Demographics of Hungary

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Hungary is projected at 9.63 million, down by 0.27% compared with 9.66 million in 2020. Hungary is ranked 95th in terms of population and 218th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 90.4 thousand births in Hungary in 2021. That is 248 per day, which is ranked 113th. The crude birth rate is 9.39 per 1000 people. There are 0.12 million deaths in Hungary in 2021. That is 337 per day, which is ranked 66th. The crude death rate is 12.78 per 1000 people.

6.93 million people are living in urban areas, which is 72.25% of Hungary population. Hungary is ranked 92nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Hungary in 2021 is 90.90 males per 100 females. There are 4.59 million males and 5.05 million females in Hungary. The percentage of female population is 52.38% compare to 47.62% male population. Hungary has 0.46 million more females than males. Hungary is at 18th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Hungary population

Year Population Growth (%)
19509,337,718-
19559,828,4980.61
196010,000,9890.28
196510,169,8020.36
197010,366,0990.36
197510,526,7770.39
198010,754,2860.17
198510,566,321-0.47
199010,377,135-0.24
199510,349,308-0.08
200010,220,509-0.28
200510,085,942-0.28
20109,927,380-0.32
20159,777,925-0.28
20169,752,970-0.26
20179,729,822-0.24
20189,707,502-0.23
20199,684,680-0.24
20209,660,350-0.25
20219,634,162-0.27
  • Total
  • Crude

Hungary death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950111,893208,56111.8722.15
1955103,985188,30810.6419.27
1960101,065148,12910.0914.79
1965106,506136,17310.4613.37
1970118,060154,74411.4014.94
1975130,455174,73012.3616.55
1980143,419158,47813.4314.85
1985147,704127,02513.9612.01
1990146,482124,53914.0711.97
1995144,740110,59014.0210.71
2000137,69995,97213.479.39
2005133,25195,29313.229.45
2010128,82692,24912.979.29
2015122,87190,67812.569.27
2020122,47791,04912.699.43
2021123,00490,39612.789.39
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Hungary

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19504,951,1684,386,555-53.023
19555,350,0764,478,3651.1454.435
19605,591,7004,409,3170.9255.911
19655,900,8364,269,0951.0958.022
19706,231,4474,134,8931.0660.112
19756,551,1913,976,0791.0762.231
19806,903,5383,851,2280.6464.191
19856,878,4233,688,394-0.2065.095
19906,832,4313,545,220-0.1965.838
19956,749,0433,600,795-0.2765.209
20006,600,2313,620,820-0.4864.575
20056,693,8363,392,6290.4366.365
20106,841,3453,086,4950.3468.911
20156,897,6672,886,2580.0970.500
20206,921,7672,699,4870.0671.942
20216,925,7782,660,7050.0672.245
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Hungary population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 241,604 228,272 469,876 4.88 105.840
05-09 227,667 216,345 444,012 4.61 105.233
10-14 244,962 233,295 478,257 4.96 105.001
15-19 249,571 236,302 485,873 5.04 105.615
20-24 258,379 245,372 503,751 5.23 105.301
25-29 316,653 303,017 619,670 6.43 104.500
30-34 315,920 301,559 617,479 6.41 104.762
35-39 315,144 308,801 623,945 6.48 102.054
40-44 397,066 393,142 790,208 8.20 100.998
45-49 396,363 393,220 789,583 8.20 100.799
50-54 329,547 339,861 669,408 6.95 96.965
55-59 263,155 288,005 551,160 5.72 91.372
60-64 274,846 331,508 606,354 6.29 82.908
65-69 287,968 379,689 667,657 6.93 75.843
70-74 200,693 296,696 497,389 5.16 67.643
75-79 136,997 235,963 372,960 3.87 58.059
80-84 77,627 167,902 245,529 2.55 46.234
85-89 37,958 97,993 135,951 1.41 38.735
90-94 12,395 38,426 50,821 0.53 32.257
95-99 2,881 10,629 13,510 0.14 27.105
100+ 169 600 769 0.01 28.167
Total 4,587,565 5,046,597 9,634,162 90.904