Country · 42 regions
Where Romania's land ends up, by people and by money
Every block on the map is 0.1% of Romania. By land, Bucharest holds 0.20%. By people, it holds 9.5%. Tulcea goes the other way, from 3.3% of the land to 0.80% of the people.
| Region | Land | People | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucharest | 0.20 | 9.5 | 21 |
| Iasi | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Prahova | 2.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Cluj | 2.8 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| Timis | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| Constanta | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Dolj | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Arges | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Suceava | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| Bacau | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Bihor | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| Brasov | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| Mures | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Dâmbovita | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Galati | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| Ilfov | 0.50 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| Maramures | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Arad | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Buzau | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| Neamt | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| Botosani | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Olt | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Sibiu | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Hunedoara | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Teleorman | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Satu Mare | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Alba | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Vaslui | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.80 |
| Vâlcea | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Braila | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Gorj | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Harghita | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| Vrancea | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Giurgiu | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Bistrita-Nasaud | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Calarasi | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.80 |
| Ialomita | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.90 |
| Caras-Severin | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Covasna | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.80 |
| Mehedinti | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.70 |
| Salaj | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.90 |
| Tulcea | 3.3 | 0.80 | 0.60 |
How the map is made
Regions are drawn on an equal-area grid of about 1,000 blocks. For land, each region keeps the blocks its territory covers. For people and GDP, the country is reshaped so every region gets a whole number of blocks in proportion to its share (Hamilton's largest-remainder method), keeping neighbours next to each other. Then every block is matched to one block on the next map, so you watch the same thousand blocks rearrange.
Grids: popgrid by Josep Ferrer (MIT). Boundaries: Natural Earth. Population: national censuses where curated, GHS-POP 2025 (JRC, European Commission) elsewhere. GDP: Kummu et al. 2025 gridded GDP PPP (CC BY 4.0). Built by Crafter Station.