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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,508 km, Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbiaand Montenegro 476 km (all with Serbia), Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (south) 169 km Coastline: 225 km
PeoplePopulation: 23,198,330 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.09% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 13.71 births/1,000 population Death rate: 9.93 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -2.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 18.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Romanian 89.1%, Hungarian 8.9%, German 0.4%, Ukrainian, Serb, Croat, Russian, Turk, and Gypsy 1.6% Religions: Romanian Orthodox 70%, Roman Catholic 6% (of which 3% are Uniate), Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18% Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, German
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1992)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Bucharest Independence: 1881 (from Turkey; republic proclaimed 30 December 1947) Constitution: 8 December 1991
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $64.7 billion National product real growth rate: 3.4% National product per capita: $2,790 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 62% Unemployment rate: 10.9%
Electricity:
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