Population and vital events
Population statistics show the change in the country’s population number and its composition by sex, age and marital status. Statistics relating to vital events provide information on factors basically influencing changes in population, such as births, deaths, marriages, registered partnerships, divorces, as well as internal and international migrations.
Key figures
Number of population
Indicator description
The full-scope censuses conducted every ten years show a comprehensive picture of the number and composition of the population. For determining the annual population number in the period between two censuses, the starting point is the population number of the last census, and from this, the population was estimated by using natural increase or decrease data available from the statistics of vital events until 2000. From 2001 international migration is also taken into account.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
Natural increase/decrease per thousand population
Indicator description
Difference between the number of live births and deaths, per thousand population.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: January 2021
Average life expectancy at birth
Indicator description
Average life expectancy expresses how many further years of lifetime can be expected by people of various ages at the mortality rate of the given year.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2019
Ageing index
Indicator description
The 65 year-old and older population as a percentage of the 14 year-old and younger child population. If it is higher than 100, the number of the old-age population is higher than that of the child population.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2020
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Browse our data on the coronavirus pandemic
It is particularly important to present, in addition to our regular and detailed publications, the current situation of the areas most affected by the pandemic with flash estimates using a limited information base. Our WEEKLY MONITOR presents the economic and social impacts of the pandemic through daily, weekly and monthly updated preliminary data as a collection of interactive diagrams.

7,302 children born and 12,916 people lose their lives in January, Vital events, January 2021
In January 2021, 7,302 children were born and 12,916 people died according to preliminary data. The number of live births decreased by 9.8% and that of deaths rose by 9.6% compared to January 2020. 2,780 couples got married, which was 2.9% less compared to the same period of the previous year. In terms of the trends of vital events, the number of births was 1.7%, that of deaths 11% and the number of marriages 0.8% higher in the last twelve months, i.e. between February 2020 and January 2021, compared to one year earlier.

Demographic Yearbook, 2019
Somewhat fewer children were born in Hungary in 2019 than a year earlier, but the total fertility rate increased. The number of deaths decreased, so the rate of population decrease slowed down. The number of marriages was the highest in 29 years, the balance of marriages became positive again. The annually published demographic yearbook includes detailed data on the composition of the population, on births, marriages, divorces, deaths, and the characteristics of migration.

Settlement and district related serial data for 2019 are already available
Data related on settlements and districts of Budapest in the Dissemination database are updated twice this year, as such part of the 2019 serial settlement and district data, among others about settlement size, permanent, respectively resident population by sex and age groups, as well as live births, deaths, marriages, internal migration are available from 31 July, four months earlier than it was customary before.

Vital events, 2019
The population of Hungary was 9,769 thousand on 1 January 2020, 3.3 thousand fewer than a year earlier. The number of deaths decreased at a higher pace than that of births, so the rate of natural decrease of the population decelerated in 2019. The positive balance of 37.1 thousand of international migration reduced significantly the natural decrease of the population. 21.9 thousand Hungarians moved abroad, while 23.2 thousand returned home. Substantially, 28% more couples entered into marriage, their number was the highest in the past 30 years.

Fewer people die in first 16 weeks of 2020
7.5% less people died in the first 16 weeks of 2020 as a whole than in the same period last year. The number of deceased people was permanently lower in the first 11 weeks, but there was a slight surplus of deaths from the middle of March.
This weekly updated summary table of vital events includes data broken down by sex and age as well.
This weekly updated summary table of vital events includes data broken down by sex and age as well.

Take care of the elderly!
The coronavirus epidemic is particularly dangerous for the elderly, so we need to take better care of them during these weeks. More and more people are among the elderly: on 1 January 2019, nearly 1.9 million people aged 65 and over lived in Hungary, nearly one fifth of the population.
Related themes
- Living conditions
- Housing
- Health care, accidents
- Justice
- Income and consumption
- Labour
- Regional statistics
First releases |
Latest release | Next release |
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Vital events, January 2021 | 25/02/2021 | 26/03/2021 |
Summary tables (STADAT) ( infra-annual data annual data ) |
Latest update | Next update |
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1.1. Vital events | 25/02/2021 | 26/03/2021 |
1.2. Number of deaths by sex, age group and week | 03/03/2021 | 10/03/2021 |
Population, vital events | ||
1.1. Population, vital events | 25/02/2021 | – |
Regional Data | ||
6.1.1. Marriages | 29/01/2021 | – |
6.1.2. Number of live births | 29/01/2021 | – |
6.1.3. Number of deaths | 29/01/2021 | – |
6.1.4. Natural increase, decrease (–) | 29/01/2021 | – |
6.1.5. Infant deaths | 29/01/2021 | – |
6.1.6. Number of deaths by county and region, weekly | 03/03/2021 | 10/03/2021 |
Census data |
Census |
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National regional data | Population census 2011 |
2. Main characteristics of the population and the dwellings | Microcensus 2016 |
3. Demographic data | Microcensus 2016 |