My estimation for 17 October 2011 is 21 345 000; the next official census - 20 October this year !
At 238,391 square kilometers (92,043 sq mi), Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with 21.5 million people
It is believed that 40,000-70,000 people visit Romania, yearly.
The 2011 estimate was 21,904,551. The preliminary results of the last Romanian Census (October 2011) will be published in February or March 2012.
Romania has approx. 40 000 Germans. Some other citizens learned the German language but the number is unknown.