Research & language / Dataset
Historical demographic census series of Romania (1859–2002)
Digitized demographic tables from historical population censuses (1930, 1941, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002) with ethnic, denominational and rural/urban breakdowns.
Before you use this resource
National and county administrative boundaries differ fundamentally between the 1930 census (Greater Romania) and postwar censuses. Locality-level reconciliations require historical territorial crosswalk keys.
- Published by
- Academic collections & National Institute of Statistics
- Source
- Academic team
- Collection
- Research & language
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Coverage
- Romania in historical and modern boundaries
- Documented formats
- PDF, CSV, XLS
- Licence / terms
- CC-BY-4.0
- API access
- Not confirmed in this record
- Record review date
- 2026-09-07
- Last resource update
- 2024-10-01
- Technical data audit
- Not performed
- Documentation
- Source reviewed
Documentation
Digitized volumes of the 1930 General Census (directed by Sabin Manuilă) and postwar series were verified on INS and academic repositories.
The cited page documents this record. Check the original source for terms and versions before reuse.
Getting started
- Select the census volume corresponding to the studied period.
- Check the historical territorial definition of the county or sub-district.
- Harmonize raw data based on changing census definitions (e.g. declared ethnicity vs. mother tongue).
Access and checks
- Digitized historical census volumes ↗ · PDF / XLS
Sample inspected on 2026-09-07
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