ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · ROMANIA
Capital of Romania
The capital of Romania is Bucharest. The largest, Bucharest, has around 1,716,961 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALBucharest
POPULATION1,716,961
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Bucharest1,716,961 people
In context
Where Bucharestsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MBucharest is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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