Demographics ofHungary | |
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Population | ![]() |
Growth rate | −4.9 births/1,000 population (2020) |
Birth rate | 9.5 births/1,000 population (2020) |
Death rate | 14.3 deaths/1,000 population (2020) |
Life expectancy | 76.16 years (2019) |
• male | 72.86 years (2019) |
• female | 79.33 years (2019) |
Fertility rate | 1.52 children born/woman (2022)[1] |
Infant mortality rate | 3.4 / 1000 live births (2020) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 14.8% |
15–64 years | 67.7% |
65 and over | 17.5% |
Sex ratio | |
At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female (2013 est.) |
Under 15 | 1.06 male(s)/female |
15–64 years | 0.96 male(s)/female |
65 and over | 0.59 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | noun: Hungarian(s)adjective: Hungarian |
Major ethnic | Hungarians |
Language | |
Spoken | Hungarian |
Demographic features of the population ofHungary includepopulation density,ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1784[3] | 2,681,595 | — |
1870 | 5,011,310 | +0.73% |
1880 | 5,329,191 | +0.62% |
1890 | 6,009,351 | +1.21% |
1900 | 6,854,415 | +1.32% |
1910 | 7,612,114 | +1.05% |
1920 | 7,986,875 | +0.48% |
1930 | 8,685,109 | +0.84% |
1941 | 9,316,074 | +0.64% |
1949 | 9,204,799 | −0.15% |
1960 | 9,961,044 | +0.72% |
1970 | 10,300,996 | +0.34% |
1980 | 10,709,463 | +0.39% |
1990 | 10,374,823 | −0.32% |
2001 | 10,200,298 | −0.15% |
2011 | 9,937,628 | −0.26% |
2022 | 9,603,634 | −0.31% |
Note: Only present territory of Hungary[2] |
Hungary's population has been slowly declining since 1980. The population composition at the foundation of Hungary (895) depends on the size of the arriving Hungarian population and the size of the Slavic (andremains of Avar-Slavic) population at the time. One source mentions 200 000 Slavs and 400 000 Hungarians,[4] while other sources often don't give estimates for both, making comparison more difficult. The size of the Hungarian population around 895 is often estimated between 120 000 and 600 000,[5] with a number of estimates in the 400-600 000 range.[4][6][7] Other sources only mention a fighting force of 25 000 Magyar warriors used in the attack,[8][9] while declining to estimate the total population including women and children and warriors not participating in the invasion. In the historical demographics the largest earlier shock was the Mongol Invasion of Hungary, several plagues also took a toll on the country's population.
According to demographers, about 80 percent of the population was made up of Hungarians before theBattle of Mohács. However, the Hungarian ethnic group became a minority in its own country in the 18th century due to centuries longOttoman and Habsburg wars, the resettlement policies and continuous immigration from neighboring countries. Major territorial changes made Hungary ethnically homogeneous after World War I. Nowadays, more than nine-tenths of the population is ethnicallyHungarian and speaks Hungarian as the mother tongue.[10]
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Population of Hungary over time with estimated percentages of ethnic Hungarians within Hungary | |||
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Date | Estimated Population | Estimated Percentages ofHungarian people, with and without Inclusion of theKingdom of Croatia | Notes |
c. 900AD | 66%[4][7] | Size of the country was about 330 thousand square km,[12] with a density of 3-4.5[12] or 0.56-1.06[11] persons per square km | |
1000 | 1,000,000-1,500,000[13] | ||
1060 | 500,000-550,000[11] | A density of 1.51-1.67 persons per square km.[11] | |
1100 | 2,000,000[12] | ||
1181 | 2,600,000[12] | ||
1200 | 1,000,000-1,100,000[11] | A density of 3.03-3.33 persons per square km (330 thousand square km).[11] | |
1222 | 2,000,000[14] | 70–80%[15] | The time of theGolden Bull. The last estimate before theTatar invasion. |
1242 | Population decreased after theMongol invasion of Hungary (estimates of population loss range from 20% to 50%).[16] | ||
1300 | |||
1348 | Before the plague (at the time of theAngevin kings). | ||
1370 | c. 2,000,000 | 60–70%[15] (including Croatia) | |
1400 | |||
1490 | The last nationwide registry in Kingdom of Hungary before the Ottoman period was carried out in 1494–1495 on the commission of the royal treasury.[38] Before the Ottoman conquest (about 3.2 million Hungarians). | ||
1600 | Populations of Royal Hungary, Transylvania, and Ottoman Hungary combined. | ||
1699 | At the time ofTreaty of Karlowitz (not more than 2 million Hungarians). | ||
1711 | At the end of theKuruc War, starting date of the organized resettlement. | ||
1720 | |||
1785-87 | 8,000,000 | 5% urban subjects.[50] | |
1790 | End of the organized resettlement (around 800 new German villages had been established between 1711 and 1780).[55] | ||
1828 | 11,495,536 | ||
1830 |
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1837 |
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1846 | 12,033,399 | Two years before theHungarian Revolution of 1848. | |
1850 | 11,600,000 |
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1857 | 13,830,870 | 44.5%[11] | |
1869 | 13,508,000 | 45.2%[60] | |
1880 | 13,749,603 | 46% | |
1900 | 16,838,255 | 51.4%[61] | |
1910 | 18,264,533 | 5%Jews (estimated according to their religion). |
Note: The data refer to the territory of theKingdom of Hungary, and not that of the present-day republic.
Year | Total Population (Hungary + Croatia-Slavonia) | Hungary Proper (excl. Croatia-Slavonia) | Croatia-Slavonia | Hungarians (absolute/%) | Romanians (absolute/%) | Slovaks (absolute/%) | Germans (absolute/%) | Croats/Serbs (absolute/%) | Other ethnicities |
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1869 | ~15.4 million[63] | ~13.6 million[64] | ~1.8 million[65] | ~6.9 million (45%) | ~2.6 million (17%) | ~2.0 million (13%) | ~1.5 million (10%) | ~1.4 million (9%) | ~1.0 million (6%) |
1880 | ~16.8 million[66] | ~14.8 million | ~2.0 million | ~7.6 million (45%) | ~2.7 million (16%) | ~2.0 million (12%) | ~1.8 million (11%) | ~1.7 million (10%) | ~1.0 million (6%) |
1890 | ~17.3 million[67] | ~15.1 million | ~2.2 million | ~7.8 million (44.8%) | ~2.9 million (16.6%) | ~2.2 million (12.5%) | ~1.8 million (10.4%) | ~1.8 million (10.2%) | ~0.8 million (5.5%) |
