Sibiu County - Demographics

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 375,992 and the population density was 78/km².

At the 2011 census the county has the following population indices:

• Romanians - 90.64% (or 340,836)
• Hungarians - 2.89% (or 10,893)
• Romas - 4.76% (or 17,901)
• Germans - 1.09% (or 4,117)
• Other - 0.1% (or 640)

Religion:

• Romanian Orthodox - 88.9%
• Greek Catholics - 2.3%
• Reformed - 2.0%
• Roman Catholics - 1.5%
• Pentecostals - 1.1%
• Baptists 0.9%
• Other - 3.3%

Urbanisation - 5th most urbanised county in Romania:

• City dwellers: 277,574 (or 65.8%)
• Village dwelers: 144,150 (or 34.2%)

Traditionally, the biggest minority in the county were Germans, but their numbers have decreased since World War II and especially the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

The south side of the county, closer to the mountains was mainly inhabited by Romanians (Mărginimea Sibiului), and the north side of the country - the Transylvanian Plateau was inhabited evenly by Germans and Romanians, but most Saxon villages are now deserted. The Roma population, mainly from southern Romania, was placed close to the villages in the Communist period and have since increased their numbers.