Romania's population, calculated by residence, reached 21.873 million people on July 1, 2023, down 0.3% compared to the same month in 2022, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS), published Friday.The official statistics reveal that the urban population was 12.239 million people, down -0.8% from July 1, 2022. At the same time, the rural population was 9.634 million people, up 0.3% from the reference period.According to the cited source, on July 1, 2023, the female population stood at 11.2 million, down by more than 34,000 year-on-year, while the male population was 10.673 million, down by more than 35,000.The INS data show that the demographic ageing process has intensified compared to July 1, 2022, with a 0.4 percentage point increase in the share of the elderly population (aged 65 and over) and a slight 0.1 percentage point decrease in the share of young people (aged 0-14).At the same time, the demographic ageing index increased from 121.1 (on July 1, 2022) to 124.9 elderly persons per hundred young persons (on July 1, 2023).According to the INS, the average age of the population was 42.4 years during the period under review, 0.3 years higher than on July 1, 2022, and the median age was 43 years, up by 0.4 years.At the beginning of July this year, the largest share of the total population was in the 45-49 age group (8.5%). Among men, the share of this age group was 8.9% and among women, 8.2%.The share of the 0-4 age group was 4.5%, lower than that of the 5-9 age group (4.9%) and the 10-14 age group (5%).
Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party’s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu's resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]
The e-commerce sector recorded strong early results on Black Friday 2025, according to real-time data released on Friday, November 7, by PayU GPO Romania from its dedicated Media Center. By 14:10, the payment processor reported successful transactions totaling RON 514 million (roughly EUR 101 million). PayU said shoppers had made roughly 889,000 purchases, with around […]
Contakt Express Logistik, one of Romania’s leading retailers of mobile phone and tablet accessories, with a network of over 235 stores, is set to launch the initial public offering (IPO) between November 12 and December 3, 2025. The company offers a wide range of products, including cases, screen protectors, chargers, and gadgets, both in physical […]
Romania attracts fewer international tourists today than it did during the communist era, making it the only country in Europe in this situation, the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) warned, as reported by news agency Agerpres. According to the organization, Romania received more than 3.4...
InterCapital ETF, the first international ETF provider in Romania, will launch two new exchange-traded funds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange starting November 11, 2025. The new instruments are the InterCapital CROBEX10 TR UCITS ETF, which offers exposure to the Croatian blue-chip equity market by tracking the performance of the CROBEX10tr index, and the InterCapital EUR […]
The Competition Councils of Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova have granted the necessary authorizations and approvals for the completion of the transaction through which Maspex Romania takes over the majority shareholding of Purcari Wineries. The Maspex Group, which has been present in Romania for nearly 30 years, became the majority shareholder of one […]