1900 | ~19.0 million[68] | ~16.8 million | ~2.2 million | ~8.7 million (45.8%) | ~3.0 million (15.8%) | ~2.3 million (12.1%) | ~2.0 million (10.5%) | ~2.0 million (10.5%) | ~1.0 million (5.3%) |
1910 | ~20.9 million[69] | ~18.3 million | ~2.6 million | ~10.0 million (54.5%) | ~3.3 million (16.1%) | ~2.0 million (10.7%) | ~1.9 million (10.4%) | ~1.5 million (8.3%) | ~1.2 million (6.0%) |
Land | Mother tongues (1910 census) |
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Kingdom of Hungary | Hungarian (54.4%), Romanian (16.1%), Slovak (10.7%), German (10.4%), Ruthenian (2.5%), Serbian (2.5%), Croatian (1.8%) |
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia | Croatian (62.5%), Serbian (24.6%), German (5.0%), Hungarian (4.1%) |
Land | Hungarian | Romanian | German | Slovak | Croatian | Serbian | Ruthenian | Other | Total |
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Danube Right Bank | 72% (2,221,295) | 0% (833) | 18% (555,694) | 0.6% (17,188) | 5.5% (168,436) | 0.5% (15,170) | 0% (232) | 3.4% (105,556) | 14.8% (3,084,404) |
Danube Left Bank | 32.7% (711,654) | 0% (704) | 6.6% (144,395) | 58.8% (1,279,574) | 0.1% (2,294) | 0% (200) | 0% (393) | 1.7% (36,710) | 10.4% (2,175,924) |
Danube-Tisza | 81.2% (3,061,066) | 0.1% (4,813) | 9.5% (357,822) | 2.1% (79,354) | 0.1% (4,866) | 4.1% (154,298) | 0.3% (11,121) | 4.1% (96,318) | 18% (3,769,658) |
Tisza Right Bank | 53.5% (945,990) | 0.1% (1,910) | 5.6% (98,564) | 25% (441,776) | 0% (486) | 0% (247) | 14.3% (253,062) | 1.6% (27,646) | 8.5% (1,769,681) |
Tisza Left Bank | 61.8% (1,603,924) | 24% (621,918) | 3.2% (83,229) | 3.1% (81,154) | 0% (327) | 0% (321) | 7.5% (194,504) | 0.3% (8,547) | 12.4% (2,594,924) |
Tisza-Maros | 22.2% (474,988) | 39.5% (845,850) | 19.9% (427,253) | 2.1% (44,715) | 0.2% (4,950) | 13.6% (290,434) | 0.1% (3,188) | 2.4% (50,391) | 10.3% (2,141,769) |
Transylvania | 34.3% (918,217) | 55% (1,472,021) | 8.7% (234,085) | 0.1% (2,404) | 0% (523) | 0% (421) | 0.1% (1,759) | 1.8% (48,937) | 12.8% (2,678,367) |
Fiume | 13% (6,493) | 0.3% (137) | 4.6% (2,315) | 0.4% (192) | 26% (12,926) | 0.9% (425) | 0% (11) | 54.8 (27,307, mostlyItalian) | 0.2% (49,806) |
Croatia-Slavonia | 4% (105,948) | 0% (846) | 5.1% (134,078) | 0.8% (21,613) | 62.5% (1,638,354) | 24.6% (644,955) | 0.3% (8,317) | 2.6% (67,843) | 12.6% (2,621,954) |
Total | 48.1% (10,050,575) | 14.1% (2,949,032) | 9.8% (2,037,435) | 9.4% (1,967,970) | 8.8% (1,833,162) | 5.3% (1,106,471) | 2.3% (472,587) | 2.2% (469,255) | 100% (20,886,487) |
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Thetotal fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period in the present-day Hungary. Sources:Our World In Data andGapminder Foundation.[89]
Years | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860[89] |
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Total Fertility Rate in Hungary | 5.18 | 5.15 | 5.12 | 5.09 | 5.06 | 5.03 | 5 | 4.97 | 4.94 | 4.91 | 4.88 |
Years | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870[89] |
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Total Fertility Rate in Hungary | 4.85 | 5.11 | 5.41 | 5.03 | 5.11 | 5.02 | 4.64 | 5.09 | 5.12 | 5.14 |
Years | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880[89] |
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Total Fertility Rate in Hungary | 5.23 | 4.96 | 5.18 | 5.23 | 5.55 | 5.61 | 5.29 | 5.23 | 5.58 | 5.23 |
Years | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890[89] |
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Total Fertility Rate in Hungary | 5.28 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.59 | 5.48 | 5.57 | 5.41 | 5.36 | 5.35 | 4.93 |
Years | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900[89] |
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Total Fertility Rate in Hungary | 5.2 | 4.96 | 5.25 | 5.08 | 5.48 | 5.11 | 4.97 | 4.95 | 4.62 | 4.79 |
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Total Fertility Rate by county
County | 1980 | 1990 | 2001 | 2011 |
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Baranya | 1.70 | 1.65 | 1.52 | 1.47 |
Bács-Kiskun | 1.81 | 1.73 | 1.59 | 1.56 |
Békés | 1.82 | 1.75 | 1.62 | 1.57 |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 1.88 | 1.83 | 1.72 | 1.66 |
Csongrád | 1.59 | 1.55 | 1.44 | 1.41 |
Fejér | 1.85 | 1.79 | 1.62 | 1.56 |
Győr-Moson-Sopron | 1.81 | 1.73 | 1.56 | 1.49 |
Hajdú-Bihar | 1.92 | 1.82 | 1.65 | 1.56 |
Heves | 1.79 | 1.69 | 1.57 | 1.53 |
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 1.90 | 1.80 | 1.67 | 1.62 |
Komárom-Esztergom | 1.80 | 1.73 | 1.58 | 1.53 |
Nógrád | 1.84 | 1.76 | 1.64 | 1.60 |
Pest | 1.76 | 1.69 | 1.54 | 1.48 |
Somogy | 1.74 | 1.68 | 1.58 | 1.53 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 2.21 | 2.05 | 1.85 | 1.75 |
Tolna | 1.83 | 1.76 | 1.65 | 1.60 |
Vas | 1.82 | 1.72 | 1.58 | 1.51 |
Veszprém | 1.88 | 1.79 | 1.64 | 1.58 |
Zala | 1.78 | 1.73 | 1.56 | 1.52 |
Budapest | 1.25 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 1.13 |
All | 1.71 | 1.65 | 1.53 | 1.47 |
Source: 2011 census[91]
Period | Life expectancy in Years[92] |
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1950–1955 | 64.01 |
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The infant mortality rate (IMR) decreased considerably after WW II. In 1949, the IMR was 91.0. The rate decreased to 47.6 in 1960, 35.9 in 1970, 23.2 in 1980, 14.8 in 1990, 9.2 in 2000 and reached an all-time low in 2023 at 3.1 per 1000 live born children.[93]
Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office[99]
Average population (January 1) | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | Crude migration change (per 1000) | Total fertility rates[fn 1][89][100] | |
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1900 | 6,854,000 | 268,019 | 177,363 | 90,656 | 39.4 | 27.0 | 12.4 | 5.28 | |
1901 | 260,439 | 166,662 | 93,777 | 37.6 | 25.0 | 12.6 | 5.22 | ||
1902 | 270,385 | 179,260 | 91,125 | 38.6 | 26.9 | 11.7 | 5.16 | ||
1903 | 258,209 | 179,518 | 78,691 | 36.5 | 26.1 | 10.4 | 5.10 | ||
1904 | 260,446 | 172,704 | 87,742 | 37.0 | 24.8 | 12.2 | 5.04 | ||
1905 | 252,501 | 203,516 | 48,985 | 35.5 | 27.8 | 7.7 | 4.98 | ||
1906 | 258,296 | 176,938 | 81,358 | 36.1 | 24.9 | 11.2 | 4.91 | ||
