Demographics of Hungary

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

Population

Nation
Census
year		PopulationChange
19499,204,799−
19609,961,044+8.22%
197010,322,099+3.62%
198010,709,463+3.75%
199010,374,823−3.12%
200110,198,315−1.70%
20119,937,628−2.56%

Cities and towns
See the main article: List of settlements in Hungary
Budapest is the largest city in Hungary.
RankCityCounty2011 census2020 estimateChange
1BudapestBudapest1,733,6851,750,216+0.95%
2DebrecenHajdú-Bihar211,340201,112−4.84%
3SzegedCsongrád-Csanád168,048160,258−4.64%
4MiskolcBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén167,754152,901−8.85%
5PécsBaranya156,049141,843−9.10%
6GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron129,527133,946+3.41%
7NyíregyházaSzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg119,746116,814−2.45%
8KecskemétBács-Kiskun111,411110,373−0.93%
9SzékesfehérvárFejér100,57096,529−4.02%
10SzombathelyVas78,88478,591−0.37%
11SzolnokJász-Nagykun-Szolnok72,95370,554−3.29%
12ÉrdPest63,63169,431+9.12%
13TatabányaKomárom-Esztergom67,75366,141−2.38%
14SopronGyőr-Moson-Sopron60,54863,065+4.16%
15KaposvárSomogy66,24560,656−8.44%

Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups in Hungary based on the 2011 census.

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

Population of Hungary in 2016[1]
Ethnic
group		 microcensus 2016
Number  %
Hungarians 9,632,77498.3%
Romani 309,6323.2%
Danube Swabians 178,8371.8%
Romanians 36,5060.4%
Slovaks 29,7940.3%
Croats 22,9950.2%
Russians 21,5180.2%
Chinese 15,4540.2%
Turks 11,7040.1%
Serbs 11,1270.1%
Ukrainians 10,9960.1%
Poles 8,2450.08%
Vietnamese 7,3040.07%
Greeks 4,4540.05%
Bulgarians 4,0220.04%
Slovenes 2,7000.03%
Rusyns 2,3420.02%
Armenians 2,3240.02%
Others 26,3490.3%
Total 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. [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 County58,3768.51%
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg44,7388.00%
Nógrád15,4897.65%
Heves19,4676.30%
Somogy16,7945.31%
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok19,0894.94%
Baranya17,5854.55%
Tolna9,0723.94%
Hajdú-Bihar18,5463.39%
Békés9,5412.65%
Zala7,2832.58%
Bács-Kiskun11,3272.18%
Pest20,7191.70%
Fejér6,4971.53%
Veszprém5,3361.51%
Komárom-Esztergom4,3711.44%
Csongrád-Csanád5,0061.20%
Budapest20,1511.17%
Vas2,6851.05%
Győr-Moson-Sopron3,5110.78%
Total[4]315,5833.18 %

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)[5]
DenominationsPopulation % of total
Catholicism2,886,61930
Roman Catholics2,643,85528.3
Greek Catholics165,1351.7
Protestantism1,120,48511.6
Calvinists943,9829.8
Lutherans176,5031.8
Orthodox Christianity15,5780.2
Judaism7,6350.1
Other religions171,1741.8
Total religions4,201,49143.7
No religion1,549,61016.2
Did not wish to answer3,852,53340.1
total9,603,634100.00

References
  1. Vukovich, Gabriella (2018). Mikrocenzus 2016 - 12. Nemzetiségi adatok [2016 microcensus - 12. Ethnic data] (PDF) (in Hungarian). Budapest. ISBN 978-963-235-542-9. Retrieved 9 January 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. "Anger grows in Hungary over anti-Roma article". The Guardian. London. 8 January 2013.
  3. Hancock, Ian F. (2005) [2002]. We are the Romani People. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-902806-19-8. : 'While a nine century removal from India has diluted Indian biological connection to the extent that for some Romani groups, it may be hardly representative today, Sarren (1976:72) concluded that we still remain together, genetically, Asian rather than European'
  4. "Hungarian Central Statistical Office". Ksh.hu. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  5. "Demographic data – Hungarian Central Statistical Office". Nepszamlalas.hu/KSH. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
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