# Ranked list of Hungarian counties

The following article is a ranked list of Hungarian counties.

## By area

County areas within Hungary
The following table presents a listing of Hungarian 19 counties ranked in order of their surface area.
| Rank | County | Area (km$^2$) | % of total |
| 1 | Bács-Kiskun | 8,444.90 | 9.08 |
| 2 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 7,247.21 | 7.79 |
| 3 | Pest | 6,391.13 | 6.87 |
| 4 | Hajdú-Bihar | 6,210.45 | 6.68 |
| 5 | Somogy | 6,065.49 | 6.52 |
| 6 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 5,936.15 | 6.38 |
| 7 | Békés | 5,629.71 | 6.05 |
| 8 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 5,581.63 | 6.00 |
| 9 | Veszprém | 4,463.64 | 4.80 |
| 10 | Baranya | 4,429.60 | 4.76 |
| 11 | Fejér | 4,358.48 | 4.69 |
| 12 | Csongrád | 4,262.80 | 4.58 |
| 13 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 4,207.86 | 4.52 |
| 14 | Zala | 3,783.84 | 4.07 |
| 15 | Tolna | 3,703.23 | 3.98 |
| 16 | Heves | 3,637.17 | 3.91 |
| 17 | Vas | 3,336.11 | 3.59 |
| 18 | Nógrád | 2,544.48 | 2.74 |
| 19 | Komárom-Esztergom | 2,264.36 | 2.43 |
| | Budapest | 525.14 | 0.56 |
| Hungary | Hungary | 93,023.38 | 100.00 |

## Population
### By population

The following table presents a listing of Hungarian 19 counties ranked in order of their total population (based on 2011 census). The data is taken from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) censuses results, as well as from the Gazetteer of Hungary.
| Rank in 2011 | County | Population |
| 1949 | 1960 | 1980 | 1990 | 2001 | 2011 |
| | Budapest | 1,590,316 | 1,804,606 | 2,059,347 | 2,016,774 | 1,777,921 | 1,729,040 |
| 1 | Pest | 686,953 | 781,501 | 973,830 | 949,842 | 1,083,877 | 1,217,476 |
| 2 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 630,621 | 725,303 | 809,468 | 761,963 | 744,404 | 686,266 |
| 3 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 558,098 | 586,451 | 593,829 | 572,301 | 582,256 | 559,272 |
| 4 | Hajdú-Bihar | 498,271 | 522,787 | 551,448 | 548,728 | 552,998 | 546,721 |
| 5 | Bács-Kiskun | 591,482 | 589,744 | 571,448 | 546,898 | 546,517 | 520,331 |
| 6 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 374,987 | 401,861 | 437,857 | 432,126 | 438,773 | 447,985 |
| 7 | Fejér | 295,750 | 357,897 | 420,317 | 418,852 | 434,317 | 425,847 |
| 8 | Csongrád | 429,083 | 434,046 | 456,300 | 438,842 | 433,344 | 417,456 |
| 9 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 449,551 | 461,307 | 445,624 | 425,583 | 415,917 | 386,594 |
| 10 | Baranya | 356,533 | 395,342 | 432,617 | 417,400 | 407,448 | 386,441 |
| 11 | Békés | 471,561 | 467,861 | 436,910 | 411,887 | 397,791 | 359,948 |
| 12 | Veszprém | 294,289 | 337,836 | 377,746 | 374,466 | 369,727 | 353,068 |
| 13 | Somogy | 361,213 | 368,183 | 360,270 | 344,708 | 335,237 | 316,137 |
| 14 | Heves | 316,273 | 347,856 | 350,360 | 334,408 | 325,727 | 308,882 |
| 15 | Komárom-Esztergom | 220,914 | 270,810 | 322,893 | 316,984 | 316,590 | 304,568 |
| 16 | Zala | 305,433 | 317,145 | 317,298 | 306,398 | 297,404 | 282,179 |
| 17 | Vas | 283,070 | 282,728 | 285,498 | 275,944 | 268,123 | 256,629 |
| 18 | Tolna | 275,644 | 272,101 | 266,273 | 253,675 | 249,683 | 230,361 |
| 19 | Nógrád | 214,757 | 235,675 | 240,251 | 227,137 | 220,261 | 202,427 |
| Hungary | Hungary | 9,204,799 | 9,961,044 | 10,709,463 | 10,374,823 | 10,200,298 | 9,937,628 |
Bold: record number of the population

