 According to the 2002 census of Population and Housing by the National Statistics Institute, the Romeral commune had 12,707 inhabitants; of these, 3,675 (28.9%) lived in urban areas and 9,032 (71.1%) in rural areas.At that time, there were 6,596 men and 6,111 women.The population grew by 10.6% (1,217 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.