Key facts
Capital: Bucharest
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine
Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic
Currency: lei (RON)
Area: 238,391 sq km
Population: 21,230,362 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)
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.)
TimeZone: UTC+2
Tel Code: +40
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