### By population density

The following table presents a listing of Hungarian 19 counties ranked in order of their population density (based on 2011 census).
| Rank | County | Population | Area (km$^2$) | Density (pop./km$^2$) |
| | Budapest | 1,729,040 | 525.14 | 3293 |
| 1 | Pest | 1,217,476 | 6,391.13 | 190 |
| 2 | Komárom-Esztergom | 304,568 | 2,264.36 | 135 |
| 3 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 447,985 | 4,207.86 | 106 |
| 4 | Fejér | 425,847 | 4,358.48 | 98 |
| 4 | Csongrád | 417,456 | 4,262.80 | 98 |
| 6 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 686,266 | 7,247.21 | 95 |
| 7 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 559,272 | 5,936.15 | 94 |
| 8 | Hajdú-Bihar | 546,721 | 6,210.45 | 88 |
| 9 | Baranya | 386,441 | 4,429.60 | 87 |
| 10 | Heves | 308,882 | 3,637.17 | 85 |
| 11 | Nógrád | 202,427 | 2,544.48 | 80 |
| 12 | Veszprém | 353,068 | 4,463.64 | 79 |
| 13 | Vas | 256,629 | 3,336.11 | 77 |
| 14 | Zala | 282,179 | 3,783.84 | 75 |
| 15 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 386,594 | 5,581.63 | 69 |
| 16 | Békés | 359,948 | 5,629.71 | 64 |
| 17 | Bács-Kiskun | 520,331 | 8,444.90 | 62 |
| 17 | Tolna | 230,361 | 3,703.23 | 62 |
| 19 | Somogy | 316,137 | 6,065.49 | 52 |
| Hungary | Hungary | 9,937,628 | 93,023.38 | 107 |

### By urban and rural population

Hungarian counties by their urban and rural population as of 2015.
| County | Urban | Rural | % Urban | % Rural |
| Baranya | 243,528 | 130,456 | 65.1 | 34.9 |
| Bács-Kiskun | 351,187 | 165,705 | 67.9 | 32.1 |
| Békés | 272,184 | 83,015 | 76.6 | 23.4 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 396,686 | 278,313 | 58.8 | 41.2 |
| Budapest | 1,744,665 | – | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Csongrád | 305,622 | 101,767 | 75.0 | 25.0 |
| Fejér | 254,922 | 164,584 | 60.8 | 39.2 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | 270,429 | 179,889 | 60.1 | 39.9 |
| Hajdú-Bihar | 430,963 | 108,544 | 79.9 | 20.1 |
| Heves | 144,373 | 159,130 | 47.6 | 52.4 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 281,089 | 102,400 | 73.3 | 26.7 |
| Komárom-Esztergom | 201,802 | 98,875 | 67.1 | 32.9 |
| Nógrád | 83,124 | 115,268 | 41.9 | 58.1 |
| Pest | 846,329 | 374,419 | 69.3 | 30.7 |
| Somogy | 163,995 | 151,517 | 52.0 | 48.0 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 305,397 | 255,982 | 54.4 | 45.6 |
| Tolna | 128,036 | 99,924 | 56.2 | 43.8 |
| Vas | 156,316 | 98,264 | 61.4 | 38.6 |
| Veszprém | 215,374 | 133,633 | 61.7 | 38.3 |
| Zala | 158,094 | 121,529 | 56.5 | 43.5 |
| Hungary | 6,954,115 | 2,923,250 | 70.4 | 29.6 |

