CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan is 88% bigger than Romania

Romania: 238,397 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Romania: 225 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 2,099 m above Romania’s

Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 55% of Romania

Romania: 55.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uzbekistan has 95% more people than Romania

Romania: 19 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 2% more densely populated than Romania

Romania: 83 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Romania are 6.9 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 177.8 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Romania are 4.4 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 164.7 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Romania is 16 years older than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 42.6 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.1 more children on average than in Romania

Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 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 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Romania: 20.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Romania hosts 80,523 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

Romania: 2.1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Romania 1

Romania: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Romania’s economy is 2.9 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Romania: $429 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Romania produces 3.7 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Romania: Int$50,895 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Romania (Gini 2.9 points higher)

Romania: 29.8 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Romania: 0.7% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Romania: 6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan and Romania are practically level

Romania: 2.3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Romania’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Romania: 16.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Romania spends 5.5 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Romania: $1,051 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Romania live 3.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 76.5 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Romania has 29% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Romania has 48% more hospital beds per person than Uzbekistan

Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Romania is 5% higher than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 31% in Uzbekistan

Romania: 37.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Romania: 29.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Romania rate their lives 0.35 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 6.63 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Romania drink 8.2 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Romania: 17.1 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Romania has 53% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Romania: 72.5 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Romania has 352 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 273 more hours a year than in Romania

Romania: 1,826 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.36 years longer than in Romania

Romania: 11.6 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Romania welcomed 3.2 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Romania: 0.7 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Romania has 3 more World Heritage sites than Uzbekistan (11 against 8)

Romania: 11 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Romania: 318 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 90% in Uzbekistan

Romania: 91% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Romania is 47% faster than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 316 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Romania and Uzbekistan are practically level

Romania: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Romania: 52% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Romania: 120 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Romania’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Romania: 10,769 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Romania fly 13% more passengers per resident than those from Uzbekistan

Romania: 0.15 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Romania: 30.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Romania: 3.6 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Romania: 47% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Romania

Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 25% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Romania

Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Romania are 5% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 3.4 °C warmer than Romania

Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Romania gets 3.4 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Romania bigger than Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is larger. Uzbekistan is 88% bigger than Romania.

Which has more people, Romania or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan has 95% more people than Romania (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Romania or Uzbekistan?

People in Romania live 3.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Romania and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Romania or Uzbekistan?

Men in Romania are 6.9 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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