Basic facts of Romania

• Capital: Bucharest


• Currency: Lei


• Population: 22.5 million. Population is in decline.


• Languages: Romanian is the official language, Hungarian and German have no official status but are spoken by ethnic minorities.


• Total Area: 91,700 sq. mi.; 237,500 sq km


• Borders: Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine


• Climate: Romania is Transitional from temperate in southwest to continental in northeast. Average annual precipitation, 637 millimeters.


• Life expectancy: male 66.67 years, female 74.47 years