1907 | 261,231 | 180,216 | 81,015 | 36.2 | 25.6 | 10.6 | 4.85 | ||
1908 | 268,637 | 177,872 | 90,765 | 36.7 | 25.0 | 11.7 | 4.79 | ||
1909 | 271,177 | 184,445 | 86,732 | 37.1 | 25.4 | 11.7 | 4.73 | ||
1910 | 7,612,000 | 265,457 | 168,875 | 96,582 | 35.4 | 23.4 | 12.0 | 4.67 | |
1911 | 261,375 | 184,009 | 77,366 | 34.8 | 24.8 | 10.0 | 4.59 | ||
1912 | 270,804 | 172,148 | 98,656 | 36.0 | 23.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | ||
1913 | 264,418 | 174,241 | 90,177 | 34.3 | 23.2 | 11.1 | 4.42 | ||
1914 | 270,690 | 176,574 | 94,116 | 34.5 | 23.4 | 11.1 | 4.34 | ||
1915 | 187,734 | 189,418 | -1,684 | 23.7 | 25.3 | -1.6 | 4.26 | ||
1916 | 135,443 | 159,810 | -24,367 | 16.8 | 20.9 | -4.1 | 4.17 | ||
1917 | 130,817 | 163,507 | -32,690 | 16.0 | 20.7 | -4.7 | 4.09 | ||
1918 | 127,894 | 207,395 | -79,501 | 15.3 | 25.7 | -10.4 | 4.01 | ||
1919 | 7,860,000 | 217,431 | 157,392 | 60,039 | 27.6 | 20.0 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 3.93 |
1920 | 7,987,000 | 249,458 | 169,717 | 79,741 | 31.4 | 21.4 | 10.0 | -5.9 | 3.84 |
1921 | 8,020,000 | 255,453 | 170,059 | 85,394 | 31.8 | 21.2 | 10.6 | -3.1 | 3.81 |
1922 | 8,080,000 | 249,279 | 173,351 | 75,928 | 30.8 | 21.4 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 3.60 |
1923 | 8,170,000 | 238,971 | 159,287 | 79,684 | 29.2 | 19.5 | 9.8 | -3.7 | 3.39 |
1924 | 8,220,000 | 221,462 | 167,668 | 53,794 | 26.9 | 20.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 3.18 |
1925 | 8,300,000 | 235,480 | 142,150 | 93,330 | 28.3 | 17.1 | 11.2 | -2.8 | 3.36 |
1926 | 8,370,000 | 229,484 | 139,905 | 89,579 | 27.4 | 16.7 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 3.24 |
1927 | 8,490,000 | 218,548 | 150,675 | 67,873 | 25.8 | 17.8 | 8.0 | -5.6 | 3.05 |
1928 | 8,510,000 | 224,693 | 146,496 | 78,197 | 26.4 | 17.2 | 9.2 | -1.0 | 3.08 |
1929 | 8,580,000 | 215,463 | 152,847 | 62,976 | 25.1 | 17.8 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 2.92 |
1930 | 8,685,000 | 219,784 | 134,341 | 85,443 | 25.4 | 15.5 | 9.9 | -4.7 | 2.84 |
1931 | 8,730,000 | 206,925 | 144,968 | 61,957 | 23.7 | 16.6 | 7.1 | -1.0 | 2.84 |
1932 | 8,783,000 | 205,529 | 157,106 | 48,423 | 23.4 | 17.9 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 2.78 |
1933 | 8,845,000 | 193,911 | 129,913 | 63,998 | 21.9 | 14.7 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 2.72 |
1934 | 8,915,000 | 194,279 | 129,049 | 65,230 | 21.8 | 14.5 | 7.3 | 0 | 2.57 |
1935 | 8,980,000 | 189,479 | 136,923 | 52,556 | 21.1 | 15.2 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 2.55 |
1936 | 9,040,000 | 183,369 | 128,333 | 55,036 | 20.3 | 14.2 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 2.48 |
1937 | 9,100,000 | 182,449 | 128,049 | 54,400 | 20.0 | 14.1 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 2.42 |
1938 | 9,159,000 | 182,206 | 130,628 | 51,578 | 19.9 | 14.3 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 2.46 |
1939 | 9,217,000 | 178,633 | 124,591 | 54,042 | 19.4 | 13.5 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 2.50 |
1940 | 9,280,000 | 185,562 | 132,735 | 52,827 | 20.0 | 14.3 | 5.7 | -1.8 | 2.48 |
1941 | 9,316,000 | 177,047 | 123,349 | 53,698 | 19.0 | 13.2 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 2.52 |
1942 | 9,392,000 | 187,187 | 136,844 | 50,343 | 19.9 | 14.6 | 5.4 | -0.3 | 2.55 |
1943 | 9,440,000 | 173,295 | 127,158 | 46,137 | 18.4 | 13.5 | 4.9 | -25.0 | 2.55 |
1944 | 9,250,000 | 190,000 | 144,048 | 45,952 | 20.5 | 15.6 | 5.0 | -26.1 | 2.61 |
1945 | 9,055,000 | 169,091 | 211,323 | -42,232 | 18.7 | 23.3 | -4.7 | 3.3 | 2.64 |
1946 | 9,042,000 | 169,120 | 135,486 | 33,634 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2.67 |
1947 | 9,093,000 | 187,316 | 117,537 | 69,779 | 20.6 | 12.9 | 7.7 | -0.6 | 2.70 |
1948 | 9,158,000 | 191,907 | 105,780 | 86,127 | 21.0 | 11.6 | 9.4 | -4.3 | 2.73 |
1949 | 9,205,000[101] | 190,398 | 105,718 | 84,680 | 20.6 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 2.76 |
1950 | 9,293,000 | 195,567 | 106,902 | 88,665 | 20.9 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 2.77 |
1951 | 9,383,000 | 190,645 | 109,998 | 80,647 | 20.2 | 11.7 | 8.6 | -0.1 | 2.76 |
1952 | 9,463,000 | 185,820 | 107,443 | 78,377 | 19.6 | 11.3 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 2.72 |
1953 | 9,545,000 | 206,926 | 112,039 | 94,887 | 21.6 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 0.6 | 2.67 |
1954 | 9,645,000 | 223,347 | 106,670 | 116,677 | 23.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 2.61 |
1955 | 9,767,000 | 210,430 | 97,848 | 112,582 | 21.4 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 0.4 | 2.53 |
1956 | 9,883,000 | 192,810 | 104,236 | 88,574 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 8.9 | -14.4 | 2.44 |
1957 | 9,829,000 | 167,202 | 103,645 | 63,557 | 17.0 | 10.5 | 6.5 | -4.4 | 2.34 |
1958 | 9,850,000 | 158,428 | 97,866 | 60,562 | 16.0 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 2.23 |
1959 | 9,913,000 | 151,194 | 103,880 | 47,314 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 4.8 | 0 | 2.12 |
1960 | 9,961,000 | 146,461 | 101,525 | 44,936 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 2.02 |
1961 | 10,007,000 | 140,365 | 96,410 | 43,955 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 1.94 |
1962 | 10,052,000 | 130,053 | 108,273 | 21,780 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 0 | 1.79 |
1963 | 10,074,000 | 132,335 | 99,871 | 32,464 | 13.1 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 1.82 |
1964 | 10,108,000 | 132,141 | 100,830 | 31,311 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 1.81 |
1965 | 10,140,000 | 133,009 | 108,119 | 24,890 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.82 |
1966 | 10,166,000 | 138,489 | 101,943 | 36,546 | 13.6 | 10.0 | 3.6 | 0 | 1.89 |
1967 | 10,203,000 | 148,886 | 109,530 | 39,356 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 2.01 |
1968 | 10,244,000 | 154,419 | 115,354 | 39,065 | 15.1 | 11.2 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 2.06 |
1969 | 10,284,000 | 154,318 | 116,659 | 37,659 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 0 | 2.03 |
1970 | 10,322,000 | 151,819 | 120,197 | 31,622 | 14.7 | 11.6 | 3.1 | -0.2 | 1.98 |
1971 | 10,352,000 | 150,640 | 123,009 | 27,631 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 2.7 | -0.2 | 1.93 |
