,340 sq km
water: 7,160 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 2,508 km
border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

GDP - real growth rate:

7.7% (2006 est.)