Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Israel fits inside Romania 11 times.
Israel: 22,070 km² (2023) · Romania: 238,400 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Israel’s coastline is 21% longer than Romania’s.
Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Romania’s highest peak towers 308 m above Israel’s.
Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Romania has 88% more people than Israel.
Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Israel is 5.7 times as densely populated as Romania.
Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Romania are 1.8 cm taller than in Israel.
Israel: 176 cm (2019) · Romania: 177.8 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Romania are 2.5 cm taller than in Israel.
Israel: 162.2 cm (2019) · Romania: 164.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Romania is 13 years older than in Israel.
Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Israel have 1.5 more children on average than in Romania.
Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel.
Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1.
Israel: 5.9 (2025) · Romania: 2.1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Israel has 2 official languages, Romania 1.
Israel: 2 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Israel’s economy is 42% larger than Romania’s.
Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Israel produces 17% more per person than Romania.
Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Romania (Gini 8.5 points higher).
Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.5% in Israel.
Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Israel spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Romania 2.3%.
Israel: 8.8% (2024) · Romania: 2.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Romania’s.
Israel: 101% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Israel spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as Romania.
Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Israel live 6.7 years longer than in Romania.
Israel: 83.2 years (2024) · Romania: 76.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Romania is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel.
Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Israel has 5% more doctors per person than Romania.
Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 23% in Israel.
Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 21% in Israel.
Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Israel rate their lives 0.56 points higher than in Romania.
Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Romania drink 4.1 times as much alcohol as in Israel.
Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Israel has 50% more meat per person than Romania.
Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Israel has 105 kcal more food per person per day than Romania.
Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Israel put in 64 more hours a year than in Romania.
Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Israel went to school 2 years longer than in Romania.
Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Romania welcomed 7.3 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019).
Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Romania are online, versus 88% in Israel.
Israel: 88% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
Israel and Romania are practically level.
Israel: 100% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 52% in Romania.
Israel: 92% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120.
Israel: 177 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Romania’s railway network is 6.3 times as long as Israel’s.
Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Israel fly 4.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania.
Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 6.5% of Israel.
Israel: 6.5% (2023) · Romania: 30.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Israel emits 56% more CO₂ than someone in Romania.
Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel.
Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Israel carries 43% more fine dust than in Romania.
Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 45% more likely to be murdered in Israel than in Romania.
Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Romania are 2.3 times as deadly as in Israel.
Israel: 4.2 per 100k (2021) · Romania: 9.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Israel is on average 10.1 °C warmer than Romania.
Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Romania gets 3.7 times as much rain as Israel.
Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Israel bigger than Romania?
Romania is larger. Israel fits inside Romania 11 times.
Which has more people, Israel or Romania?
Romania has 88% more people than Israel (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Israel or Romania?
People in Israel live 6.7 years longer than in Romania. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Israel and 76.5 in Romania.
Are people taller in Israel or Romania?
Men in Romania are 1.8 cm taller than in Israel (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
