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Bucharest Municipality in figures

What the National Institute of Statistics publishes about bucharest Municipality: population, births, county seat: București, permits and tourism. The same figures as on each indicator's own page, updated automatically.

Resident population

1,713,832 people

2026 · provisional

+4,641 (+0.27%) vs 2025

The “Resident population” series

Series high
1,886,866 people2012
Series low
1,709,191 people2025
Years published
15since 2012

Population

The resident population of each county on 1 January, the same measure as the headline figure above. INS publishes the territorial profile only from 2012.

Resident population

1,713,832 people

2026 · provisional

+4,641 (+0.27%) vs 2025

Ranked 1 of 42, in 2026.

The population of Bucharest, All years The annual trend of The population of Bucharest, from 2012 to 2026, in people. Valoarea a trecut de la 1,886,866 la 1,713,832. The full figures are on the indicator's page. 1,700,000 1,750,000 1,800,000 1,850,000 1,900,000 1,713,832

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Births

The same annual figures, county by county, from the same matrices as the national total above. The ranking is by the number of live births, which follows above all the size of the county: the figure that makes two counties of different sizes comparable is the rate per 1,000 inhabitants, published by INS and shown on each county's page, beside the natural increase.

Live births

13,353 people

2025 · semi-final

−1,120 (−7.74%) vs 2024

Deaths

20,341 people

2025 · semi-final

−1,084 (−5.06%) vs 2024

Ranked 1 of 42, in 2025.

Births and deaths in Bucharest, All years The annual trend of Births and deaths in Bucharest, from 1990 to 2025, in people. Live births: a trecut de la 21,105 la 13,353. Deaths: a trecut de la 20,889 la 20,341. The full figures are on the indicator's page. 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 13,353 20,341

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County seat: București

MIND THIS, a different measure: at locality level INS publishes no resident population, only the population by domicile — how many people have their identity document registered there, wherever they actually live. The figures here are NOT to be compared with those above and do not add up to the national resident total.

Population by domicile

2,108,049 people

2026

−16,101 (−0.76%) vs 2025

Ranked 1 of 42, in 2026.

The population by domicile of the city of București, All years The annual trend of The population by domicile of the city of București, from 1992 to 2026, in people. Valoarea a trecut de la 2,188,461 la 2,108,049. The full figures are on the indicator's page. 2,100,000 2,125,000 2,150,000 2,175,000 2,200,000 2,108,049

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Permits

The number of permits for residential buildings issued in each county, the same measure as the national figure above and from the same matrix.

Building permits

24 permits

August 2026

−1 (−4.00%) vs July 2026 −17 (−41.46%) vs August 2025

Ranked 35 of 42, in August 2026.

Building permits in Bucharest, Last 10 years The monthly trend of Building permits in Bucharest, from September 2016 to August 2026, in permits. Valoarea a trecut de la 68 la 24. The full figures are on the indicator's page. 0 25 50 75 100 24

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Tourism

How many of the arriving tourists are foreign. They are included in the figure above, not additional to it: total arrivals are exactly the sum of Romanian and foreign tourists.

Arrivals

163,646 arrivals

July 2026

−9,627 (−5.56%) vs June 2026 +58 (+0.04%) vs July 2025

Overnight stays

329,317 overnight stays

July 2026

−39,107 (−10.61%) vs June 2026 +7,953 (+2.47%) vs July 2025

Ranked 2 of 42, in July 2026.

Tourism in Bucharest, Last 10 years The monthly trend of Tourism in Bucharest, from August 2016 to July 2026. Arrivals: a trecut de la 161,193 la 163,646. Overnight stays: a trecut de la 269,805 la 329,317. The full figures are on the indicator's page. 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 163,646 329,317

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All counties

AlbaAradArgeșBacăuBihorBistrița-NăsăudBotoșaniBrăilaBrașovBuzăuCălărașiCaraș-SeverinClujConstanțaCovasnaDâmbovițaDoljGalațiGiurgiuGorjHarghitaHunedoaraIalomițaIașiIlfovMaramureșMehedințiBucharest MunicipalityMureșNeamțOltPrahovaSălajSatu MareSibiuSuceavaTeleormanTimișTulceaVâlceaVasluiVrancea

Source: National Institute of Statistics (INS), matrices LOC108A, POP105A, POP107D, POP201A, POP206B, TUR104F, TUR105G. Period covered: 2026. See the source.

Every figure on this page is the one on its own indicator's page, for bucharest Municipality: the same series, the same period, the same revision marking. The page computes nothing of its own.