What is the population of Bucharest?
Bucharest has a city population of 1,877,155. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
44.432, 26.106
About Bucharest
Romania's capital and largest city, Bucharest holds 1,877,155 residents in its city proper — 9.9% of the national population. Three cities of 30,000 or fewer lie within 8 km: Voluntari (30,323), Pantelimon (16,206), and Popeşti-Leordeni (15,279). The city sits at 83 m elevation on low ground in southeast Europe.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bucharest
Coordinates
44.432, 26.106
Record updated
9 January 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 126 in RomaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Bucharest | 1.88M |
Bucharest Population FAQ
Where is Bucharest?
Bucharest is in Bucharest, Romania. Its coordinates are 44.432, 26.106.
How big is Bucharest compared with other cities in Romania?
It is the 1st largest of the 126 cities listed in Romania, holding 9.9% of the national population.