Population and vital events

In the first eleven months of 2019 the number of births was 1.5% and that of deaths was 0.8% less compared to the corresponding period of 2018 according to preliminary data. As a result, the natural decrease grew by 0.9% or 341 people compared to January–November 2018. In November 2019 the number of live births declined by 0.7% and that of deaths by 6.7% compared to the same month of the base period. As a result of a greater fall in deaths, the natural decrease of 2,472 people in November was 21% lower than a year earlier.

The wide range of tables presented in this annual publication provides useful data about the current issues of the population. The Demographic Yearbook offers detailed information on the number and composition of population, the changes in marriages, registered partnerships, divorces, births, foetal losses, deaths and causes of death, as well as internal and international migration. The international data are also suitable for comparisons between different countries. The main demographic indicators are illustrated by interactive graphs, maps and age pyramids, too. For the access to this publication, our Users have to register on our website www.ksh.hu/shelf. Then, by activating the volume identifier, they can upload the publication on their own user shelf created on our website and there it can be accessed at any time.

On 1 January 2019, the number of the population was 9,764 thousand in Hungary, 14.3 thousand fewer than a year earlier. Major demographic processes in 2018 were controversial, in which both favourable and unfavourable changes occurred. Compared to the previous year fewer children were born, the number of deaths decreased as well, though to a lower extent than that of births, therefore, the natural decrease of the population went on increasing. A rise in the number of marriages was a favourable phenomenon, the number of induced abortions and foetal deaths diminished and infant mortality fell to a new historic low.