1972 | 10,378,000 | 153,265 | 118,991 | 34,274 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 3.3 | -0.2 | 1.92 |
1973 | 10,410,000 | 156,224 | 123,366 | 32,858 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 3.1 | 0 | 1.93 |
1974 | 10,442,000 | 186,288 | 125,816 | 60,472 | 17.8 | 12.0 | 5.8 | -0.1 | 2.27 |
1975 | 10,501,000 | 194,240 | 131,102 | 63,138 | 18.4 | 12.4 | 6.0 | -0.1 | 2.34 |
1976 | 10,563,000 | 185,405 | 132,240 | 53,165 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 5.0 | -0.1 | 2.23 |
1977 | 10,615,000 | 177,574 | 132,031 | 45,543 | 16.7 | 12.4 | 4.3 | -0.1 | 2.15 |
1978 | 10,660,000 | 168,160 | 140,121 | 28,039 | 15.7 | 13.1 | 2.6 | -0.1 | 2.06 |
1979 | 10,687,000 | 160,364 | 136,829 | 23,535 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 2.2 | -0.1 | 2.00 |
1980 | 10,709,000 | 148,673 | 145,355 | 3,318 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 0.3 | -0.7 | 1.91 |
1981 | 10,705,000 | 142,890 | 144,757 | -1,867 | 13.3 | 13.5 | -0.2 | -0.7 | 1.87 |
1982 | 10,695,000 | 133,559 | 144,318 | -10,759 | 12.5 | 13.5 | -1.0 | -1.2 | 1.79 |
1983 | 10,671,000 | 127,258 | 148,643 | -21,385 | 11.9 | 13.9 | -2.0 | -0.9 | 1.74 |
1984 | 10,640,000 | 125,359 | 146,709 | -21,350 | 11.8 | 13.8 | -2.0 | -1.9 | 1.75 |
1985 | 10,599,000 | 130,200 | 147,614 | -17,414 | 12.2 | 13.9 | -1.6 | -2.1 | 1.85 |
1986 | 10,560,000 | 128,204 | 147,089 | -18,885 | 12.1 | 13.8 | -1.8 | -3.0 | 1.84 |
1987 | 10,509,000 | 125,840 | 142,601 | -16,761 | 11.9 | 13.4 | -1.6 | -2.7 | 1.82 |
1988 | 10,464,000 | 124,296 | 140,042 | -15,746 | 11.7 | 13.2 | -1.5 | -2.6 | 1.81 |
1989 | 10,421,000 | 123,304 | 144,695 | -21,391 | 11.8 | 13.8 | -2.0 | -2.4 | 1.80 |
1990 | 10,375,000 | 125,679 | 145,660 | -19,981 | 12.1 | 14.0 | -1.9 | 1.7 | 1.87 |
1991 | 10,373,400 | 127,207 | 144,813 | -17,606 | 12.3 | 14.0 | -1.7 | 1.8 | 1.88 |
1992 | 10,374,000 | 121,724 | 148,781 | -27,057 | 11.7 | 14.3 | -2.6 | 1.7 | 1.78 |
1993 | 10,365,000 | 117,033 | 150,244 | -33,211 | 11.3 | 14.5 | -3.2 | 1.8 | 1.69 |
1994 | 10,350,000 | 115,598 | 146,889 | -31,291 | 11.2 | 14.2 | -3.0 | 1.7 | 1.64 |
1995 | 10,337,000 | 112,054 | 145,431 | -33,377 | 10.8 | 14.1 | -3.2 | 1.7 | 1.57 |
1996 | 10,321,000 | 105,272 | 143,130 | -37,858 | 10.2 | 13.9 | -3.7 | 1.8 | 1.46 |
1997 | 10,301,000 | 100,350 | 139,434 | -39,084 | 9.8 | 13.5 | -3.8 | 1.8 | 1.38 |
1998 | 10,280,000 | 97,301 | 140,870 | -43,569 | 9.5 | 13.7 | -4.2 | 1.6 | 1.32 |
1999 | 10,253,000 | 94,645 | 143,210 | -48,565 | 9.2 | 14.0 | -4.7 | 1.7 | 1.28 |
2000 | 10,222,000 | 97,597 | 135,601 | -38,004 | 9.6 | 13.3 | -3.7 | 1.5 | 1.32 |
2001 | 10,200,000 | 97,047 | 132,183 | -35,136 | 9.5 | 13.0 | -3.4 | 0.9 | 1.31 |
2002 | 10,175,000 | 96,804 | 132,833 | -36,029 | 9.5 | 13.1 | -3.5 | 0.3 | 1.30 |
2003 | 10,142,000 | 94,647 | 135,823 | -41,176 | 9.3 | 13.4 | -4.1 | 1.6 | 1.27 |
2004 | 10,117,000 | 95,137 | 132,492 | -37,355 | 9.4 | 13.1 | -3.7 | 1.8 | 1.27 |
2005 | 10,098,000 | 97,496 | 135,732 | -38,236 | 9.7 | 13.5 | -3.8 | 1.7 | 1.30 |
2006 | 10,077,000 | 99,871 | 131,603 | -31,732 | 9.9 | 13.1 | -3.2 | 2.1 | 1.34 |
2007 | 10,066,000 | 97,613 | 132,938 | -35,325 | 9.7 | 13.2 | -3.5 | 1.4 | 1.31 |
2008 | 10,045,000 | 99,149 | 130,027 | -30,878 | 9.9 | 13.0 | -3.1 | 1.7 | 1.35 |
2009 | 10,031,000 | 96,442 | 130,414 | -33,972 | 9.6 | 13.0 | -3.4 | 1.7 | 1.32 |
2010 | 10,014,000 | 90,335 | 130,456 | -40,121 | 9.0 | 13.0 | -4.0 | 1.2 | 1.25 |
2011 | 9,986,000 | 88,049 | 128,795 | -40,746 | 8.8 | 12.9 | -4.1 | -1.3 | 1.23 |
2012 | 9,932,000 | 90,269 | 129,440 | -39,171 | 9.1 | 13.0 | -3.9 | 1.6 | 1.34 |
2013 | 9,909,000 | 88,689 | 126,778 | -38,089 | 9.0 | 12.8 | -3.9 | 0.7 | 1.34 |
2014 | 9,877,000 | 91,510 | 126,308 | -34,798 | 9.3 | 12.8 | -3.5 | 1.4 | 1.41 |
2015 | 9,856,000 | 91,690 | 131,697 | -40,007 | 9.3 | 13.4 | -4.1 | 1.5 | 1.44 |
2016 | 9,830,000 | 93,063 | 127,053 | -33,990 | 9.5 | 12.9 | -3.5 | 0.2 | 1.49 |
2017 | 9,798,000 | 91,577 | 131,674 | -40,097 | 9.4 | 13.5 | -4.1 | 2.1 | 1.49 |
2018 | 9,778,000 | 89,807 | 131,045 | -41,238 | 9.2 | 13.4 | -4.2 | 3.7 | 1.49 |
2019 | 9,773,000 | 89,193 | 129,603 | -40,410 | 9.1 | 13.3 | -4.1 | 3.8 | 1.49 |
2020 | 9,770,000 | 92,338 | 141,002 | -48,664 | 9.5 | 14.5 | -5.0 | 1.0 | 1.56 |
2021 | 9,731,000 | 93,039 | 155,621 | -62,582 | 9.6 | 16.0 | -6.4 | 2.1 | 1.59 |
2022 | 9,689,000 | 88,491 | 136,446 | -47,955 | 9.1 | 14.1 | -5.0 | -4.5 | 1.52 |
2023 | 9,599,000 | 85,225 | 128,176 | -42,951 | 8.9 | 13.3 | -4.4 | -1.8 | 1.51 |
2024 | 9,585,000 | 77,500 | 127,500 | -50,000 | 8.1 | 13.3 | -5.2 | 1.38 |
Period | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase |
---|---|---|---|
January–February 2024 | 12,885 | 23,086 | −10,201 |
January–February 2025 | 12,043 | 23,886 | −11,843 |
Difference | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 4 663 794 | 5 066 978 | 9 730 772 | 100 |
0–4 | 241 553 | 228 350 | 469 903 | 4.83 |
5–9 | 235 461 | 222 548 | 458 009 | 4.71 |
10–14 | 250 542 | 238 779 | 489 321 | 5.03 |
15–19 | 250 935 | 236 815 | 487 750 | 5.01 |
20–24 | 269 584 | 252 965 | 522 549 | 5.37 |
25–29 | 321 164 | 300 576 | 621 740 | 6.39 |
30–34 | 321 542 | 300 563 | 622 105 | 6.39 |
35–39 | 322 953 | 310 447 | 633 400 | 6.51 |
40–44 | 404 753 | 394 017 | 798 770 | 8.21 |
45–49 | 396 980 | 389 352 | 786 332 | 8.08 |
50–54 | 340 428 | 344 513 | 684 941 | 7.04 |
55–59 | 271 871 | 294 030 | 565 901 | 5.82 |
60–64 | 279 106 | 334 279 | 613 385 | 6.30 |
65–69 | 283 306 | 374 078 | 657 384 | 6.76 |
70–74 | 203 869 | 299 041 | 502 910 | 5.17 |
75–79 | 137 540 | 234 575 | 372 115 | 3.82 |
80–84 | 77 655 | 166 734 | 244 389 | 2.51 |
85–89 | 37 559 | 94 389 | 131 948 | 1.36 |
90–94 | 12 938 | 38 093 | 51 031 | 0.52 |
95–99 | 3 096 | 10 430 | 13 526 | 0.14 |
100–104 | 725 | 1 958 | 2 683 | 0.03 |
105–109 | 201 | 414 | 615 | 0.01 |
110+ | 33 | 32 | 65 | <0.01 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 727 556 | 689 677 | 1 417 233 | 14.56 |
15–64 | 3 179 316 | 3 157 557 | 6 336 873 | 65.12 |
65+ | 756 922 | 1 219 744 | 1 976 666 | 20.31 |
There are large variations in the birth rates as of 2016:Zala County has the lowest birth rate with 7.5 births per thousand inhabitants, whileSzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County has the highest birth rate with 11.2 births per thousand inhabitants.
