In 2025, Hungary’s population totaled 9.54million. The number of inhabitants residing in Budapest decreased over the past years, measuring at **** million as of January 1, 2025. The population of other towns and villages also showed a slight decrease in recent years. Permanent internal migration increases The number of people permanently changing their place of residence within the country has increased in Hungary lately. Permanent internal migration peaked in 2021 at more than ******* individuals, while, in 2010, this figure stood at approximately *******. In 2024, the number of Hungarians migrating internally totaled *******. Budapest real estate market In addition to the country’s decreasing population, real estate prices in Budapest also contribute to the declining number of Hungarians living in the capital. As of April 2024, the lowest average monthly rental prices were recorded in districts XXIII and XVIII, at approximately ******* forints. By comparison, the highest rental prices were recorded in district V at ******* forints.

Over the observed years, the number of women in Hungary exceeded the number of men. As of January 1, 2025, the country's female population amounted to 4,93 million, with approximately 4,61 million men living in Hungary at the same time.

As of January 1, 2024, Budapest had the highest number of foreign residents totaling *** thousand. At the same time, Nógrád had the lowest number of foreign citizens among its population.

Over the observed period, the share of the Hungarian population above the age of 65 increased year over year. In 2023, people aged between 15 to 64 years old accounted for around 65 percent of the population, while Hungarians above the age of 65 years old made up a further 21 percent.

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The average age for both men and women increased over the observed years in Hungary. As of January 1, 2024, the average age of the male population amounted to *****years, while in the case of women, the average age was **** years old.

In 1800, the population of the area of modern-day Hungary was approximately 3.3 million, a figure which would steadily rise in the first two decades of the 19th century, as modernization driven by rising exports of cash crops resulting from the ongoing Napoleonic wars would see Hungary become a major exporter in Europe. The slowing in population growth in the 1920s can be attributed in part to the economic recession which hit Hungary in the years following Napoleon defeat, as a grain prices collapsed, and economic hardship intensified in the country. Hungary would see a small increase in population growth in the 1860s, as the country would merge with the Austria to form Austria-Hungary in 1967. As industrialization would continue to accelerate in Hungary, the country’s population rise even further, reaching just over seven million by 1900.

While Hungary had enjoyed largely uninterrupted growth throughout the 19th century, the first half of the 20th century would see several major disruptions to Hungary’s population growth. Growth would slow greatly in the First World War, as Austria-Hungary would find itself one of the largest combatants in the conflict, losing an estimated 1.8 to 2 million people to the war. Hungary’s population would flatline entirely in the 1940s, as the country would see extensive military losses in the country’s invasion of the Soviet Union alongside Germany, and further loss of civilian life in the German occupation of the country and subsequent deportation and mass-murder of several hundred thousand Hungarian Jews. As a result, Hungary’s population would remain stagnant at just over nine million until the early 1950s.

After remaining stagnant for over a decade, Hungary’s population would spike greatly in the early 1950s, as a combination of a tax on childlessness and strict contraception restrictions implemented by then-Minister of Public Welfare Anna Ratkó would lead to a dramatic expansion in births, causing Hungary’s population to rise by over half a million in just five years. However, this spike would prove only temporary, as the death of Stalin in 1953 and subsequent resignation of much of the Stalinist regime in Hungary would see an end to the pro-natalist policies driving the spike. From 1980 onward, however, Hungary’s population would begin to steadily decline, as a sharp reduction in birth rates, combined with a trend of anti-immigrant policies by the Hungarian government, both before and after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, has led Hungary’s population to fall steadily from its 10.8 million peak in 1980, and in 2020, Hungary is estimated to have a population of just over nine and a half million.

The gini index in Hungary was forecast to remain on a similar level in 2029 as compared to 2024 with 0.3 points. According to this forecast, the gini will stay nearly the same over the forecast period. The Gini coefficient here measures the degree of income inequality on a scale from 0 (=total equality of incomes) to one (=total inequality).The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the gini index in countries like Slovakia and Slovenia.

Between 2010 and 2021, the number of marriages increased in Hungary, peaking at ******* However, the following years recorded a decrease with the number of marriages, totaling ****** in 2024. The average age for getting married for the first time also increased for both men and women. Consequently, in 2023, Hungarian women were ** years old at the time of their first marriage, while men got married when they were nearly ** years old. Same-sex marriages In 2009, Hungary authorized registered partnerships for same-sex couples, granting them nearly all the benefits of marriage. However, same-sex marriage is prohibited by the Constitution of Hungary. According to a survey conducted in 2021, Hungarians from county seats were the most supportive of sam-sex marriage, with a third of them being in favor of it. This figure was somewhat lower among the residents of Budapest with nearly ** percent of them supporting same-sex marriage. Divorces As of January 1, 2024, over ** percent of Hungary’s population was divorced, and over ** percent was married. The number of divorces gradually decreased in Hungary, reaching ****** in 2023 which represents a decrease of ** percent over the past 10 years.

The number of foreign full-time university students in Hungary showed a steady increase between 2009 and 2020, with their number slightly dropping in the school year of 2020/2021. In that year, over *******international students were enrolled at Hungarian universities. By the school year of 2024/2025, their number increased to ******. Stipendium Hungaricum holders Stipendium Hungaricum is a scholarship program sponsored by the Hungarian government. It was established to attract top-performing international students who would contribute to the country’s international recognition by building economic, political, and civil relationships. In the fall semester of 2020, there were nearly *******Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holders in the country, compared to ***** recorded in 2015. Leading Universities Hungary is home to several internationally recognized higher educational institutions. According to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking, in 2024, the research-led medical school, Semmelweis University, achieved the highest score of all higher educational institutions in the country. At the same time, based on the QS World University Rankings, the University of Szeged was the top-ranked University in Hungary.