Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Romania

Population in cities over 1 million in Romania in 2025 — 1,758,699 people. Ranked 94 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 75.5%.

2025 1.76M people −0.5% vs 2024
World rank 94of 121
Period maximum 2.06M people1992
Period minimum 1M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Romania, 1960–20251M1.5M2M2.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,002,300 people1962: 1,060,568 people1964: 1,122,310 people1966: 1,191,543 people1968: 1,289,832 people1970: 1,396,077 people1972: 1,511,239 people1974: 1,635,722 people1976: 1,770,651 people1978: 1,831,425 people1980: 1,864,597 people1982: 1,898,323 people1984: 1,932,707 people1986: 1,967,665 people1988: 2,003,305 people1990: 2,039,540 people1992: 2,060,655 people1994: 2,032,266 people1996: 2,004,229 people1998: 1,976,617 people2000: 1,949,348 people2002: 1,925,033 people2004: 1,916,006 people2006: 1,907,034 people2008: 1,898,091 people2010: 1,889,202 people2012: 1,876,867 people2014: 1,858,195 people2016: 1,839,695 people2018: 1,821,380 people2020: 1,803,247 people2022: 1,785,294 people2024: 1,767,520 people2025: 1,758,699 people
Change over the period: +756,399 (+75.47%) Average annual rate: 0.87 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Romania

Romania 1.76M people
World computed 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia computed 186M people
Eastern Europe computed 49.81M people
High-income countries computed 499M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.76M −8,821 −0.5%
2024 1.77M −8,865 −0.5%
2023 1.78M −8,909 −0.5%
2022 1.79M −8,954 −0.5%
2021 1.79M −8,999 −0.5%
2020 1.8M −9,043 −0.5%
2019 1.81M −9,090 −0.5%
2018 1.82M −9,135 −0.5%
2017 1.83M −9,180 −0.5%
2016 1.84M −9,227 −0.5%
2015 1.85M −9,273 −0.5%
2014 1.86M −9,319 −0.5%
2013 1.87M −9,353 −0.5%
2012 1.88M −7,904 −0.42%
2011 1.88M −4,431 −0.23%
2010 1.89M −4,442 −0.23%
2009 1.89M −4,447 −0.23%
2008 1.9M −4,469 −0.23%
2007 1.9M −4,474 −0.23%
2006 1.91M −4,484 −0.23%
2005 1.91M −4,488 −0.23%
2004 1.92M −4,511 −0.23%
2003 1.92M −4,516 −0.23%
2002 1.93M −10,849 −0.56%
2001 1.94M −13,466 −0.69%
2000 1.95M −13,596 −0.69%
1999 1.96M −13,673 −0.69%
1998 1.98M −13,767 −0.69%
1997 1.99M −13,845 −0.69%
1996 2M −13,979 −0.69%
1995 2.02M −14,058 −0.69%
1994 2.03M −14,155 −0.69%
1993 2.05M −14,234 −0.69%
1992 2.06M +2,740 +0.13%
1991 2.06M +18,375 +0.9%
1990 2.04M +18,211 +0.9%
1989 2.02M +18,024 +0.9%
1988 2M +17,912 +0.9%
1987 1.99M +17,728 +0.9%
1986 1.97M +17,569 +0.9%
1985 1.95M +17,389 +0.9%
1984 1.93M +17,281 +0.9%
1983 1.92M +17,103 +0.9%
1982 1.9M +16,950 +0.9%
1981 1.88M +16,776 +0.9%
1980 1.86M +16,672 +0.9%
1979 1.85M +16,500 +0.9%
1978 1.83M +16,353 +0.9%
1977 1.82M +44,421 +2.51%
1976 1.77M +68,848 +4.05%
1975 1.7M +66,081 +4.04%
1974 1.64M +63,516 +4.04%
1973 1.57M +60,967 +4.03%
1972 1.51M +58,761 +4.05%
1971 1.45M +56,401 +4.04%
1970 1.4M +54,210 +4.04%
1969 1.34M +52,035 +4.03%
1968 1.29M +50,152 +4.05%
1967 1.24M +48,137 +4.04%
1966 1.19M +37,094 +3.21%
1965 1.15M +32,139 +2.86%
1964 1.12M +31,329 +2.87%
1963 1.09M +30,413 +2.87%
1962 1.06M +29,566 +2.87%
1961 1.03M +28,702 +2.86%
1960 1M

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.