Location:
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea,
between Bulgaria and Ukraine
Area:
total area:
237,500 sq km
land area:
230,340 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Oregon
Land boundaries:
total 2,508 km ;
Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km,
Serbiaand Montenegro 476 km (all with Serbia),
Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (south) 169 km
Coastline: 225 km
Population: 23,198,330 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
21% (female 2,413,933; male 2,534,019)
15-64 years:
67% (female 7,737,531; male 7,732,038)
65 years and over:
12% (female 1,604,210; male 1,176,599)
Population growth rate: 0.09% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 13.71 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 9.93 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -2.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 18.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
72.24 years
male:
69.31 years
female:
75.35 years
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Romanian 89.1%, Hungarian 8.9%,
German 0.4%, Ukrainian, Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk,
and Gypsy 1.6%
Religions:
Romanian Orthodox 70%,
Roman Catholic 6% (of which 3% are Uniate),
Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18%
Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, German
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1992)
total population:
97%
male:
98%
female:
95%
Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Romania
Type: republic
Capital: Bucharest
Independence:
1881
(from Turkey; republic proclaimed 30 December 1947)
Constitution: 8 December 1991
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $64.7 billion
National product real growth rate: 3.4%
National product per capita: $2,790
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 62%
Unemployment rate: 10.9%
Electricity:
capacity:
22,180,000 kW
production:
50.8 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
2,076 kWh
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