General Information

Capital:

Bucharest 2,080,363 (1994 est.)

Area:

237,500 sq km (91,700 sq mi)

Form of government

Republic

GDP per capita

Purchasing power parity-$3,900 (1999 est.)

Population

22,49 million (July 1999 est.)

Updated (July 2003)

21,68 million (March 2002)

Source: Romania, Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 61, June 30, 2003, http://lists.delfi.lv/pipermail/minelres/2003-July/002809.html

Ethnic composition

Romanian - 89.5%

Hungarian - 7.1%

Roma - 1.8%

German - 0.5%

Ukrainian - 0.3%

Other - 0.8%

(Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk, Ruthenian, other)

Updated (July 2003)

Romanian - 89.5%

Hungarian - 6.6%

Roma - 2.5%

German - 0.3%

Ukrainian - 0.3%

Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk, Ruthenian, other - 0.8%

Source: Romania, Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 61, June 30, 2003, http://lists.delfi.lv/pipermail/minelres/2003-July/002809.html

Official Language(s)

Romanian

Minority Language(s)

Hungarian, German, Slovak, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Croatian, Italian, Czech, Armenian, Greek, Romany

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