Population of Hungary 1989-2024
Over the observed years, the population of Hungary gradually decreased. On January 1, 2024, the country' s population amounted to 9.6 million people, compared to over 10.4 million recorded in 1989.
What are the drivers of population decline?
Emigration is just one of the causes behind Hungary’s decreasing population. Over the past decade, the number of deaths exceeded the number of live births in the country each year, which contributed to the country’s aging population. The Hungarian government has introduced various financial incentives to fight this phenomenon and increase fertility rates in the country, however, it remains to be seen whether these measures will bring the desired results.
From which countries are people immigrating to Hungary?
Net migration in Hungary has presented positive values over the past years, meaning that the number of immigrants exceeded the number of people leaving the country. In 2022, the highest number of foreigners arrived from Ukraine, their number measuring at nearly 15 thousand. Germans constituted the second-largest group with approximately 3.8 thousand people moving to Hungary during the same year.