The death rates also differ greatly from as low as 11.3 deaths per thousand inhabitants inPest County to as high as 15.7 deaths per thousand inhabitants inBékés County.
Vital statistics as of 2016[105] | |||
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County | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural increase |
Baranya | 8.0 | 13.6 | -5.6 |
Bács-Kiskun | 9.3 | 13.6 | -4.3 |
Békés | 8.2 | 15.7 | -7.5 |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 11.0 | 14.2 | -3.2 |
Budapest | 9.2 | 12.0 | -2.9 |
Csongrád | 8.4 | 12.9 | -4.5 |
Fejér | 9.4 | 12.5 | -3.1 |
Győr-Moson-Sopron | 8.9 | 11.4 | -2.4 |
Hajdú-Bihar | 10.3 | 11.6 | -1.3 |
Heves | 9.4 | 14.5 | -5.1 |
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 9.9 | 14.8 | -4.8 |
Komárom-Esztergom | 9.7 | 13.4 | -3.7 |
Nógrád | 9.1 | 15.1 | -6.0 |
Pest | 9.8 | 11.3 | -1.5 |
Somogy | 8.8 | 14.3 | -5.5 |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 11.2 | 12.2 | -0.9 |
Tolna | 9.0 | 13.7 | -4.7 |
Vas | 8.3 | 13.5 | -5.2 |
Veszprém | 8.7 | 13.5 | -4.8 |
Zala | 7.9 | 14.0 | -6.1 |
County | Hungarian | Bulgarian | Romani | Greek | Croat | Polish | German | Armenian | Romanian | Rusyn | Serbian | Slovak | Slovenian | Ukrainian |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 93.5% | 0.1% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Budapest | 95.5% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Bács-Kiskun | 93.7% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Baranya | 86.3% | 0.1% | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.1% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Békés | 91.9% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 90.0% | 0.0% | 8.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Csongrád | 96.8% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Fejér | 96.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Győr-Moson-Sopron | 95.0% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Hajdú-Bihar | 95.4% | 0.1% | 3.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Heves | 92.6% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 94.2% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Komárom-Esztergom | 93.2% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Nógrád | 90.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pest | 94.2% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Somogy | 92.1% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 90.8% | 0.0% | 8.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
Tolna | 90.3% | 0.0% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 5.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Vas | 94.5% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% |
Veszprém | 94.8% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Zala | 94.1% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Hungary before the Treaty of Trianon (4 June 1920)
Hungary lost 64% of its total population in consequence of theTreaty of Trianon, decreasing from 20.9 million to 7.6 million,[109] and 31% (3.3 out of 10.7 million) of its ethnicHungarians,[61] Hungary lost five of its ten most populous cities.[110]
According to the census of 1910, the largest ethnic group in the Kingdom of Hungary were Hungarians, who were 54.5% of the population of Kingdom of Hungary, excludingCroatia-Slavonia.Although the territories of the former Kingdom of Hungary that were assigned by the treaty to neighbouring states in total had a majority of non-Hungarian population, they also included areas of Hungarian majority and significant Hungarian minorities, numbering 3,318,000 in total.
The number of Hungarians in the different areas based on census data of 1910. The present day location of each area is given in parentheses.
Non-Hungarian population in the Kingdom of Hungary, based on 1910 census data
Romanians, Slovaks, Ruthenians, Serbs, Croats and Germans, who represented the majority of the populations of the above-mentioned territories:
Post-Trianon Hungary
Ethnic group | estimation 1495 | 1715 | 1785 | census 1880 | census 1900 | census 1910 | census 1920 | census 1930 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Hungarians | 990,000 | 95.6% | 1,176,000 | 79.1% | 2,103,000 | 79.0% | 4,402,364 | 82.4% | 5,890,999 | 85.9% | 6,730,299 | 88.4% | 7,155,973 | 89.6% | 8,000,335 | 92.1% |
Germans | 17,000 | 1.6% | 136,600 | 9.2% | 291,900 | 11.0% | 606,363 | 11.3% | 604,751 | 8.8% | 553,179 | 7.3% | 550,062 | 6.9% | 477,153 | 5.5% |
Slovaks | n.d | n.d. | 37,700 | 2.5% | 130,400 | 4.9% | 199,788 | 3.7% | 192,227 | 2.8% | 165,317 | 2.2% | 141,877 | 1.8% | 104,786 | 1.2% |
Croats | 1,200 | 0.1% | 58,900 | 4.0% | 71,700 | 2.7% | 59,251 | 1.1% | 68,161 | 1.0% | 62,018 | 0.8% | 58,931 | 0.7% | 47,337 | 0.5% |
Others | 23,800 | 2.4% | 70,800 | 4.8% | 66,214 | 2.4% | 75,598 | 1.5% | 98,277 | 1.5% | 101,301 | 1.3% | 80,026 | 1.0% | 55,503 | 0.6% |
Total | 1,032,000 | 1,480,000 | 2,663,214 | 5,343,364 | 6,854,415 | 7,612,114 | 7,986,875 | 8,685,109 |
According to the 1920 census 10.4% of the population spoke one of the minority languages as mother language:
The number of bilingual people was much higher, for example 1,398,729 people spoke German (17%), 399,176 people spoke Slovak (5%), 179,928 people spoke Croatian (2.2%) and 88,828 people spoke Romanian (1.1%). Hungarian was spoken by 96% of the total population and was the mother language of 89%. The percentage and the absolute number of all non-Hungarian nationalities decreased in the next decades, although the total population of the country increased.
Note: 300.000 Hungarian refugees fled to Hungary from the territory of successor states (Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia) after the WW I.[117]
From 1938 to 1945
Hungary expanded its borders with territories from Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia following theFirst Vienna Award (1938) andSecond Vienna Award (1940). The remainder of Carpathian Ruthenia and parts of Yugoslavia were occupied and annexed in 1939 and 1941, respectively.RegardingNorthern Transylvania, the Romanian census from 1930 counted 38%Hungarians and 49%Romanians,[118] while the Hungarian census from 1941 counted 53.5%Hungarians and 39.1%Romanians.[119]The territory ofBácska had 789,705 inhabitants, and 45,4% or 47,2% declared themselves to be Hungarian native speakers or ethnic Hungarians.[119]The percentage of Hungarian speakers was 84% in southern Czechoslovakia and 25% in theSub-Carpathian Rus.[116]
Ethnic group | census 1941 | |
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Hungarians | 11,881,455 | 80.9% |
Romanians | 1,051,026 | 7.2% |
Ruthenians | 547,770 | 3.7% |
Germans | 533,045 | 3.6% |
Serbs | 213,585 | 1.5% |
Slovaks | 175,550 | 1.2% |
Jewish[Note 1] | 139,041 | 0.9% |
Roma | 76,209 | 0.5% |
Croats | 12,346 | 0.1% |
Slovenes | 9,400 | 0.1% |
Others | 29,210 | 0.2% |
Total | 14,679,573 |
After WW II: 1949–1990
After World War II, about 200,000 Germans were deported to Germany according to the decree of thePotsdam Conference. Under the forced exchange of population between Czechoslovakia and Hungary, approximately 73,000 Slovaks left Hungary. After these population movements Hungary became an ethnically almost homogeneous country except the rapidly growing number ofRomani people in the second half of the 20th century.
