Romania

Information

Capital Bucharest
Currency Romanian Leu (RON)
Government Semi-Presidential Republic
Area/ Size 238,391 sq km
Population 21,529,967 (July 2017 est.)
Language Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%
Religion Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 81.9%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformed and Pentecostal) 6.4%, Roman Catholic 4.3%, other (includes Muslim) 0.9%, none or atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.3% (2011 est.)
Climate Temperate climate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
Industry electric machinery and equipment, auto assembly, textiles and footwear, light machinery, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining, mining, timber, construction materials

Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2017 est.)

Exports – commodities: machinery and equipment, other manufactured goods, agricultural products and foodstuffs, metals and metal products, chemicals, minerals and fuels, raw materials

Exports – partners: Germany 23%, Italy 11.2%, France 6.8% (2017 est.)

Transport Airports: 45 (2013)

Pipelines: gas 3,726 km; oil 2,451 km (2013)

Railways: total: 11,268 km

Roadways: total: 84,185 km; paved: 49,873 km (includes 337 km of expressways)

Waterways: 1,731 km

Economy GDP (PPP): $517.505 billion (2018 estimate by IMF)

GDP – composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 4.2%

industry: 33.2%

services: 62.6% (2017 est.)

Other Facts Internet users: total: 12,852,696; percent of population: 59.5% (July 2016 est.)

Electricity – from hydroelectric plants: 28% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)

Electricity – from other renewable sources: 18.8% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)