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

== Population ==

=== Nation ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" font-size: 95%"
|-
!Census<br>year !! Population !! Change
|-
|align=center| 1949 ||align=center| 9,204,799 ||align=center| −
|-
|align=center| 1960 ||align=center| 9,961,044 ||align=right| <font color=#008000>+8.22%</font>
|-
|align=center| 1970 ||align=center| 10,322,099 ||align=right| <font color=#008000>+3.62%</font>
|-
|align=center| 1980 ||align=center| 10,709,463 ||align=right| <font color=#008000>+3.75%</font>
|-
|align=center| 1990 ||align=center| 10,374,823 ||align=right| <font color=#FF0000>−3.12%</font>
|-
|align=center| 2001 ||align=center| 10,198,315 ||align=right| <font color=#FF0000>−1.70%</font>
|-
|align=center| 2011 ||align=center| 9,937,628 ||align=right| <font color=#FF0000>−2.56%</font>
|}

=== Cities and towns ===
{{main|List of settlements in Hungary}}
[[File:Budapest (26688421669).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Budapest is the largest city in Hungary.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" font-size: 95%"
|-
!Rank !!  City !! County !! 2011 census !! 2020 estimate !! Change
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Budapest]] || Budapest ||align=center| 1,733,685 ||align=center| 1,750,216 ||align=right| <font color=#008000>+0.95%</font>
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Debrecen]] || [[Hajdú-Bihar County|Hajdú-Bihar]] ||align=center| 211,340 ||align=center| 201,112 ||align=right| <font color=#FF0000>−4.84%</font>
|-
|align=center| 3 || [[Szeged]] || [[Csongrád-Csanád County|Csongrád-Csanád]] ||align=center| 168,048 ||align=center| 160,258 ||align=right| <font color=#FF0000>−4.64%</font>
|-
|align=center| 4 || [[Miskolc]] || [[Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County|Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén]] ||align=center| 167,754 ||align=center| 152,901 ||align=right| <font color=#FF0000>−8.85%</font>
|-
|align=center| 5 || [[Pécs]] || [[Baranya County|Baranya]] ||align=center| 156,049 ||align=center| 141,843 ||align=right| <font color=#FF0000>−9.10%</font>
|-
|align=center| 6 || [[Győr]] || [[Győr-Moson-Sopron County|Győr-Moson-Sopron]] ||align=center| 129,527 ||align=center| 133,946 ||align=right| <font color=#008000>+3.41%</font>
|-
|align=center| 7 || [[Nyíregyháza]] || [[Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County|Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg]] ||align=center| 119,746 ||align=center| 116,814 ||align=right| <font color=FF0000>−2.45%</font>
|-
|align=center| 8 || [[Kecskemét]] || [[Bács-Kiskun County|Bács-Kiskun]] ||align=center| 111,411 ||align=center| 110,373 ||align=right| <font color=FF0000>−0.93%</font>
|-
|align=center| 9 || [[Székesfehérvár]] || [[Fejér County|Fejér]] ||align=center| 100,570 ||align=center| 96,529 ||align=right| <font color=FF0000>−4.02%</font>
|-
|align=center| 10 || [[Szombathely]] || [[Vas County|Vas]] ||align=center| 78,884 ||align=center| 78,591 ||align=right| <font color=FF0000>−0.37%</font>
|-
|align=center| 11 || [[Szolnok]] || [[Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County|Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok]] ||align=center| 72,953 ||align=center| 70,554 ||align=right| <font color=FF0000>−3.29%</font>
|-
|align=center| 12 || [[Érd]] || [[Pest County|Pest]] ||align=center| 63,631 ||align=center| 69,431 ||align=right| <font color=008000>+9.12%</font>
|-
|align=center| 13 || [[Tatabánya]] || [[Komárom-Esztergom County|Komárom-Esztergom]] ||align=center| 67,753 ||align=center| 66,141 ||align=right| <font color=FF0000>−2.38%</font>
|-
|align=center| 14 || [[Sopron]] || [[Győr-Moson-Sopron County|Győr-Moson-Sopron]] ||align=center| 60,548 ||align=center| 63,065 ||align=right| <font color=008000>+4.16%</font>
|-
|align=center| 15 || [[Kaposvár]] || [[Somogy County|Somogy]] ||align=center| 66,245 ||align=center| 60,656 ||align=right| <font color=FF0000>−8.44%</font>
|}