Ethnic group | census 1949 | census 1960 | census 1970 | census 1980 | census 1990 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Hungarians | 9,076,041 | 98.6% | 9,786,038 | 98.2% | 10,166,237 | 98.5% | 10,638,974 | 99.3% | 10,142,072 | 97.8% |
Roma | 21,387 | 0.2% | 25,633 | 0.3% | 34,957 | 0.3% | 6,404 | 0.1% | 142,683 | 1.4% |
Germans | 22,455 | 0.2% | 50,765 | 0.5% | 35,594 | 0.4% | 11,310 | 0.1% | 30,824 | 0.3% |
Slovaks | 25,988 | 0.3% | 30,630 | 0.3% | 21,176 | 0.2% | 9,101 | 0.1% | 10,459 | 0.1% |
Croats | 20,423 | 0.2% | 33,014 | 0.3% | 17,609 | 0.2% | 13,895 | 0.1% | 13,570 | 0.1% |
Romanians | 14,713 | 0.2% | 15,787 | 0.2% | 12,624 | 0.1% | 8,874 | 0.1% | 10,740 | 0.1% |
Serbs | 5,158 | 0.1% | 4,583 | 0.1% | 12,235 | 0.1% | 2,805 | 0.0% | 2,905 | 0.0% |
Slovenes | 4,473 | 0.1% | - | 4,205 | 0.0% | 1,731 | 0.0% | 1,930 | 0.0% | |
Others | 14,161 | 0.1% | 14,534 | 0.1% | 17,462 | 0.2% | 16,369 | 0.2% | 19,640 | 0.2% |
Total | 9,204,799 | 9,961,044 | 10,322,099 | 10,709,463 | 10,374,823 |
For historical reasons, significantHungarian minority populations can be found in the surrounding countries, notably inUkraine (inTranscarpathia),Slovakia,Romania (inTransylvania), andSerbia (inVojvodina).Austria (inBurgenland),Croatia, andSlovenia (Prekmurje) are also host to a number of ethnic Hungarians.
2001–2022
Ethnic group | census 2001 | census 2011 | census 2022 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Hungarians | 9,416,045 | 92.3% | 8,504,492 | 85.6% | 8,438,129 | 87.9% |
Roma | 189,984 | 2.0% | 315,583 | 3.2% | 209,909 | 2.2% |
Germans | 62,105 | 0.6% | 185,696 | 1.9% | 142,551 | 1.5% |
Romanians | 7,995 | 0.1% | 35,641 | 0.4% | 27,554 | 0.3% |
Slovaks | 17,693 | 0.2% | 35,208 | 0.4% | 29,881 | 0.3% |
Croats | 15,597 | 0.2% | 26,774 | 0.3% | 21,824 | 0.2% |
Serbs | 3,816 | 0.0% | 10,038 | 0.1% | 11,622 | 0.1% |
Slovenes | 3,025 | 0.0% | 2,820 | 0.0% | 3,965 | 0.0% |
Others | 57,059 | 0.6% | 73,399 | 0.9% | 55,610 | 0.6% |
Not stated | 570,537 | 5.6% | 1,398,731 | 14.1% | 1,086,239 | 11.3% |
Total | 10,198,315 | 9,937,628 | 9,603,634 |
When theHungarians invaded theCarpathian Basin, it was inhabited bySlavic andAvar peoples. Written sources from the 9th century also suggest that some groups ofOnogurs andBulgars occupied the valley of the riverMureș at the time of the Magyars’ invasion. There is a dispute as to whether Romanian population existed in Transylvania during that time.
The Roma minority
The first Romani groups arrived in Hungary in the fifteenth century from Turkey.[126] Nowadays, the real number ofRoma in Hungary is a disputed question.
In the 2001 census only 190 046 (2%) called themselves Roma, but experts and Roma organisations estimate that there are between 450,000 and 1,000,000 Roma living in Hungary.[127][128][129][130][131] Since then, the size of the Roma population has increased rapidly. Today every fifth or sixth newborn child belongs to the Roma minority.[132] Based on current demographic trends, a 2006 estimate by Central European Management Intelligence claims that the proportion of the Roma population will double by 2050, putting the percentage of its Roma community at around 14-15% of the country's population.[132]
There are problems related to the Roma minority in Hungary, and the very subject is a heated and disputed topic.
Objective problems:
Kabars
ThreeKabar tribes joined to the Hungarians and participated in the Hungarian conquest of Hungary.[51] They settled mostly in Bihar county.
Böszörménys
The MuslimBöszörménys migrated to the Carpathian Basin in the course of the 10th-12th centuries and they were composed of various ethnic groups. Most of them must have arrived fromVolga Bulgaria andKhwarezm.
Pechenegs
Communities ofPechenegs (Besenyő in Hungarian) lived in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11-12th centuries. They were most numerous in the county of Tolna.
Oghuz Turks (Ouzes)
Smaller groups ofOghuz Turk settlers ('Úzok' or 'Fekete Kunok/Black Cumans' in Hungarian) came to the Carphatian Basin from the middle of the 11th century.[135] They were settled mostly inBarcaság. The city ofÓzd got its name after them.
