[3][4] Together they have a population of 441,801 people, of whom 372,537 live in the cities of Galați and Brăila (as of 2021).

[1] As defined by Eurostat, as of 2015[update] the Galați functional urban area has a population of 322,501 residents, whilst the Brăila functional urban area has a population of 217,645 residents.

[5] If completed, it would represent one of the largest metropolitan areas in Romania.

Several major infrastructure projects have been proposed, or are being actively built: the Brăila–Galați Expressway,[6] a bridge (the Brăila Bridge) across the Danube connecting Brăila and Galați counties to Tulcea County,[7] and a new airport in Braniștea-Schela area.

[8] The metropolitan area has a border checkpoint to Moldova and Ukraine.