== Ethnic groups ==
[[File:National minorities in Hungary.PNG|thumb|300px|Ethnic groups in Hungary based on the 2011 census.]]
The most recent census looking at ethnic groups was in 2016.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+
'''Population of Hungary in 2016'''<ref name="KSH">{{cite book|last=Vukovich|first=Gabriella|url=http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/mikrocenzus2016/mikrocenzus_2016_12.pdf|title=Mikrocenzus 2016 - 12. Nemzetiségi adatok|trans-title=2016 microcensus - 12. Ethnic data|language=hu|work=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|location=Budapest|year=2018|access-date=9 January 2019|isbn=978-963-235-542-9}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | microcensus 2016
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Number
! %
|-
|align="left"|[[Hungarians]]
|9,632,774||98.3%
|-
|align="left"|[[Romani people|Romani]]
|309,632||3.2%
|-
|align="left"|[[Danube Swabians]]
|178,837||1.8%
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanians]]
|36,506||0.4%
|-
|align="left"|[[Slovaks]]
|29,794||0.3%
|-
|align="left"|[[Croats]]
|22,995||0.2%
|-
|align="left"|[[Russians]]
|21,518||0.2%
|-
|align="left"|[[Han Chinese|Chinese]]
|15,454||0.2%
|-
|align="left"|[[Turks]]
|11,704||0.1%
|-
|align="left"|[[Serbs]]
|11,127||0.1%
|-
|align="left"|[[Ukrainians]]
|10,996||0.1%
|-
|align="left"|[[Poles]]
|8,245||0.08%
|-
|align="left"|[[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]
|7,304||0.07%
|-
|align="left"|[[Greeks]]
|4,454||0.05%
|-
|align="left"|[[Bulgarians]]
|4,022||0.04%
|-
|align="left"|[[Slovenes]]
|2,700||0.03%
|-
|align="left"|[[Rusyns]]
|2,342||0.02%
|-
|align="left"|[[Armenians]]
|2,324||0.02%
|-
|align="left"|Others
|26,349||0.3%
|-
|align="left"|'''Total'''
|colspan="2" align="center"|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. <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/08/anger-hungary-anti-roma-article | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Anger grows in Hungary over anti-Roma article | date=8 January 2013}}</ref> Regardless, they are the largest minority in Hungary.

The Romani people originally came from [[North India|Northern India]] around the area of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MG0ahVw-kdwC&pg=PA70|title=We are the Romani People|last=Hancock|first=Ian F.|publisher=Univ of Hertfordshire Press|year=2005|isbn=978-1-902806-19-8|page=70|quote=: ‘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’|orig-year=2002}}</ref> 

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]]. 

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! County
! Romani population<br>(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 County|Somogy]] || 16,794 || 5.31%
|-
| [[Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok]] || 19,089 || 4.94%
|-
| [[Baranya County|Baranya]] || 17,585 || 4.55%
|-
| [[Tolna County|Tolna]] || 9,072 || 3.94%
|-
| [[Hajdú-Bihar]] || 18,546 || 3.39%
|-
| [[Békés]] || 9,541 || 2.65%
|-
| [[Zala County|Zala]] || 7,283 || 2.58%
|-
| [[Bács-Kiskun]] || 11,327 || 2.18% 
|-
| [[Pest County|Pest]] || 20,719 || 1.70%
|-
| [[Fejér County|Fejér]] || 6,497 || 1.53% 
|-
| [[Veszprém County|Veszprém]] || 5,336 || 1.51%
|-
| [[Komárom-Esztergom]] || 4,371 || 1.44%
|-
| [[Csongrád-Csanád County|Csongrád-Csanád]] || 5,006 || 1.20%
|-
| [[Budapest]] || 20,151 || 1.17%
|-
| [[Vas County|Vas]] || 2,685 || 1.05%
|-
| [[Győr-Moson-Sopron]] || 3,511 || 0.78%
|-
| '''Total'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tables_regional_00 |title=Hungarian Central Statistical Office |website=Ksh.hu |date=2014-04-14 |access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref> || '''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 County|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 [[Bunjevci|Bunjevac]] and [[Šokci]] (0.3%)
* 17,131 Serb (0.2%)
* 7,000 Slovenes (0,08%)

== Religions ==

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; text-align:right; margin:1em 1.5em 0 0;"
|+ Religious affiliation in Hungary (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/docs/tablak/teruleti/00/00_1_1_7_1.xls |title=Demographic data – Hungarian Central Statistical Office |publisher=Nepszamlalas.hu/KSH |access-date=2013-07-18}}</ref> <!-- if required -->
! Denominations !! Population !! % of total
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| '''[[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]''' || '''2,886,619''' || '''30'''
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| ''[[Roman Catholics]]'' || ''2,643,855'' || ''28.3''
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| ''[[Greek Catholics]]'' || ''165,135'' || ''1.7''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| '''[[Protestantism]]''' || '''1,120,485''' || '''11.6'''
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| ''[[Calvinists]]'' || ''943,982'' || 9.8
|-
| style="text-align:right;"| ''[[Lutherans]]'' || ''176,503'' || 1.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | '''[[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]]''' || '''15,578''' || '''0.2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | '''[[Judaism]]''' || '''7,635''' || '''0.1'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | '''Other religions''' || '''171,174''' || '''1.8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | '''Total religions''' || '''4,201,491''' || '''43.7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | No religion || 1,549,610 || 16.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Did not wish to answer || 3,852,533 || 40.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | '''total''' || 9,603,634 || '''100.00'''
|}

== Related pages ==

* [[List of settlements in Hungary]]

== References ==

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