Jassics
TheJassic (Jász in Hungarian) people were a nomadic tribe which settled -with the Cumans- in the Kingdom of Hungary during the 13th century. Their name is almost certainly related to that of theIazyges.Béla IV, king of Hungary granted them asylum and they became a privileged community with the right of self-government. During the centuries they were fully assimilated to the Hungarian population, their language disappeared, but they preserved their Jassic identity and their regional autonomy until 1876. Over a dozen settlements in Central Hungary (e.g.Jászberény,Jászárokszállás,Jászfényszaru) still bear their name.[136]
Cumans
During the Russian campaign, the Mongols drove some 200,000Cumans, a nomadic tribe who had opposed them, west of theCarpathian Mountains. There, the Cumans appealed to King Béla IV of Hungary for protection.[137] In the Kingdom of Hungary, Cumans created two regions namedCumania (Kunság in Hungarian):Greater Cumania (Nagykunság) andLittle Cumania (Kiskunság), both located the Great Hungarian Plain. Here, the Cumans maintained their autonomy, language and some ethnic customs well into themodern era. According to Pálóczi's estimation originally 70–80,000 Cumans settled in Hungary.[14]
Romanians
The oldest extant documents from Transylvania make reference toVlachs too. Regardless of the subject ofRomanian presence/non-presence inTransylvania prior to the Hungarian conquest, the first chronicles to write of Vlachs in the intra-Carpathian regions is theGesta Hungarorum,[138][139] while the first written Hungarian sources about Romanian settlements derive from the 13th century, record was written aboutOlahteluk village inBihar County from 1283.[140][141] The 'land of Romanians',Terram Blacorum (1222, 1280)[141][142][143][144] showed up inFogaras and this area was mentioned under different name (Olachi) in 1285.[141] The first appearance of a probably Romanian name 'Ola' in Hungary derives from a charter (1258).[141]
They were a significant population in Transylvania,Banat,Maramureș andPartium (Crișana). There are different estimations in connection with number of Romanians in Kingdom of Hungary. According to a research based on place-names made byIstván Kniezsa, 511 villages of Transylvania and Banat appear in documents at the end of the 13th century, however only 3 of them bore Romanian names,[145] and around 1400 AD, Transylvania and Banat consisted of 1757 villages, though only 76 (4.3%) of them had names of Romanian origin.[145] The number of Romanians started to increase significantly from theEarly modern period,[145] and by 1700 the Romanian ethnic group consisted of 40 percent of the Transylvanian population and their number raised even more in the 18th century.[145] Although, in 1574, Pierre Lescalopier, relating his voyage fromVenice toConstantinople, claimed that most of the inhabitants of Transylvania were Romanians[146] and according to other estimates, the Romanian inhabitants who were primarily peasants, consisted of more than 60 percent of the population in 1600.[147] Jean W. Sedlar estimates that Vlachs (Romanians) constituted about two-thirds of Transylvania's population in 1241 on the eve of the Mongol invasion,[148] however according to Károly Kocsis and Eszter Kocsisné Hodosi the Hungarian ethnic group in Transylvania was in decent majority beforeBattle of Mohács and only lost its relative majority by the 17th century.[149] Nevertheless,Grigore Ureche inLetopisețul Țării Moldovei (1642 - 1647) noticed that in Transylvania Romanians were more numerous than Hungarians.[150] Official censuses with information on Hungary's ethnic composition have been conducted since the 19th century.[151][152][153]
In 1881, Romanian-majority settlements projected to the present-day territory of Hungary were:Bedő,Csengerújfalu,Kétegyháza,Körösszakál,Magyarcsanád,Méhkerék,Mezőpeterd,Pusztaottlaka andVekerd.[154]Important communities lived in the villages ofBattonya,Elek,Körösszegapáti,Létavértes,Nyíradony,Pocsaj,Sarkadkeresztúr,Zsáka and in the town ofGyula.[154]
Slovaks
TheSlovak people lived mainly inUpper Hungary, northern parts of the Kingdom of Hungary. Due to post-Ottoman resettlements, the regions ofVojvodina,Banat andBékés county received bigger Slovak communities in the 18th century, which revitalized many deserted villages and towns, such asBékéscsaba, where Slovaks became the biggest ethnic group, orNyíregyháza, where they comprised more than a third of the population in 1881.[154] After WWII a majorpopulation exchange with Czechoslovakia was carried out: 71,787 or 73,200 Slovaks from Hungary[155][156][157] were transferred toSlovakia – the exact number depends on source consulted – were resettled in South Slovakia in exchange for, according to different estimations, 45,000[158][159] or 120,000[160][161] Hungarians.
Serbs
From the 14th century, escaping from theOttoman threat, a large number ofSerbs migrated to the Hungarian Kingdom. After theBattle of Mohács, most of the territory of Hungary got into Ottoman rule. In that time, especially in the 17th century, many Serb, and other Southern Slavic immigrants settled in Hungary. Most of the Ottoman soldiers in the territory of present-day Hungary wereSouth Slavs (theJanissary). After theTurkish withdrawal, Kingdom of Hungary came underHabsburg rule, a new wave of Serb refugees migrated to the area around 1690, as a consequence of the Habsburg-Ottoman war. In the first half of the 18th century, Serbs and South Slavs were ethnic majority in several cities in Hungary.
Germans
Three waves of German migration can be distinguished in Hungary before the 20th century. The first two waves settled inUpper Hungary and in SouthernTransylvania (Transylvanian Saxons), with the first being in the 11th century and the second in the 13th century.
The third, largest wave of German-speaking immigrants into Hungary occurred after the withdrawal of theOttoman Empire from Hungarian territory, after theTreaty of Karlowitz. Between 1711 and 1780, German-speaking settlers immigrated to the regions of Southern Hungary, mostly region ofBánát,Bács-Bodrog,Baranya andTolna counties (as well as into present-dayRomania andYugoslavia), which had been depopulated by theOttoman wars. At the end of the 18th century, the Kingdom of Hungary contained over one million German-speaking residents (collectively known asDanube Swabians).[162] In 2011, 131,951 people declared to be German in Hungary (1,6%).[163]
Rusyns
Rusyns had lived mostly inCarpathian Ruthenia, Northeast Hungary, however significant Rusyn population appeared inVojvodina from the 18th century.
Croats
Croatia was in personal union with Hungary from 1102.Croat communities were spread mostly in the western and southern part of the country and along the Danube, including Budapest.
Poles
ThePoles lived at the northern borders of Kingdom of Hungary from the arrival of the Hungarians.
Slovenes
TheSlovenes (Vendek in Hungarian) lived in the western part of the Carpathian basin before the Hungarian conquest. In the 11th and 12th century, the current linguistic and ethnic border between the Hungarian and Slovene people was established. Nowadays, they live in Vendvidék (Slovenska krajina in Slovenians) between theMura and theRába rivers. In 2001, there were around 5,000 Slovenes in Hungary.
Jews
The first historical document aboutJews of Hungary isthe letter written about 960 to King Joseph of the Khazars by Hasdai ibn Shaprut, the Jewish statesman of Córdoba, in which he says Jews living in "the country of Hungarin". There are Jewish inscriptions on tombs and monuments in Pannonia (Roman Hungary) dated to the second or third century CE.[164]
Armenians
The firstArmenians came to Hungary from the Balkans in the 10 - 11th century.
Greeks
Greeks migrated to Kingdom of Hungary from the 15th and 16th centuries. Mass migrations did not occur until the 17th century,[165] the largest waves being in 1718 and 1760–1770;[166] they were primarily connected to the economic conditions of the period.[165] It is estimated that 10,000 Greeks emigrated to Hungary in the second half of the 18th century.[166] A number of Greeks Communists escaped to Hungaryafter theGreek Civil War, notably in the 'Greek' village ofBeloiannisz.
Bulgarians
The town ofSzentendre and the surrounding villages were inhabited by Bulgarians since theMiddle Ages. However, present dayBulgarians are largely descended fromgardeners who migrated toHungary from the 18th century.
Denominations | Population | % of total |
---|---|---|
Catholicism | 2,886,619 | 30 |
Roman Catholics | 2,643,855 | 28.3 |
Greek Catholics | 165,135 | 1.7 |
Protestantism | 1,120,485 | 11.6 |
Calvinists | 943,982 | 9.8 |
Lutherans | 176,503 | 1.8 |
Orthodox Christianity | 15,578 | 0.2 |
Judaism | 7,635 | 0.1 |
Other religions | 171,174 | 1.8 |
Total religions | 4,201,491 | 43.7 |
No religion | 1,549,610 | 16.2 |
Did not wish to answer | 3,852,533 | 40.1 |
total | 9,603,634 | 100.00 |
The majority of Hungarians becameChristian in the 11th century. Hungary remained predominantlyCatholic until the 16th century, when theReformation led to the firstLutherans, and laterCalvinists, which were embraced by nearly the entire Hungarian population at the time.
In the second half of the 16th century,Jesuits led a successful campaign ofcounterreformation among the Hungarians, although Protestantism survived as the faith of a significant minority, especially in the far east and northeast of the country.Orthodox Christianity in Hungary has been the religion mainly of some national minorities in the country, notablyRomanians,Rusyns,Ukrainians, andSerbs.
Faith Church, one of Europe's largestPentecostal churches, is also located in Hungary. Hungary has historically been home to a significantJewish community.