## Health
### By life expectancy

Hungarian counties by life expectancy at birth, by sex, in 2017.
| Region | Men (years) | Women (years) |
| Baranya | 72.84 | 78.56 |
| Bács-Kiskun | 71.37 | 78.93 |
| Békés | 71.34 | 77.78 |
| Budapest | 74.27 | 80.06 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 70.05 | 77.58 |
| Csongrád | 72.91 | 79.04 |
| Fejér | 72.00 | 78.89 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | 73.29 | 79.89 |
| Hajdú-Bihar | 72.90 | 79.80 |
| Heves | 71.82 | 78.46 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 71.15 | 77.89 |
| Komárom-Esztergom | 71.71 | 78.32 |
| Nógrád | 69.99 | 78.80 |
| Pest | 73.03 | 78.69 |
| Somogy | 71.74 | 78.67 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 71.37 | 78.11 |
| Tolna | 72.26 | 78.98 |
| Vas | 71.40 | 79.76 |
| Veszprém | 72.85 | 79.45 |
| Zala | 72.99 | 79.96 |
| Hungary | 72.40 | 78.99 |
Source: "6.1.7. Születéskor várható átlagos élettartam (2001–)," National Statistics Office.

### By median age

Hungarian counties by median age at birth, by sex, in 2018.
| Region | Men (years) | Women (years) |
| Baranya | 41.2 | 45.4 |
| Bács-Kiskun | 40.8 | 45.2 |
| Békés | 42.2 | 46.5 |
| Budapest | 40.7 | 45.1 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 39.2 | 43.9 |
| Csongrád | 41.0 | 45.2 |
| Fejér | 40.4 | 44.4 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | 39.9 | 43.5 |
| Hajdú-Bihar | 39.5 | 43.6 |
| Heves | 40.8 | 45.6 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 40.7 | 44.9 |
| Komárom-Esztergom | 40.1 | 44.3 |
| Nógrád | 41.2 | 45.9 |
| Pest | 38.9 | 42.6 |
| Somogy | 41.8 | 45.9 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 38.4 | 42.5 |
| Tolna | 41.5 | 45.9 |
| Vas | 41.5 | 45.4 |
| Veszprém | 41.4 | 45.3 |
| Zala | 42.6 | 47.0 |
| Hungary | 40.3 | 44.5 |
Source: "6.1.7. Átlagéletkor (2001–)," National Statistics Office.

### Number of hospital beds

Hungarian counties by number of hospital beds, in 2017.
| County | Number of beds | Number of beds per 10,000 inhabitants |
| 2000 | 2010 | 2017 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Baranya | 3,741 | 3,177 | 2,915 | 91.7 | 81.2 | 80.1 |
| Bács-Kiskun | 3,800 | 3,010 | 2,879 | 69.3 | 57.4 | 56.9 |
| Békés | 2,839 | 2,479 | 2,429 | 70.6 | 68.5 | 71.9 |
| Budapest | 23,659 | 18,580 | 17,905 | 134.5 | 107.2 | 102.3 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 5,505 | 5,151 | 4,693 | 73.1 | 75.2 | 72.4 |
| Csongrád | 3,586 | 3,014 | 2,999 | 83.3 | 71.5 | 74.9 |
| Fejér | 2,908 | 2,579 | 2,401 | 67.9 | 60.5 | 57.6 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | 3,662 | 3,202 | 3,204 | 84.4 | 71.2 | 69.4 |
| Hajdú-Bihar | 4,292 | 3,738 | 3,524 | 77.6 | 69.3 | 66.4 |
| Heves | 2,614 | 2,165 | 2,212 | 79.8 | 70.3 | 74.8 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 2,930 | 2,514 | 2,421 | 69.7 | 65.0 | 65.2 |
| Komárom-Esztergom | 2,031 | 1,926 | 1,833 | 64.1 | 61.8 | 61.6 |
| Nógrád | 1,533 | 1,455 | 1,459 | 69.2 | 72.1 | 76.4 |
| Pest | 4,227 | 3,620 | 3,398 | 39.4 | 29.3 | 26.9 |
| Somogy | 2,424 | 2,242 | 2,015 | 71.7 | 70.5 | 66.3 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 4,077 | 3,908 | 3,563 | 69.1 | 70.4 | 63.8 |
| Tolna | 1,677 | 1,572 | 1,525 | 66.7 | 68.0 | 69.5 |
| Vas | 1,995 | 1,814 | 1,874 | 74.1 | 70.4 | 74.0 |
| Veszprém | 3,208 | 3,037 | 3,012 | 85.4 | 85.2 | 88.2 |
| Zala | 2,721 | 2,033 | 2,002 | 90.6 | 70.8 | 74.0 |
| Hungary | 83,430 | 71,216 | 68,263 | 81.8 | 71.3 | 69.8 |
Source: "6.2.3.3. Kórházi ellátás (2000–)*," National Statistics Office.

