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Hungary — Population
Population, Total for Hungary, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
9.51 million
Population, Total · people · -4.7% since 1960
Population for Hungary was 9.51 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.71 million in 1981. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.07% per year.
Hungary ranks 96 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Hungary sits above it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
9.51 million
First (1960)
9.98 million
Change
-4.7%
Highest
10.71 million
in 1981
Lowest
9.51 million
in 2025
Average
10.20 million
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.07%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,514,251 |
| 2024 | 9,562,065 |
| 2023 | 9,592,186 |
| 2022 | 9,605,074 |
| 2021 | 9,630,932 |
| 2020 | 9,670,419 |
| 2019 | 9,694,824 |
| 2018 | 9,706,964 |
| 2017 | 9,726,756 |
| 2016 | 9,759,755 |
| 2015 | 9,797,755 |
| 2014 | 9,833,038 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.