List of territorial entities where Romanian is an official language

This is a list of countries and territories and organisations where Romanian is an official language:

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  Official language but spoken by a minority

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Countries where Romanian is an official language

Country	Population	Native Romanian speakers	Est. total speakers	Status of Romanian	More info
Moldova	3,461,380 (2014)[1]	70.2%	2,560,000[2]	Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova[3]	Languages of Moldova
Romania	21,640,168 (2014)[1]	90.7%	19,900,000[2]	Constitution of Romania, art. 13[4]	Languages of Romania

Regions where Romanian is an official language

Region	Country	Status	Population	Native Romanian speakers	Status of Romanian	More info
Gagauzia	Moldova	Autonomous region	155,646 (2004)	3.9%	Statute of Gagauzia, art. 3§1[5]	Languages of Gagauzia
Transnistria		De facto independent	555,347 (2004)	32.10%	Statute of the Settlements from the Left Bank (Transnistria), art. 6§1 (Latin) [6] Constitution of Transnistria, art. 12 (Cyrillic)[7]	Languages of Transnistria
Vojvodina	Serbia	Autonomous region	1,931,809 (2011)	1.45%	Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, art. 26[8]	Official status of Romanian language in Vojvodina
Hertsa, UA-77	Ukraine	Rayon	32,316 (2001)	93.8%	Legislation on languages in Ukraine	Languages of Ukraine
Tiachiv, UA-21		Rayon	171,850 (2001)	12.4%

Organisations with Romanian as an official language

Organisation	Members	Status of Romanian	More info
European Union	Romania and other 27 states	Regulation No. 1 of the EC[9]	Languages of the European Union
Latin Union	Moldova, Romania and other 34 states	Convention of Madrid, 1954	Romance languages
Mount Athos	Romanian Orthodox Church and other Eastern Rite churches	Language of religious service

Countries where Romanian is taught in schools

• Romanian language is taught in 13 schools in the Belgian cities of Brussels, Liège and Mons.^[10]
• Romanian language is taught in two schools in the Irish capital Dublin.^[11]
• Romanian language is taught in 228 schools in the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily, Trento, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto.^[12]
• Romanian language is taught in five schools in the Portuguese cities of Lisbon, Loulé and Setúbal.^[13]
• Romanian language is taught in 328 schools in the Spanish communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencia.^[14]

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