Compared with the results of the 2002 population census, the country has 1,559,300 fewer people.
According to the INS, 51.4% of the entire population is female.
Data valid for October 20, 2011 show Bucharest had a population of 1,883.400. The capital is followed by counties Iasi, with 772,300 people, Prahova (762,900), Cluj (691,100), Constanta (684,100), Timis (683,500) and Dolj (660,500).
The counties with the smallest population size are Covasna (210,200), Tulcea (213,100), Salaj (224,400), Mehedinti (265,400), Ialomita (274,100) and Giurgiu (281,400).
Some 10,859,000 people live in urban areas, or 54% of the entire population, up 1.3 percentage points compared with the previous census.