[8] Data for this census was planned not to be collected on paper, but instead with tablets so as to maintain social distancing between citizens.

The entire data collection process was also relatively long, spanning about 6 months.

[9] On 1 August 2022, it was officially announced by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) that as many as 18.15 million Romanian citizens were registered at the RPL2021.

[10][11] Subsequently, the head of the INS announced the first data of the RPL2021 on 5 August 2022, stating that Romania had c. 19 million inhabitants.

[12] The final results regarding demographic characteristics of the RPL2021, published on 31 May 2023, showed a resident population in Romania of 19,053,815 people.