## Economy

Source: Knoema
| Name | GDP, million of EUR (2012) | GDP, per capita EUR (2012) | GDP per cap., % of EU average | Unemployment rate (age 15 or over), % |
| Baranya | 2,477 | 6,500 | 25 | 8,3 |
| Bács-Kiskun | 3,621 | 7,000 | 26 | 7,4 |
| Békés | 2,039 | 5,600 | 21 | 7,5 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 4,215 | 6,100 | 23 | 7,2 |
| Budapest | 37,633 | 21,700 | 82 | 4,9 |
| Csongrád | 3,059 | 7,400 | 28 | 6,4 |
| Fejér | 3,931 | 9,300 | 35 | 3,4 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | 5,141 | 11,500 | 44 | 3,3 |
| Hajdú-Bihar | 3,979 | 7,300 | 28 | 9,3 |
| Heves | 2,010 | 6,500 | 25 | 6,0 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 2,489 | 6,400 | 24 | 8,0 |
| Komárom-Esztergom | 3,059 | 10,100 | 38 | 4,9 |
| Nógrád | 880 | 4,400 | 16 | 8,9 |
| Pest | 10,062 | 8,300 | 31 | 4,4 |
| Somogy | 2,002 | 6,300 | 24 | 8,4 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 3,050 | 5,400 | 20 | 12,6 |
| Tolna | 1,777 | 7,700 | 29 | 7,3 |
| Vas | 2,399 | 9,400 | 35 | 3,7 |
| Veszprém | 2,484 | 7,000 | 27 | 3,7 |
| Zala | 2,393 | 8,500 | 32 | 3,6 |

### Agriculture
#### By fruitage

Hungarian counties by fruitage, by tonnes, in 2016.
| Rank | County | All harvested fruits |
| 2000 | 2010 | 2016 |
| 1 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 484,688 | 331,983 | 346,471 |
| 2 | Bács-Kiskun | 66,180 | 94,967 | 76,206 |
| 3 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 55,182 | 59,298 | 60,780 |
| 4 | Pest | 105,538 | 44,424 | 53,091 |
| 5 | Hajdú-Bihar | 42,625 | 44,262 | 49,305 |
| 6 | Csongrád | 25,305 | 32,168 | 23,673 |
| 7 | Zala | 38,045 | 39,774 | 18,267 |
| 8 | Heves | 13,954 | 20,971 | 17,915 |
| 9 | Somogy | 316,137 | 16,403 | 17,231 |
| 10 | Fejér | 20,308 | 13,868 | 14,035 |
| 11 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 24,364 | 9,573 | 13,583 |
| 12 | Baranya | 12,520 | 8,109 | 11,949 |
| | Budapest | 23,343 | 3,846 | 10,208 |
| 13 | Tolna | 230,361 | 6,179 | 9,474 |
| 14 | Békés | 359,948 | 7,092 | 8,288 |
| 15 | Vas | 14,429 | 9,036 | 7,159 |
| 16 | Veszprém | 27,787 | 9,742 | 7,133 |
| 17 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 386,594 | 4,745 | 5,772 |
| 18 | Nógrád | 17,641 | 5,202 | 3,574 |
| 19 | Komárom-Esztergom | 7,487 | 4,133 | 2,604 |
| Hungary | Hungary | 1,038,139 | 765,775 | 755,410 |
Source: "6.4.1.18. Gyümölcstermelés (2000–)," National Statistics Office.
| Rank | County | All harvested fruit harvested | | Type of fruits |
| 2000 | 2010 | 2016 | Apple | Sour cherry | Plum | Peach | Pear | Armenian plum | Cherry |

