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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Romania fits inside Indonesia 8 times

Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Romania: 238,397 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 243 times as long as Romania’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Indonesia’s highest peak towers 2,340 m above Romania’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 15 times as many people as Romania

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 83% more densely populated than Romania

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Romania are 11.6 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Romania: 177.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Romania are 10.4 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Romania: 164.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Romania is 13 years older than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Indonesia have 0.7 more children on average than in Romania

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Romania hosts 421 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Indonesia and Romania are practically level

Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Indonesia’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Romania’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Romania produces 2.9 times as much per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in Romania (Gini 4.6 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Indonesia: no data · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Romania spends 8 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Romania live 5.2 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Romania: 76.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Indonesia is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Romania has 6.9 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Romania has 5.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Romania is 3.7 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 30% in Romania

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Romania rate their lives 1.01 points higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Romania drink 169 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Romania has 3.6 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Romania has 749 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Indonesia put in 133 more hours a year than in Romania

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Romania went to school 2.9 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Romania welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Romania has 1 more World Heritage site than Indonesia (11 against 10)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Romania is 3.9 times as fast as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Romania and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

59% of people in Indonesia live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Romania’s railway network is 2 times as long as Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Indonesia fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 30% of Romania

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Romania emits 26% more CO₂ than someone in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Romania: 47% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Indonesia carries 29% more fine dust than in Romania

Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.7 times as likely to be murdered in Romania as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Indonesia are 28% deadlier than in Romania

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Indonesia is on average 14.6 °C warmer than Romania

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 4.5 times as much rain as Romania

Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Indonesia bigger than Romania?

Indonesia is larger. Romania fits inside Indonesia 8 times.

Which has more people, Indonesia or Romania?

Indonesia has 15 times as many people as Romania (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Romania?

People in Romania live 5.2 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 76.5 in Romania.

Are people taller in Indonesia or Romania?

Men in Romania are 11.6 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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