Romania's 30 most populous cities (2021 census)
The top 3 according to 46 votes from people: București · Cluj-Napoca · Iași. (Updated Nov 17, 2023.)
Bucharest, with 1.7 million people, is by far the largest city, followed by Cluj-Napoca, which has overtaken Iași, Constanța and Timișoara. The top 30 cities by population in the 2021 census, compared with 2002: almost all of them have lost inhabitants.
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Top 30
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București
No. 1: 1,716,961 inhabitants in the 2021 census. In 2002: 2,397,122.
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Cluj-Napoca
No. 2: 286,598 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Cluj County. In 2002: 317,953.
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Iași
No. 3: 271,692 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Iași County. In 2002: 320,888.
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Timișoara
No. 5: 250,849 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Timiș County. In 2002: 317,660.
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Craiova
No. 7: 234,140 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Dolj County. In 2002: 302,601.
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Constanța
No. 4: 263,688 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Constanța County. In 2002: 310,471.
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Galați
No. 8: 217,851 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Galați County. In 2002: 298,861.
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Baia Mare
No. 18: 108,759 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Maramureș County. In 2002: 137,976.
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Brașov
No. 6: 237,589 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Brașov County. In 2002: 284,596.
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Oradea
No. 9: 183,105 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Bihor County. In 2002: 206,614.
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Ploiești
No. 10: 180,540 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Prahova County. In 2002: 232,527.
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Brăila
No. 11: 154,686 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Brăila County. In 2002: 216,292.
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Arad
No. 12: 145,078 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Arad County. In 2002: 172,824.
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Bacău
No. 14: 136,087 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Bacău County. In 2002: 175,500.
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Târgu Mureș
No. 16: 116,033 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Mureș County. In 2002: 161,203.
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Satu Mare
No. 20: 91,520 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Satu Mare County. In 2002: 115,630.
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Suceava
No. 22: 84,322 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Suceava County. In 2002: 106,250.
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Drobeta-Turnu Severin
No. 23: 79,865 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Mehedinți County. In 2002: 104,035.
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Botoșani
No. 21: 90,010 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Botoșani County. In 2002: 91,065.
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Bistrița
No. 25: 78,877 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Bistrița-Năsăud County. In 2002: 81,467.
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Târgu Jiu
No. 26: 73,545 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Gorj County. In 2002: 96,641.
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Pitești
No. 13: 141,275 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Argeș County. In 2002: 168,458.
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Râmnicu Vâlcea
No. 17: 110,527 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Vâlcea County. In 2002: 107,656.
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Piatra Neamț
No. 24: 79,679 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Neamț County. In 2002: 105,499.
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Focșani
No. 28: 66,648 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Vrancea County. In 2002: 103,219.
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Tulcea
No. 29: 65,624 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Tulcea County. In 2002: 92,762.
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Târgoviște
No. 27: 66,965 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Dâmbovița County. In 2002: 89,429.
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Alba Iulia
No. 30: 64,227 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Alba County. In 2002: 66,369.
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Sibiu
No. 15: 134,309 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Sibiu County. In 2002: 154,892.
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Buzău
No. 19: 103,481 inhabitants in the 2021 census, Buzău County. In 2002: 133,116.
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Comments (1)
Cluj peste Iași, era de așteptat, dar mă surprinde cât de mult a scăzut Timișoara față de 2002. Jumătate din prietenii mei de acolo sunt plecați în Germania, deci poate nu e chiar o surpriză.