According to 2011 census data,Christianity is the largest religion in Hungary, with around 5.2 million adherents (52.9%),[168] while the largest denomination in Hungary is theCatholic Church (38.9% —Latin Church 37.1%;Hungarian Greek Catholic Church 1.8%).[169] There is a significantCalvinist minority (11.6% of the population) and smallerLutheran (2.2%), Orthodox (0.1%) andJewish (0.1%) minorities. However, these census figures are representative of religious affiliation rather than attendance; around 12% of Hungarians attend religious services more than least once a week and around 50% more than once a year, while 30% of Hungarians do not believe in God at all.[170] The census showed a large drop of religious adherents who wish to answer, from 74.6% to 54.7% in ten years' time, replacing them by people either who do not wish to answer or people who are not following a religion.
Year | Foreign Immigrants | Foreign Emigrants | Net Migration (Foreigners) | Hungarian Returning Citizens | Hungarian Emigrants | Net Migration (Hungarians) | Total Net Migration |
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2001 | 20,308 | 1,944 | 18,364 | - | - | - | |
2002 | 17,972 | 2,388 | 15,584 | - | - | - | |
2003 | 19,365 | 2,553 | 16,812 | - | - | - | |
2004 | 22,164 | 3,466 | 18,698 | - | - | - | |
2005 | 25,582 | 3,320 | 22,262 | - | - | - | |
2006 | 23,569 | 3,956 | 19,613 | - | - | - | |
2007 | 22,607 | 4,133 | 18,474 | - | - | - | |
2008 | 35,547 | 4,241 | 31,306 | - | - | - | |
2009 | 25,582 | 5,600 | 19,982 | - | - | - | |
2010 | 23,884 | 6,047 | 17,837 | 1,575 | 7,318 | -5,743 | 12,094 |
2011 | 22,514 | 2,687 | 19,827 | 2,443 | 12,413 | -9,970 | 9,857 |
2012 | 20,340 | 9,916 | 10,424 | 4,194 | 12,964 | -8,770 | 1,654 |
2013 | 21,250 | 13,111 | 8,139 | 9,354 | 21,580 | -12,226 | -4,087 |
2014 | 26,004 | 10,828 | 15,176 | 11,356 | 31,385 | -20,029 | -4,853 |
2015 | 25,787 | 10,373 | 15,414 | 14,810 | 32,852 | -18,042 | -2,628 |
2016 | 23,803 | 10,464 | 13,339 | 16,215 | 29,425 | -13,210 | 129 |
2017 | 36,453 | 12,872 | 23,581 | 20,906 | 26,957 | -6,051 | 17,530 |
2018 | 49,312 | 24,370 | 24,942 | 23,401 | 23,808 | -407 | 24,535 |
2019 | 55,297 | 27,895 | 27,402 | 23,172 | 21,900 | 1,272 | 28,674 |
2020 | 43,785 | 48,042 | -4,257 | 23,104 | 19,322 | 3,782 | -475 |
2021 | 49,069 | 46,269 | 2,800 | 22,583 | 21,730 | 853 | 3,653 |
2022 | 55,514 | 29,583 | 25,931 | 24,147 | 28,825 | -4,678 | 21,253 |
2023 | 61,347 | 35,633 | 25,714 | 23,866 | 35,736 | -9,870 | 15,844 |
Country | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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![]() | 5,774 | 10,503 | 24,197 | 30,316 | 27,380 | 30,707 | 36,017 | |
![]() ![]() | 18,627 | 17,879 | 16,537 | 18,344 | 17,490 | 19,747 | 22,310 | |
![]() | 19,111 | 19,905 | 18,851 | 19,655 | 18,558 | 17,685 | 18,192 | |
![]() ![]() | 24,040 | 22,747 | 21,017 | 22,162 | 18,220 | 16,601 | 16,542 | |
![]() ![]() | 9,519 | 9,652 | 9,563 | 10,582 | 14,677 | 16,040 | 16,744 | |
![]() | 3,256 | 3,698 | 4,669 | 5,719 | 6,719 | 6,376 | 7,150 | |
![]() | 4,902 | 4,790 | 5,088 | 5,264 | 5,035 | 4,980 | 6,193 | |
![]() ![]() | 4,021 | 3,743 | 3,142 | 3,318 | 4,132 | 4,637 | 4,922 | |
![]() ![]() | 3,353 | 3,576 | 3,635 | 4,038 | 3,662 | 3,717 | 3,881 | |
![]() | 2,312 | 3,356 | 5,342 | 4,989 | 3,471 | 3,518 | 3,988 | |
![]() | 2,063 | 2,327 | 2,785 | 3,233 | 3,217 | 3,461 | 3,917 | |
![]() | 3,081 | 3,190 | 3,105 | 3,540 | 3,373 | 3,323 | 3,392 | |
![]() ![]() | 2,814 | 2,877 | 2,834 | 3,158 | 3,065 | 3,299 | 3,652 | |
![]() | 3,198 | 3,373 | 3,387 | 3,501 | 2,977 | 3,051 | 3,069 | |
![]() ![]() | 2,523 | 2,633 | 2,593 | 2,833 | 2,602 | 2,754 | 2,933 | |
![]() | 838 | 917 | 1,470 | 1,834 | 1,845 | 1,854 | 2,692 | |
![]() ![]() | 2,061 | 1,928 | 1,960 | 2,145 | 2,017 | 2,038 | 2,063 | |
![]() | 1,519 | 1,987 | 2,139 | 2,195 | 2,277 | 1,889 | 1,941 | |
Total | 151,132 | 161,809 | 180,773 | 199,957 | 194,491 | 202,525 | 226,267 | 250,912 |
Continent | 2017 population | % of total | 2018 population | % of total | 2019 population | % of total | 2020 population | % of total | 2021 population | % of total | 2022 population | % of total | 2023 population | % of total |
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Europe | 99,194 | 65.63 | 104,254 | 64.43 | 117,552 | 65.03 | 131,291 | 65.66 | 124,422 | 63.97 | 131,431 | 64.90 | 144,102 | 63.60 |
Asia | 39,937 | 26.42 | 44,692 | 27.62 | 49,056 | 27.14 | 53,099 | 26.56 | 54,730 | 28.14 | 55,000 | 27.16 | 64,945 | 28.7 |
America | 5,397 | 3.57 | 5,891 | 3.64 | 6,850 | 3.79 | 7,631 | 3.82 | 6,933 | 3.56 | 7,454 | 3.68 | 7,591 | 3.35 |
Africa | 5,985 | 3.96 | 6,334 | 3.91 | 6,660 | 3.68 | 7,278 | 3.64 | 7,748 | 3.98 | 8,028 | 3.96 | 7,741 | 3.00 |
Other and unknown | 619 | 0.41 | 638 | 0.39 | 655 | 0.36 | 658 | 0.33 | 658 | 0.34 | 612 | 0.30 | 588 | 0.26 |
Name | Population (1949) | Population (1990) | Population (2011) | Population (2022) | Agglomeration | Status |
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![]() | 1,590,316 | 2,016,681 | 1,729,040 | 1,682,426![]() | 3,310,786 (2022) | Capital city |
![]() | 115,399 | 212,235 | 211,320 | 199,520![]() | 281,432 (2022) | Regional centre, county seat, urban county |
![]() | 104,867 | 169,930 | 168,048 | 158,022![]() | 197,245 (2022) | Regional centre, county seat, urban county |
![]() | 109,841 | 196,442 | 167,754 | 145,735![]() | 231,034 (2022) | Regional centre, county seat, urban county |
![]() | 89,470 | 170,039 | 156,049 | 139,647![]() | 181,342 (2022) | Regional centre, county seat, urban county |
![]() | 69,583 | 129,331 | 129,527 | 128,050![]() | 275,574 (2022) | Regional centre, county seat, urban county |
![]() | 56,334 | 114,152 | 119,746 | 116,439![]() | 175,211 (2022) | County seat, urban county |
![]() | 61,730 | 102,516 | 111,411 | 108,334![]() | 180,023 (2022) | County seat, urban county |
![]() | 42,260 | 108,958 | 100,570 | 94,906![]() | - | Regional centre, county seat, urban county |
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