Romania population is equivalent to 0.26% of the total world population.
Romania ranks number 60 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Romania is 85 per Km2 (220 people per mi2).
The total land area is 230,170 Km2 (88,869 sq. miles)
60.2 % of the population is urban (11,791,947 people in 2018)
The median age in Romania is 41.6 years.
GDP per capita can be a little tricky when realizing the population of a country is dropping by 0.25 to 0.50 percent per year.
4 June 2018
Romania’s GDP per capita reached USD 26,500 this year, (click here) up by some USD 6,000 compared to 2015, according to a World Bank report.
In the last three years, the GDP per capita rose on average by some USD 2,000 as Romania had one of the fastest economic growth rates in Europe.
World Bank forecasts show that in 2020, Romania’s GDP per capita should reach USD 29.820, which is less than Switzerland’s GDP per capita in 1989, local Ziarul Financiar reported. By 2023, the indicator should rise to USD 35,120. Romania started from a GDP per capita of USD 7,490 in 1989.
The highest GDP per capita levels in Europe are recorded in Luxembourg (USD 110,870), Ireland (USD 79,920) and Norway (USD 74,070). Meanwhile, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia and Russia have some of the lowest levels, of under USD 30,000....
Romania is a sweet country with more than it's fair share of climate problems. The quality of life of the people are enhanced by a government health care system. It still has sluggish and rigid government infrastructure left over from Russia, but, a new generation is working on it.
July 18, 2018
By Alexander Von Stauffenberg
It depends on region and the city. (click here) Currently, I live in Cluj-Napoca (the capital of Transylvania) and the second biggest city after Bucharest. I lived in Bucharest, Constanta, and Braila.
In this city life is pretty good. Despite the fact the housing market is skyrocketing, there are a lot of students and businesses most of them in the IT industry. Cluj has a good nightlife and medium prices for everything. If you have 1000–1500 EUR monthly income you have no problem.
Bucharest which is the capital, is a nice city, if you stay in center, at night. It is a city of contrasts which is a more coherent image of Romania because this country used to be (somehow it still is) a country of contrasts. Here is a great division both financially and culturally between rich people and middle class or poor, between young people and old, between the public sector and private. So, a lot of conflicts....
