Romania at its true size

Where Romania ranks

Among the independent states, in 44 rankings. Each links to its table.

Countries of a similar size

Every country within 25% of Romania’s area, lit up on the map →

• Ghana1.0×Romania and Ghana are almost exactly the same size.
• Laos1.01×Romania and Laos are almost exactly the same size.
• Uganda0.99×Romania and Uganda are almost exactly the same size.
• United Kingdom0.98×Romania and United Kingdom are almost exactly the same size.
• Guinea0.97×Romania is 3% smaller than Guinea.
• Ecuador0.93×Romania is 7% smaller than Ecuador.

How many times does Romania fit into…

• Russia: about 72 times
• Canada: about 42 times
• United States: about 41 times

The land itself

Rivers, summits and lakes Romania shares with the rest of the world. Turn on “Rivers & lakes” and “Physical names” in the atlas to see them on the map.

Rivers are listed by the published length of their whole course, not the part inside Romania. Figures from Wikidata, features from Natural Earth.

Neighbours

• Ukrainecompare 0.39×
• Bulgariacompare 2.15×
• Hungarycompare 2.56×
• Serbiacompare 2.69×
• Moldovacompare 7.04×

Questions about Romania

How big is Romania?

Romania covers 238,397 km², which makes it number 81 of 194 countries by area. About 19,020,271 people live there (2025), 80 per km².

Is Romania bigger than Ghana?

Romania and Ghana are almost exactly the same size. Romania: 238,397 km²; Ghana: 238,535 km².

How much does the Mercator map distort Romania?

At about 46° latitude, Mercator stretches Romania to roughly 2.06× its true area relative to a country on the equator. Kartavera draws it in the Equal Earth projection, where areas are exact.

Which countries border Romania?

Romania shares a land border with Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Moldova.