Bistriţa-Năsăud: population, economy and official figures

Bistriţa-Năsăud is a county in Nord-Vest, Romania. Bistriţa-Năsăud had 297,211 residents on 1 January 2025, 11.7% of Nord-Vest and 1.56% of Romania; 32nd largest of 42 counties in Romania.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Bistriţa-Năsăud: GDP per person was 19,500 purchasing power standards (PPS) in 2024, 49% of the EU average (77% for Romania); 31st highest of 42 counties in Romania.
• Education in Bistriţa-Năsăud: 76.9% of candidates who sat the baccalaureate in Bistrița-Năsăud in the June-July 2026 session passed after appeals, against 76.9% nationally; 17th highest of 42 counties.
• Poverty and living standards in Bistriţa-Năsăud: In September 2026 the public pension fund paid 62,117 pensioners in Bistrița-Năsăud an average of 2,384 lei a month, which ranked 8th lowest of 42 counties (Romania: 2,821 lei).
• Government budget and revenue in Bistriţa-Năsăud: Bistrița-Năsăud county is due 79.6 million lei in 2026 from the VAT sums Romania shares out to counties for decentralised spending, 16th smallest of 41 amounts and 1.8% of the 4,445.7 million lei total, according to annex 4 of the 2026 budget bill.

Figures come from Romania's own official statistics and from Eurostat's regional statistics for NUTS 3 areas. Comparisons with the EU average use purchasing power standards (PPS), which adjust for price differences.

Other county in Nord-Vest

• Cluj 697,374
• Bihor 556,894
• Maramureş 450,925
• Satu Mare 330,466
• Sălaj 211,140

Up a level: Nord-Vest · all regions of Romania · how local power works in Romania

Sources

• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjangrp3: Population on 1 January (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4c748d3cba3a…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_d3dens: Population density, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 f4b59fe9d121…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gdp: GDP per person, PPS (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3bf0fc662f56…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gdp: GDP, million euros (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 096e15e5fdb3…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3empers: Employment, thousand people (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 664e4e3a6dc0…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjanind3: Median age of the population (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7bf6ade55a0d…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_pjanind3: Share of people aged 65 or over (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 17aa0d08ab9c…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset demo_r_fagec3: Live births (NUTS 3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 cfda9b5f4ebd…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset reg_area3: Area, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 75302b0aafe9…)
• Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă (ANOFM): Situația statistică a șomajului înregistrat la 31 august 2026: tabele pe județe și regiuni (registered unemployment tables by county and region), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 343e7489d801…)
• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3empers: Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region and industry, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 222a97c302d3…)
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• Eurostat: Eurostat dataset nama_10r_3gva: Gross value added at basic prices by NUTS 3 region and industry, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c656e8563bdf…)
• Ministerul Educației și Cercetării: Examenul național de bacalaureat 2026, prima sesiune: dosar de presă cu rezultatele finale (după contestații), pe județe, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3d5694987c5a…)
• Casa Națională de Pensii Publice (CNPP): Situație centralizatoare privind numărul de angajatori, numărul de asigurați și salariul mediu brut pe județe, conform declarațiilor D112, iulie 2026, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 149307a7ff89…)
• Casa Națională de Pensii Publice (CNPP): Indicatori statistici pilon I, septembrie 2026: pensionari, pensia medie și indemnizația socială pentru pensionari pe județe, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 ef51fa5f14c1…)
• Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă (ANOFM): Situația statistică a șomajului înregistrat la 31 august 2025: tabele pe județe (registered unemployment tables by county), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5bf2118fcad5…)
• Senatul României (budget bill submitted by the Government of Romania, Ministry of Finance): Proiectul Legii bugetului de stat pe anul 2026, Anexa nr. 4: sume defalcate din TVA pentru finanțarea cheltuielilor descentralizate la nivelul județelor, 2026 și estimări 2027-2029, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8b73d83105b9…)

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