About Ploieşti
Ploieşti is a city in Prahova, Romania with a population of 180,540. It is the 11th largest of the 126 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Romania, and the 3,184th largest worldwide. It lies 58 km from Bucharest.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Coordinates
44.950, 26.017
Record updated
14 April 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.