Bucharest

Bucharest (Romanian: Bucure?ti) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania, located in the southeast of the country, on the Dâmbovi?a river. The city proper has a population of 2,082,000 inhabitants, together with the metropolitan area comprising approximately 2.3 million people.

Population

The population greatly increased in the last two centuries with Bucharest growing importance, partially due to urbanization of Romanians, who, until the 19th century were mostly farmers, predominantly living in rural areas. Today, about 9% of the population of Romania lives in Bucharest.

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• 1800: 32,000
• 1859: 122,000
• 1900: 282,000
• 1918: 383,000
• 1930: 639,000
• 1966: 1,452,000
• 2000: 2,300,000
• 2003: 2,082,000 (official census statistics) + 50,000 commuters

The life expectancy of residents of Bucharest in 2000-2002 was 73.1 years, around 2 years higher than the Romanian average.

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