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The Demographics of Hungary is the study of the population and people in Hungary.
Census year | 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% |
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% |
The most recent census looking at ethnic groups was in 2016.
Ethnic group |
microcensus 2016 | |
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Hungarians | 9,632,774 | 98.3% |
Romani | 309,632 | 3.2% |
Danube Swabians | 178,837 | 1.8% |
Romanians | 36,506 | 0.4% |
Slovaks | 29,794 | 0.3% |
Croats | 22,995 | 0.2% |
Russians | 21,518 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 15,454 | 0.2% |
Turks | 11,704 | 0.1% |
Serbs | 11,127 | 0.1% |
Ukrainians | 10,996 | 0.1% |
Poles | 8,245 | 0.08% |
Vietnamese | 7,304 | 0.07% |
Greeks | 4,454 | 0.05% |
Bulgarians | 4,022 | 0.04% |
Slovenes | 2,700 | 0.03% |
Rusyns | 2,342 | 0.02% |
Armenians | 2,324 | 0.02% |
Others | 26,349 | 0.3% |
Total | 9,803,837 |
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. [2] Regardless, they are the largest minority in Hungary.
The Romani people originally came from Northern India around the area of Rajasthan and Punjab.[3]
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[4] | 315,583 | 3.18 % |
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.
According to the 1920 census 10.4% of the population spoke one of the minority languages as mother language:
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 |
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