Type of settlementa 1980 1990 2001 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Budapest 2,059,226 2,016,681 1,759,209 1,727,495 1,730,350 1,733,837 1,741,601 1,738,570 1,728,929 1,723,033 1,722,363 1,717,144 1,690,503 1,672,443 1,671,004 1,686,222 1,685,000
Other towns 5,386,877 5,373,300 5,399,655 5,263,268 5,135,975 5,209,988 5,189,552 5,173,601 5,152,994 5,142,487 5,138,909 5,132,452 5,105,615 5,085,784 5,067,717 5,044,387 5,008,000
Vilages 3,263,360 2,984,842 3,041,434 2,941,162 3,028,925 2,906,392 2,884,705 2,867,481 2,857,934 2,848,135 2,839,000 2,839,780 2,855,343 2,852,176 2,861,023 2,854,018 2,847,000
Total 10,709,463 10,374,823 10,200,298 9,931,925 9,895,250 9,850,217 9,815,858 9,779,652 9,739,857 9,713,655 9,700,272 9,689,376 9,651,461 9,610,403 9,599,744 9,584,627 9,540,000

Footnotes

*The population figures are derived from census data up to 1990. The population data for 2001 are based on the census conducted on 1 February 2001, while the data for 2012 are based on the census conducted on 1 October 2011. The population figures for the period between 2013 and 2022 have been calculated retrospectively on the basis of the final census data of 1 October 2022. From 2023 onwards, the population figures are calculated forwards on the basis of the 1 October 2022 census data.
aAccording to the administrative division on 1 January 2024.

Explanation of symbols

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Preliminary datum.
green number
Revised datum.
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