Romania
România
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Bucharest's Palace of the Parliament is believed to be the heaviest building in the world. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 20.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 3.8M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 27.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 26.8%
- women 34.4%, men 15.4%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.5%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2011; UN, 2011 census
Languages
21 languages, 7 of them endangered
- KrymchakCritically endangered
- AromanianDefinitely endangered
- BavarianVulnerable
- Crimean TatarVulnerable
- GagauzVulnerable
- RusynVulnerable
- UkrainianVulnerable
- Balkan Romani
- Bulgarian
- Carpathian Romani
- Eastern Yiddish
- German
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- Gheg
- Hungarian
- Judaeo-Spanish
- Modern Greek
- Romanian
- Romanian Sign Language
- Russian
- Serbisk
- Vlax Romani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Cobza, traditional knowledge, skills and music2025
- Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock2023
- Lipizzan horse breeding traditions2022
- The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder (altiţă) — an element of cultural identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova2022
- Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March2017
- Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova2016
- Lad’s dances in Romania2015
- Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual2013
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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