##### Diagrams

Baranya

## By number and type of municipalities

Hungarian counties by their population living in urban counties (megyei jogú városok), towns (városok), large villages (nagyközségek) and villages (falvak), according to the 2017 Gazetteer of Hungary.
| County | Number of |
| Urban county | Town | Large village | Village | Municipalities |
| Baranya | 1 | 13 | 3 | 284 | 301 |
| Bács-Kiskun | 1 | 21 | 9 | 88 | 119 |
| Békés | 1 | 21 | 8 | 45 | 75 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 1 | 28 | 9 | 320 | 358 |
| Csongrád | 2 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 60 |
| Fejér | 2 | 15 | 12 | 79 | 108 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | 2 | 10 | 4 | 167 | 183 |
| Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | 20 | 10 | 51 | 82 |
| Heves | 1 | 10 | 5 | 105 | 121 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 1 | 21 | 4 | 52 | 78 |
| Komárom-Esztergom | 1 | 11 | 2 | 62 | 76 |
| Nógrád | 1 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 131 |
| Pest | 1 | 53 | 24 | 109 | 187 |
| Somogy | 1 | 15 | 2 | 228 | 246 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 1 | 27 | 16 | 185 | 229 |
| Tolna | 1 | 10 | 5 | 93 | 109 |
| Vas | 1 | 12 | 0 | 203 | 216 |
| Veszprém | 1 | 14 | 3 | 199 | 217 |
| Zala | 2 | 8 | 3 | 245 | 258 |

## By largest cities

Largest cities within a county, according to the 2017 Gazetteer of Hungary (according to the number of inhabitants). In all counties, the largest city is also the county seat, except Pest county where the county seat is Budapest, which does not belong any county but has a unique status (capital city).
| County | Largest city | 2nd Largest | 3rd Largest |
| Baranya | Pécs | Komló | Mohács |
| Bács-Kiskun | Kecskemét | Baja | Kiskunfélegyháza |
| Békés | Békéscsaba | Gyula | Orosháza |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Miskolc | Ózd | Kazincbarcika |
| Csongrád | Szeged | Hódmezővásárhely | Szentes |
| Fejér | Székesfehérvár | Dunaújváros | Mór |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | Győr | Sopron | Mosonmagyaróvár |
| Hajdú-Bihar | Debrecen | Hajdúböszörmény | Hajdúszoboszló |
| Heves | Eger | Gyöngyös | Hatvan |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Szolnok | Jászberény | Törökszentmiklós |
| Komárom-Esztergom | Tatabánya | Esztergom | Tata |
| Nógrád | Salgótarján | Balassagyarmat | Bátonyterenye |
| Pest | Érd | Dunakeszi | Szigetszentmiklós |
| Somogy | Kaposvár | Siófok | Marcali |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | Nyíregyháza | Mátészalka | Kisvárda |
| Tolna | Szekszárd | Paks | Dombóvár |
| Vas | Szombathely | Sárvár | Kőszeg |
| Veszprém | Veszprém | Pápa | Ajka |
| Zala | Zalaegerszeg | Nagykanizsa | Keszthely |
| Hungary | Budapest | Debrecen | Szeged |
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