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Romania: map and facts
Romania is in Eastern Europe. It has about 19 million people (2025), the 67th largest population. It covers 238,397 km², the 81st largest by area. That is about 80 people per km². Its highest point is Moldoveanu, at 2,544 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 19,020,271 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 238,397 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Bucharest
- Highest point: Moldoveanu, 2,544 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 30.2% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Romania, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Prut: 953 km
- Siret: 740 km
- Olt: 615 km
- Timis: 359 km
- Arges: 350 km
- Jiu: 331 km
- Buzau: 325 km
- Bistrita: 272 km
- Crisul Alb: 236 km
Also on the map: Vedea, Moldova, Trotus, Somesul Cald, Chilia branch, Borcea, Sfantu Gheorghe branch, Sulina branch, Mures and Ialomita.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Moldoveanu: 2,544 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Danube Delta and Great Hungarian Plain.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 42.4%, deciduous broadleaf forest 21.8%, savanna 10.5%, grassland 7.2%, wooded savanna 6.6%, mixed forest 5.5%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 36.9%, plains 36.5%, mountains 25.5%, plateaus 1.1%.
Forests covered 30.2% of its land in 2024, up from 27.8% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Romania shares land borders with Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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