GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $185.3 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $263.9 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $12,300 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Bucharest
Population (Estimated July 2012): 21,848,504
Area: 238,391km2 or 92,043mi2
Currency: Leu (Plural Lei)
Official Language: Romanian
Political Information: Presidential Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 86.8% of the population are Eastern Orthodox, 7.5% are Protestant, 4.7% are Roman Catholic, 0.9% have other or unspecified beliefs and 0.1% have no religious beliefs).
Highest Mountain: Moldoveanu at 2,544 m or 8,346ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +2:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti (Bucharest)*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea
Leaders: President Traian Băsescu with Prime Minister: Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu.
Additional: Proclaimed independence from the Ottoman Empire on the 9th of May 1877 which was recognised by the Treaty of Berlin on the 13th of July 1878.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Romania (România)
