Romanian people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 24 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Romania 16,792,868 (2011 Census)
|
|
 Moldova |
73,276 (2004 Census) (additional 2,741,849 Moldovans) |
 Italy1
|
1,151,395 (additional 150,021 Moldovans) |
 Spain1
|
752,268 (additional 17,677 Moldovans) |
 Germany1
|
452,718 (additional 14,815 Moldovans) |
 United States
|
459,810 (incl. mixed origin) |
 Israel
|
205,600 (Jewish Israeli citizens born in Romania and first generation descendants) |
 Canada
|
204,625 (incl. mixed origin) |
 France
|
200,000 |
 United Kingdom
|
175,000 |
 Ukraine
|
150,989 (additional 258,619 Moldovans) |
 Austria
|
92,095 |
 Greece1
|
46,523 (additional 10,391 Moldovans) |
 Belgium
|
45,877 |
 Portugal1
|
34,204 (additional 9,971 Moldovans) |
 Brazil
|
33.280 |
 Serbia
|
29,332 (additional 35,330 Vlachs) |
 Mercosur
|
28,000 |
 Hungary
|
26,345 |
 Cyprus1
|
24,376 |
 Sweden
|
22,079 (born in Romania) |
 Australia
|
18,320 |
 Ireland1
|
17,304 |
 Netherlands1
|
21,049 |
 Denmark
|
10,862 |
 Switzerland
|
8,578 |
 Norway
|
6,869 |
 Czech Republic1
|
7,740 |
 Russia
|
3,201 (additional 156,400 Moldovans) |
 Japan
|
3,300 |
 New Zealand
|
3,100 |
 South Africa
|
3,000 |
 Turkey1
|
1,304 |
| Languages | |
| Romanian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly † Orthodox Christianity (Romanian Orthodox Church), small Roman Catholic, Protestant, Unitarian Universalism and other minorities |
|
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Romance-speaking peoples and other Southeast European peoples; see also: Vlachs, Moldovans, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians |
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1 The number of the citizens of Romania is indicated in the countries Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Ireland, the Czech Republic and Turkey, and the number of the citizens of Moldova in the additional figure in the same countries. |
|
452,718
Romanians (dated: Rumanians or Roumanians; in Romanian: români pronounced [roˈmɨnʲ] or — historically, but now a seldom-used regionalism — rumâni; dated exonym: Vlachs) are natives of Romania that share a common Romanian culture, ancestry, and speak the Romanian language as a mother tongue, as well as by citizenship or by being subjects to the same country. The Romanian citizenship law legislated in March 1991 establishes the rights of second and third generation descendants of Romanian citizens to obtain a Romanian citizenship, if they speak fluent Romanian and are able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in Romanian history and culture. Just under 89% of Romania's population identified as Romanian in the 2011 Romanian Census.
In one interpretation of the census results in Moldova, Moldovans are counted as Romanians, which would mean that the latter form part of the majority in that country as well. Romanians are also an ethnic minority in several nearby countries.
Inhabited by the ancient Dacians, today's territory of Romania was conquered by the Roman Empire in 106, when Trajan's army defeated the army of Dacia's ruler Decebalus (see Dacian Wars). The Roman administration withdrew two centuries later, under the pressure of the Goths and Carpi.
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