List of Romanian counties by population
The following is a list of counties in Romania, ordered by population, between 1948 and 2011. The data is taken from the Romanian National Institute of Statistics censuses results, as well as from the Romanian Statistical Yearbook published by INSSE.
The data is provided from the following censuses:
- January 25, 1948
- February 21, 1956
- March 15, 1966
- January 5, 1977
- January 7, 1992
- March 18, 2002
- October 20, 2011
Rank
in 2011
| County
| 1948
| 1956
| 1966
| 1977
| 1992
| 2002
| 2011
|
| 1 | Bucharest | 1025180 | 1177661 | 1366684 | 1807239 | 2064474 | 1926334 | 1883425 |
| 2 | Iași | 431586 | 516635 | 619027 | 729243 | 806778 | 816910 | 772348 |
| 3 | Prahova | 557776 | 623817 | 701057 | 817168 | 873229 | 829945 | 762886 |
| 4 | Cluj | 520073 | 580344 | 629746 | 715507 | 735077 | 702755 | 691106 |
| 5 | Constanța | 311062 | 369940 | 465752 | 608817 | 748044 | 715151 | 684082 |
| 6 | Timiș | 588936 | 568881 | 607596 | 696884 | 700292 | 677926 | 683540 |
| 7 | Dolj | 615301 | 642028 | 691116 | 750328 | 761074 | 734231 | 660544 |
| 8 | Suceava | 439751 | 507674 | 572781 | 633899 | 700799 | 688435 | 634810 |
| 9 | Bacău | 414996 | 507937 | 598321 | 667791 | 736078 | 706623 | 616168 |
| 10 | Argeș | 448964 | 483741 | 529833 | 631918 | 680574 | 652625 | 612431 |
| 11 | Bihor | 536323 | 574488 | 586460 | 633094 | 634093 | 600246 | 575398 |
| 12 | Mureș | 461403 | 513261 | 561598 | 605345 | 607298 | 580851 | 550846 |
| 13 | Brașov | 300836 | 373941 | 442692 | 582863 | 642513 | 589028 | 549217 |
| 14 | Galați | 341797 | 396138 | 474279 | 581561 | 639853 | 619556 | 536167 |
| 15 | Dâmbovița | 409272 | 438985 | 453241 | 527620 | 559874 | 541763 | 518745 |
| 16 | Maramureș | 321287 | 367114 | 427645 | 492860 | 538534 | 510110 | 478659 |
| 17 | Neamț | 357348 | 419949 | 470206 | 532096 | 577619 | 554516 | 470766 |
| 18 | Buzău | 430225 | 465829 | 480951 | 508424 | 516307 | 496214 | 451069 |
| 19 | Olt | 442442 | 458982 | 476513 | 518804 | 520966 | 489274 | 436400 |
| 20 | Arad | 476207 | 475620 | 481248 | 512020 | 487370 | 461791 | 430629 |
| 21 | Hunedoara | 306955 | 381902 | 474602 | 514436 | 547993 | 485712 | 418565 |
| 22 | Botoșani | 385236 | 428050 | 452406 | 451217 | 458904 | 452834 | 412626 |
| 23 | Sibiu | 335116 | 372687 | 414756 | 481645 | 452820 | 421724 | 397322 |
| 24 | Vaslui | 344917 | 401626 | 431555 | 437251 | 457799 | 455049 | 395499 |
| 25 | Ilfov | 167533 | 196265 | 229773 | 287738 | 286510 | 300123 | 388738 |
| 26 | Teleorman | 487394 | 510488 | 516222 | 518943 | 482281 | 436025 | 380123 |
| 27 | Vâlcea | 341590 | 362356 | 368779 | 414241 | 436298 | 413247 | 371714 |
| 28 | Satu Mare | 312672 | 337351 | 359393 | 393840 | 400158 | 367281 | 344360 |
| 29 | Alba | 361062 | 370800 | 382786 | 409634 | 414227 | 382747 | 342376 |
| 30 | Gorj | 280524 | 293031 | 298382 | 348521 | 400100 | 387308 | 341594 |
| 31 | Vrancea | 290183 | 326532 | 351292 | 369740 | 392651 | 387632 | 340310 |
| 32 | Brăila | 271251 | 297276 | 339954 | 377954 | 392069 | 373174 | 321212 |
| 33 | Harghita | 258495 | 273964 | 282392 | 326310 | 347637 | 326222 | 310867 |
| 34 | Călărași | 287722 | 318573 | 337261 | 338807 | 338844 | 324617 | 306691 |
| 35 | Caraș-Severin | 302254 | 327787 | 358726 | 385577 | 375794 | 333219 | 295579 |
| 36 | Bistrița-Năsăud | 233650 | 255789 | 269954 | 286628 | 327238 | 311657 | 286225 |
| 37 | Giurgiu | 313793 | 325045 | 320120 | 327494 | 313084 | 297859 | 281422 |
| 38 | Ialomiţa | 244750 | 274655 | 291373 | 295965 | 304008 | 296572 | 274148 |
| 39 | Mehedinți | 304788 | 304091 | 310021 | 322371 | 332091 | 306732 | 265390 |
| 40 | Sălaj | 262580 | 271989 | 263103 | 264569 | 266308 | 248015 | 224384 |
| 41 | Tulcea | 192228 | 223719 | 236709 | 254531 | 270197 | 256492 | 213083 |
| 42 | Covasna | 157166 | 172509 | 176858 | 199017 | 232592 | 222449 | 210177 |
| Total | 15872624 | 17489450 | 19103163 | 21559910 | 22760449 | 21680974 | 20121641 |
