Romania

Country in Southeast Europe

Romania is a country in Southeast Europe, with its capital in Bucharest. About 19 million people live there (2025), making it the 67th most populous of the 195 countries. At 238,391 km², it is the 81st largest country by area. It borders Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.

Romania at a glance

Capital: Bucharest
Population (2025): 19 million
Area: 238,391 km²
Density: 80 per km²
Official language: Romanian
Currency: Romanian leu
People: Romanian
Calling code: +40
Internet domain: .ro
Coast: Has a coastline

Where is Romania?

How Romania compares

Population rank

67th of 195

9th of 45 in Europe

Size rank

81st of 195

12th of 45 in Europe

Crowding

80 per km²

More crowded than 47% of countries

Similar in size: Ghana (238,533 km²).
Similar population: Senegal (18.9 million).
Romania is the only place that uses the Romanian leu.
Romanian is not an official language anywhere else.

The flag of Romania

Flags that look like it

How to tell them apart: Chad and Romania use almost the same blue, yellow and red stripes; Chad's blue is a little darker. Andorra and Moldova add a coat of arms in the middle.

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Would you recognise Romania?

Its outline

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How players do with Romania

Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Romania so far, from 858 answers up to November 2026.

On the map

71% right

137th hardest of 176 · 656 answers

Its flag

84% right

113th hardest of 145 · 63 answers

Its capital

88% right

39th hardest of 58 · 139 answers

Players find Romania on the map in 71% of tries, which makes it one of the easiest. The most common wrong answer is Bulgaria.
Players recognise the flag of Romania in 84% of tries, one of the highest of any flag.
Players know that the capital of Romania is Bucharest in 88% of tries. The most common wrong answer is Dublin, the capital of Ireland.

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Countries that border Romania

Romania borders 5 countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.

Quick quiz: Romania

3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.

1. Which is the flag of Romania?
2. What is the capital of Romania?
3. Which of these borders Romania?

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Questions about Romania

Is Romania a country?

Yes. Romania is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.

What is the capital of Romania?

The capital of Romania is Bucharest.

Which countries border Romania?

Romania borders 5 countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.

How many countries border Romania?

5. Romania shares a land border with 5 countries.

How big is Romania?

Romania covers 238,391 km², about the same size as Ghana (238,533 km²).

Is Romania hard to find on a map?

Not for most players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find Romania in 71% of 656 tries, 137th hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is Bulgaria.

Which flags look like the flag of Romania?

Chad, Andorra and Moldova. Chad and Romania use almost the same blue, yellow and red stripes; Chad's blue is a little darker. Andorra and Moldova add a coat of arms in the middle.

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