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1.1. Population of Hungary (at the beginning of the year) and number of active earners (1900–1999)
Year Population
of Hungary
Active
earners
Of which Share of agricultrual active earners,
per cent
Population per 100 active earners in agriculture,
capita
in agriculturea)a) in forestry in agriculture and forestry in water management
1000 capita
1900 6 854 2 901.3 .. .. 1 734.9 .. 59.8 395
1910 7 612 3 144.0 .. .. 1 685.3 .. 53.6 452
1920 7 987 3 652.5 .. .. 2 128.0 .. 58.3 375
1930 8 685 3 822.1 .. .. 2 030.8 .. 53.1 428
1941 9 316 4 297.4 .. .. 2 165.0 .. 50.4 430
1949 9 205 3 969.6 2 158.3 32.6 2 190.9 .. 54.4 426
1950 9 293 4 106.8 2 092.5 42.2 2 134.7 .. 51.0 444
1951 9 383 4 254.2 2 081.9 29.7 2 111.6 .. 48.9 451
1952 9 463 4 306.4 2 015.2 38.2 2 053.4 .. 46.8 470
1953 9 545 4 349.0 1 893.4 40.6 1 934.0 .. 43.5 504
1954 9 645 4 400.0 1 866.3 43.7 1 910.0 .. 42.4 517
1955 9 767 4 470.0 1 908.8 43.6 1 952.4 .. 42.7 512
1956 9 883 4 563.0 1 945.0 45.1 1 990.1 .. 42.6 508
1957 9 829 4 520.0 1 991.4 40.5 2 031.9 .. 44.1 494
1958 9 850 4 582.0 1 958.2 47.8 2 006.0 .. 42.7 503
1959 9 913 4 652.0 1 924.0 52.0 1 976.0 .. 41.4 515
1960 9 961 4 735.0 1 784.1 47.7 1 831.8 10.8 37.7 558
1961 10 007 4 626.1 1 564.9 64.9 1 629.8 31.5 33.8 639
1962 10 052 4 543.6 1 440.5 56.7 1 497.2 36.3 31.7 698
1963 10 074 4 569.3 1 376.4 53.6 1 430.0 38.7 30.1 732
1964 10 108 4 634.7 1 317.8 62.1 1 379.9 43.4 28.4 767
1965 10 140 4 649.2 1 274.2 59.2 1 333.4 48.7 27.4 796
1966 10 166 4 665.6 1 239.0 59.6 1 298.6 49.7 26.6 821
1967 10 203 4 710.2 1 233.7 57.0 1 290.7 53.4 26.2 827
1968 10 244 4 767.3 1 228.4 56.6 1 285.0 55.1 25.8 834
1969 10 284 4 887.1 1 220.4 49.1 1 269.5 55.5 25.0 843
1970 10 322 4 980.2 1 193.7 60.1 1 253.8 59.5 24.0 865
1971 10 352 5 010.3 1 167.4 58.4 1 225.8 62.3 23.3 887
1972 10 378 5 038.6 1 141.7 55.1 1 196.8 65.0 22.7 909
1973 10 410 5 061.2 1 110.0 56.0 1 166.0 66.9 21.9 938
1974 10 442 5 073.6 1 062.9 53.5 1 116.4 66.3 20.9 982
1975b)b) 10 501 5 085.5 1 039.0 49.5 1 088.5 68.3 20.4 1 011
1975c)c) 10 501 5 085.5 1 032.2 49.5 1 081.7 68.3 20.3 1 017
1976 10 563 5 093.2 1 008.6 50.5 1 059.1 70.5 19.8 1 047
1977 10 615 5 081.2 988.3 52.2 1 040.5 70.5 19.5 1 074
1978 10 660 5 068.8 977.3 50.2 1 027.5 72.4 19.3 1 091
1979 10 687 5 081.0 979.0 50.5 1 029.5 75.3 19.3 1 092
1980 10 709 5 073.6 988.9 50.0 1 038.9 76.7 19.5 1 083
1981 10 705 5 014.5 983.7 49.0 1 032.7 76.6 19.6 1 088
1982 10 695 5 001.9 1 004.0 48.8 1 052.8 77.3 20.1 1 065
1983 10 671 4 970.1 1 028.8 54.0 1 082.8 77.0 20.7 1 037
1984 10 640 4 940.0 1 018.2 53.8 1 072.0 77.5 20.6 1 045
1985 10 599 4 912.9 981.1 54.0 1 035.1 78.2 20.0 1 080
1986 10 560 4 892.0 933.1 53.1 986.2 78.7 19.1 1 132
1987 10 509 4 885.2 890.0 52.7 942.7 79.2 18.2 1 181
1988 10 464 4 800.1 860.0 51.5 911.5 79.6 17.9 1 217
1989 10 421 4 760.2 837.5 50.3 887.8 78.3 17.6 1 244
1990 10 375 4 652.1 813.3 50.0 863.3 74.7 17.5 1 276
1991 10 373 4 528.9 709.7 42.5 752.2 66.8 15.7 1 459
1992 10 374 4 162.2 552.6 36.3 588.9 59.5 13.3 1 871
1993d)d) 10 365 3 866.9 359.8 32.1 391.9 .. 9.3 2 865
1994 10 350 3 700.7 326.2 18.6 344.8 .. 8.8 3 151
1995 10 337 3 636.4 308.5 15.3 323.8 .. 8.5 3 321
1996 10 321 3 615.0 283.8 14.5 298.3 .. 7.9 3 598
1997 10 301 3 611.4 294.3 15.6 309.9 .. 8.1 3 457
1998 10 280 3 634.8 274.7 14.2 288.9 .. 7.6 3 689
1999 10 253 3 690.2 280.2 13.9 294.1 .. 7.6 3 602
a)Till 1959 and from 1993 data of water management included.  b)According to the activity classification valid till 1975.  c)According to the activity classification valid from 1976.  d)According to the activity classification valid from 1993. 

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