Facts about Romania

Capital

Bucharest

Total Area

total: 237,500 sq km
land: 230,340 sq km
water: 7,160 sq km

Population

22,329,977 (July 2005 est.)

Languages

Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (2003 est.)

Religions

Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census)

Life Expectancy

total population: 71.35 years
male: 67.86 years
female: 75.06 years (2005 est.)

Government Type

Republic

Currency

leu (RON)

GDP (per capita)

purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2004 est.)

Labour Force
9.66 million (2004 est.)

Exports
$23.54 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports
$28.43 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Natural Resources
petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower

Telephones (main lines in use)
4.3 million (2003)

Telephones (mobile cellular)
6.9 million (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Internet hosts: 50,807 (2004)

Internet users: 4 million (2003)