Country
Romania
- RO
- Europe
- RON
- .ro
Romania (RO/ROU) is a country in Europe with its capital at Bucharest. It covers about 238,397 km² with a population of roughly 19,000,000, uses the RON, dials on +40, owns the .ro internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Bucharest. It borders 5 countries.
Identity
Official short nameRomania
CapitalBucharest
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2RO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ROU
Internet TLD.ro
Calling code+40
Currency codeRON
Geography
Latitude45.9432° N
Longitude24.9668° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area238,397 km²92,046 square miles
Land neighbours52 have pages here; MD, BG, RS are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London1,931 kmto the approximate centre of Romania, not to Bucharest. E, bearing 98.8°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Bucharestthe IANA zone for Bucharest; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+02:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00
Summer offsetUTC+03:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+02:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 08:47
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population19,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density79.7 per km²≈
Share of world population0.235%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset42 of 59
Population rank in this dataset40 of 59
Neighbouring countries
Ukraine541 km centre to centre
Hungary439 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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