Demographics of Hungary

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

 Population 

 Nation 

Censusyear  Population  Change 1949  9,204,799  − 1960  9,961,044  +8.22% 1970  10,322,099  +3.62% 1980  10,709,463  +3.75% 1990  10,374,823  −3.12% 2001  10,198,315  −1.70% 2011  9,937,628  −2.56%

 Cities and towns 

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

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

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Population of Hungary in 2016 Ethnicgroup microcensus 2016 Number %Hungarians9,632,77498.3%Romani309,6323.2%Danube Swabians178,8371.8%Romanians36,5060.4%Slovaks29,7940.3%Croats22,9950.2%Russians21,5180.2%Chinese15,4540.2%Turks11,7040.1%Serbs11,1270.1%Ukrainians10,9960.1%Poles8,2450.08%Vietnamese7,3040.07%Greeks4,4540.05%Bulgarians4,0220.04%Slovenes2,7000.03%Rusyns2,3420.02%Armenians2,3240.02%Others26,3490.3%Total9,803,837

 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 

+ Religious affiliation in Hungary (2022)  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

 References 

Category:Demographics by country
Category:Hungary