The Romanian city with the most permanent residents in 2023 was Bucharest, with over 2.14 million inhabitants. Iași was the second largest city, populated by around 392.6 thousand people, followed by Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara.

This statistic shows the biggest cities in Romania in 2021. In 2021, approximately 1.72 million people lived in București, also known as Bucharest, making it the biggest city in Romania.

The city with the highest pollution index in Romania in 2024 was Bucharest, with an index of 75.2, followed by Iasi. Brasov ranked fifth, with a pollution index of 33.9.

This horizontal bar chart displays population (people) by city using the aggregation sum and is filtered where the country is Romania. The data is about cities.

Romania RO: Population in Largest City data was reported at 1,830,515.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,839,695.000 Person for 2016. Romania RO: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 1,886,986.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,060,655.000 Person in 1992 and a record low of 1,002,300.000 Person in 1960. Romania RO: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Romania – Table RO.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

In 2019, Brasov was the city with the highest purchasing power index in Romania, reaching 67.91. Romania's capital, Bucharest, ranked fourth, with a purchasing power index of 58.75.

The city in Romania with the highest crime index was Constanta with 50.8, it was followed by Craiova, with an index value of 45.5. These values are high, given that the higher the index value, the higher the level of crime. Nevertheless, theses values are way above the overall crime index in Romania, which by 2023 increased to 32.

The three safest cities in Romania are Oradea, Brașov, and Cluj-Napoca, with a score of over 70 points and over three thousand respondents. Romania's capital, Bucharest, was also among the top ten safest cities in Romania.

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Nearly 40 percent of respondents stated that health services was the most important issue in their city in 2020, followed by air pollution and road infrastructure. At the same time, 11 percent of Romanian respondents complained about the lack of green spaces in their city, and seven percent were concerned about the architectural quality of the buildings in their city.

It comes as no surprise that the most important foreign direct investment stock in Romania, totaling over 64.6 billion euros, was directed to Bucharest since the city is not only the capital but also the biggest city in Romania. In other words, the Bucharest-Ilfov region concentrated approximately 64 percent of the FDI stock in Romania. Counties such as Timiș, Prahova, Cluj and Brașov were the next ones to attract foreign investments.

Nearly four out of ten respondents were of the opinion that real estate prices in the main cities in Romania would stay the same in 2021. However, 27 percent of respondents expected real estate prices to decrease in the next 12 months.

In 2024, according to data provided by StartupBlink, the top city for startups in Romania was Bucharest, with a total score of 7.08. Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara followed.

In 2019, Bucharest was the city with the highest gross domestic product in Romania, totaling nearly 250 billion Romanian lei. It was followed by Cluj and Timis, each with a GDP of approximately 50 billion Romanian lei.

RO：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比在12-01-2017达17.328%，相较于12-01-2016的17.324%有所增长。RO：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为16.910%，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1977，达18.986%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为15.918%。CEIC提供的RO：最大城市人口占城市总人口的百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的罗马尼亚 – 表 RO.世行.WDI：人口和城市化进程统计。

The most visited county in Romania in 2024 was the seaside, Constanta, totaling almost 1.7 million tourists. It was followed by Bucharest, the capital, with 1.47 million tourists as of November 2024.

This statistic shows the degree of urbanization in Romania from 2013 to 2023. Urbanization means the share of urban population in the total population of a country. In 2023, 54.67 percent of Romania's total population lived in urban areas and cities. The shrinking population of Romania About half of Romania's population lives in urban areas, with the largest city and capital Bucharest only having about 1.9 million inhabitants - not very much considering that Romania reported a population of about 20 million people in 2015. Bucharest is also significantly larger than any of the other small cities around the country, which only have close to or less than 300,000 inhabitants each. The fact that Romania has not urbanized to the same level of most developed countries is an indicator that the country is still developing. As Romania progresses, it has an important advantage over other developing nations: It is a member of the European Union, and thus has access to the European market. However, unlike other developing countries, the Romanian population is decreasing and expected to shrink by more than half a million by 2020. This is caused by a low fertility rate, which is less than the replacement rate, by emigration and by an aging population. The median age of the Romanian population is expected to increase to as high as 44 years in 2020. A contributing factor to this may be the fact that while the older generation stays in Romania, the younger people migrate to other countries within the European Union which have stronger economies and more employment opportunities than Romania.

As of 2023, almost half of Romania's video game developer studios were based in the capital Bucharest (101 studios), followed by Cluj-Napoca with 36 studios. Other major Romanian cities that were active in the gaming sector were Iași, Timișoara, Ilfov and Brașov.

The majority of workplaces in Iasi, one of the biggest cities in the Eastern region of Romania, were in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector, followed by wholesale and retail trade. The manufacturing industry accounted for 11 percent of the workplaces in Iasi.

In 2005, Penny's strategy was to first expand in medium-sized cities. Since 2010, 40 percent of Penny's supermarkets have been concentrated in small cities, while since 2015, the supermarket chain had over 20 percent of its stores in big cities.