Demographics of Hungary

The **Demographics of Hungary** is the study of the population and people in Hungary.

### Nation

|Census year !! Population !! Change|||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1949|9,204,799|−|
|1960|9,961,044|<span style="color:#008000">+8.22%</span>|
|1970|10,322,099|<span style="color:#008000">+3.62%</span>|
|1980|10,709,463|<span style="color:#008000">+3.75%</span>|
|1990|10,374,823|<span style="color:#FF0000">−3.12%</span>|
|2001|10,198,315|<span style="color:#FF0000">−1.70%</span>|
|2011|9,937,628|<span style="color:#FF0000">−2.56%</span>|

### Cities and towns

|Rank|City|County|2011 census|2020 estimate|Change|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Budapest|Budapest|1,733,685|1,750,216|<span style="color:#008000">+0.95%</span>|
|2|Debrecen|Hajdú-Bihar|211,340|201,112|<span style="color:#FF0000">−4.84%</span>|
|3|Szeged|Csongrád-Csanád|168,048|160,258|<span style="color:#FF0000">−4.64%</span>|
|4|Miskolc|Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén|167,754|152,901|<span style="color:#FF0000">−8.85%</span>|
|5|Pécs|Baranya|156,049|141,843|<span style="color:#FF0000">−9.10%</span>|
|6|Győr|Győr-Moson-Sopron|129,527|133,946|<span style="color:#008000">+3.41%</span>|
|7|Nyíregyháza|Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg|119,746|116,814|<span style="color:FF0000">−2.45%</span>|
|8|Kecskemét|Bács-Kiskun|111,411|110,373|<span style="color:FF0000">−0.93%</span>|
|9|Székesfehérvár|Fejér|100,570|96,529|<span style="color:FF0000">−4.02%</span>|
|10|Szombathely|Vas|78,884|78,591|<span style="color:FF0000">−0.37%</span>|
|11|Szolnok|Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok|72,953|70,554|<span style="color:FF0000">−3.29%</span>|
|12|Érd|Pest|63,631|69,431|<span style="color:008000">+9.12%</span>|
|13|Tatabánya|Komárom-Esztergom|67,753|66,141|<span style="color:FF0000">−2.38%</span>|
|14|Sopron|Győr-Moson-Sopron|60,548|63,065|<span style="color:008000">+4.16%</span>|
|15|Kaposvár|Somogy|66,245|60,656|<span style="color:FF0000">−8.44%</span>|

## Ethnic groups

The most recent census looking at ethnic groups was in 2016.

|rowspan="2"|Ethnic group|colspan="2"|microcensus 2016|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Hungarians|9,632,774|98.3%|
|align="left"|Romani|309,632|3.2%|
|align="left"|Danube Swabians|178,837|1.8%|
|align="left"|Romanians|36,506|0.4%|
|align="left"|Slovaks|29,794|0.3%|
|align="left"|Croats|22,995|0.2%|
|align="left"|Russians|21,518|0.2%|
|align="left"|Chinese|15,454|0.2%|
|align="left"|Turks|11,704|0.1%|
|align="left"|Serbs|11,127|0.1%|
|align="left"|Ukrainians|10,996|0.1%|
|align="left"|Poles|8,245|0.08%|
|align="left"|Vietnamese|7,304|0.07%|
|align="left"|Greeks|4,454|0.05%|
|align="left"|Bulgarians|4,022|0.04%|
|align="left"|Slovenes|2,700|0.03%|
|align="left"|Rusyns|2,342|0.02%|
|align="left"|Armenians|2,324|0.02%|
|align="left"|Others|26,349|0.3%|
|align="left"|**Total**|colspan="2" align="center"|9,803,837|

- In this census, people could select many ethnicities. These numbers do not add up to 100.

### Romani

The 2011 and 2016 censuses found that the Romani people made up 3.2% of the population. Some estimates say that 7% of the population is Romani.  Regardless, they are the largest minority in Hungary.

The Romani people originally came from Northern India around the area of Rajasthan and Punjab.

The county in Hungary with the largest percentage of Romani people is Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. This county is in the north of Hungary and is next to Slovakia.

|County|Romani population (2011 census)|%|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County|58,376|8.51%|
|Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg|44,738|8.00%|
|Nógrád|15,489|7.65%|
|Heves|19,467|6.30%|
|Somogy|16,794|5.31%|
|Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok|19,089|4.94%|
|Baranya|17,585|4.55%|
|Tolna|9,072|3.94%|
|Hajdú-Bihar|18,546|3.39%|
|Békés|9,541|2.65%|
|Zala|7,283|2.58%|
|Bács-Kiskun|11,327|2.18%|
|Pest|20,719|1.70%|
|Fejér|6,497|1.53%|
|Veszprém|5,336|1.51%|
|Komárom-Esztergom|4,371|1.44%|
|Csongrád-Csanád|5,006|1.20%|
|Budapest|20,151|1.17%|
|Vas|2,685|1.05%|
|Győr-Moson-Sopron|3,511|0.78%|
|**Total**|**315,583**|**3.18 %**|

### Danube Swabians

Danube Swabians _Donau Shwoveh_ are a German speaking Minority, the third largest ethnic group in Hungary. The county with the largest percentage of Germans is Baranya, with the Subgroup _Stifolder_ who's Ancestors once came from Fulda (district) arround 1720, with 6.1% according to the 2011 census.

## Languages

According to the 1920 census 10.4% of the population spoke one of the minority languages as mother language:

- 551,212 German (6.9%)
- 141,882 Slovak (1.8%)
- 23,760 Romanian (0.3%)
- 36,858 Croatian (0.5%)
- 23,228 Bunjevac and Šokci (0.3%)
- 17,131 Serb (0.2%)
- 7,000 Slovenes (0,08%)

## Religions

|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**|

## Related pages

- List of settlements in Hungary