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.) |