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Romanian people

Romanians
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
Cyprus 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

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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