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The population by domicile of the city of Zalău

How many people have the address on their identity document in the city of Zalău, on 1 January. It is not the same thing as how many actually live there.

Ranked 35 of 42, in 2026.

Population by domicile

66,139 people

2026

−434 (−0.65%) vs 2025

The “Population by domicile” series

Series high
71,683 people1996
Series low
66,139 people2026
Years published
35since 1992

Trends

Population by domicile · solid line
The population by domicile of the city of Zalău, All years The annual trend of The population by domicile of the city of Zalău, from 1992 to 2026, in people. Valoarea a trecut de la 68,577 la 66,139. The exact figures are in the table below. 66,000 68,000 70,000 72,000 maxim 71,683 66,139
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The population by domicile of the city of Zalău, Last 10 years The annual trend of The population by domicile of the city of Zalău, from 2017 to 2026, in people. Valoarea a trecut de la 69,615 la 66,139. The exact figures are in the table below. 66,000 67,000 68,000 69,000 70,000 maxim 69,615 66,139

What it means

The figure on this page is the population BY DOMICILE, not the resident population: the number of people with Romanian citizenship whose identity document gives an address here, wherever they actually live and however long they have been away. The National Institute of Statistics publishes no resident population below county level, so for towns this is the only measure available.

The gap is neither small nor constant. Nationally, the population by domicile is some 2.6 million people larger than the resident one, and the ratio between them differs a great deal from one county to another. A figure here is NOT to be compared with the resident figure on the main page and does not add to it.

The data come from administrative sources — the National Register of Persons for internal migration and permanent immigration, the General Directorate for Passports for emigration — and from the statistical surveys on births and deaths.

The names of the localities are those of the CURRENT administrative-territorial division, applied retroactively: a locality that is a town today appears as a town in the years when it was a commune too.

History

The last 24 years. The figures are in people.
Period Population by domicile
2026 66,139
2025 66,573
2024 67,112
2023 67,684
2022 68,298
2021 68,760
2020 69,155
2019 69,468
2018 69,569
2017 69,615
2016 69,884
2015 70,008
2014 69,952
2013 70,086
2012 70,310
2011 70,451
2010 70,522
2009 70,561
2008 70,512
2007 70,710
2006 70,642
2005 70,646
2004 70,909
2003 71,178

Toate the towns

Alba IuliaAradPiteștiBacăuOradeaBistrițaBotoșaniBrăilaBrașovBuzăuCălărașiReșițaCluj-NapocaConstanțaSfântu GheorgheTârgovișteCraiovaGalațiGiurgiuTârgu JiuMiercurea CiucDevaSloboziaIașiBufteaBaia MareDrobeta-Turnu SeverinBucureștiTârgu MureșPiatra-NeamțSlatinaPloieștiZalăuSatu MareSibiuSuceavaAlexandriaTimișoaraTulceaRâmnicu VâlceaVasluiFocșani

Source: National Institute of Statistics (INS), matrix POP107D. Period covered: 1992 – 2026. See the source.

The figure is the population by DOMICILE on 1 January, not the resident population the main page opens with: INS publishes no resident population below county level anywhere in Tempo. Nationally the two differ by some 2.6 million people and are not to be compared with one another. The series begins in 1992.