Hungary Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Hungary vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Hungary	World
1960	32.1	22.5
1961	32.4	22.5
1962	32.6	22.4
1963	32.9	22.2
1964	33.2	22
1965	33.4	21.8
1966	33.7	21.7
1967	33.8	21.6
1968	34	21.5
1969	34.1	21.5
1970	34.1	21.4
1971	34.2	21.4
1972	34.3	21.5
1973	34.3	21.5
1974	34.3	21.6
1975	34.3	21.7
1976	34.2	21.9
1977	34.2	22
1978	34.2	22.2
1979	34.3	22.3
1980	34.3	22.5
1981	34.4	22.6
1982	34.5	22.7
1983	34.7	22.9
1984	34.9	23
1985	35.1	23.2
1986	35.3	23.3
1987	35.5	23.4
1988	35.8	23.6
1989	36.1	23.8
1990	36.5	23.9
1991	36.7	24.1
1992	36.9	24.3
1993	37	24.5
1994	37.2	24.7
1995	37.5	25
1996	37.7	25.2
1997	37.9	25.4
1998	38.1	25.7
1999	38.3	25.9
2000	38.4	26.1
2001	38.6	26.3
2002	38.7	26.5
2003	38.8	26.7
2004	38.9	27
2005	39	27.2
2006	39.1	27.4
2007	39.2	27.6
2008	39.4	27.8
2009	39.6	28
2010	39.9	28.2
2011	40.4	28.4
2012	40.9	28.6
2013	41.2	28.9
2014	41.5	29.1
2015	41.9	29.3
2016	42.3	29.5
2017	42.6	29.8
2018	42.8	30
2019	43	30.3
2020	43.3	30.6
2021	43.6	30.8
2022	43.9	31
2023	44.2	31.3
2024	44.6	31.6
2025	44.9	31.9
2026	45.1	32.1
2027	45.3	32.3
2028	45.5	32.6
2029	45.6	32.8
2030	45.7	33
2031	45.8	33.2
2032	45.9	33.4
2033	46	33.6
2034	46.2	33.8
2035	46.3	34
2036	46.4	34.2
2037	46.5	34.4
2038	46.6	34.6
2039	46.8	34.8
2040	46.9	35
2041	46.9	35.2
2042	47	35.4
2043	47	35.6
2044	47	35.8
2045	46.9	36
2046	46.8	36.2
2047	46.6	36.4
2048	46.6	36.6
2049	46.5	36.8
2050	46.4	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Hungary was 32.1 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 44.6 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 15th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Hungary ranks 17th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Hungary is expected to increase to around 46.4 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Hungary demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Hungary
	Male	Female
0-4	2.42%	2.28%
5-9	2.52%	2.39%
10-14	2.46%	2.33%
15-19	2.67%	2.54%
20-24	2.68%	2.53%
25-29	2.99%	2.81%
30-34	3.4%	3.18%
35-39	3.32%	3.12%
40-44	3.52%	3.43%
45-49	4.42%	4.34%
50-54	3.75%	3.75%
55-59	3.17%	3.34%
60-64	2.6%	3.02%
65-69	2.74%	3.59%
70-74	2.31%	3.4%
75-79	1.52%	2.54%
80+	1.51%	3.38%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Hungary has low demographic potential with 37.2% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 175/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Hungary			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	52.3%	38.6%	13.8%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	52.4%	38.3%	14.1%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	52.2%	37.8%	14.5%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	51.8%	36.9%	14.8%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	51.3%	36.1%	15.2%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	50.8%	35.2%	15.6%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	50.3%	34.3%	16%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	50.1%	33.7%	16.4%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	49.7%	32.9%	16.7%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	48.8%	31.9%	16.9%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	47.9%	30.8%	17.1%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	47.3%	30%	17.3%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	47.2%	29.6%	17.6%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	47.5%	29.5%	18%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	48.3%	29.8%	18.5%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	49.5%	30.5%	18.9%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	50.7%	31.3%	19.4%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	51.9%	32.1%	19.8%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	53.2%	32.9%	20.3%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	54.2%	33.5%	20.6%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	54.6%	33.9%	20.7%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	54.3%	34%	20.2%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	53.4%	33.9%	19.6%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	52.3%	33.4%	18.8%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	51.6%	33%	18.5%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	51.5%	32.8%	18.7%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	51.7%	32.7%	19.1%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	51.9%	32.5%	19.5%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	52%	32.2%	19.8%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	51.6%	31.5%	20.1%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	50.7%	30.5%	20.2%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	49.9%	29.5%	20.4%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	49.2%	28.7%	20.5%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	48.6%	28%	20.6%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	48.2%	27.4%	20.8%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	47.9%	26.9%	21%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	47.6%	26.4%	21.2%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	47.3%	26%	21.3%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	47.1%	25.6%	21.5%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	46.9%	25.1%	21.7%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	46.5%	24.7%	21.8%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	46.1%	24.1%	22%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	45.7%	23.7%	22.1%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	45.5%	23.3%	22.2%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	45.3%	22.9%	22.3%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	45.1%	22.6%	22.5%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	45%	22.2%	22.7%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	45%	21.9%	23%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	45.1%	21.7%	23.3%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	45.2%	21.6%	23.7%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	45.3%	21.4%	24%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	45.5%	21.2%	24.3%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	45.9%	21.1%	24.8%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	46.6%	21.2%	25.4%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	47.4%	21.3%	26.1%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	48.3%	21.5%	26.8%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	49.1%	21.6%	27.5%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	50%	21.8%	28.2%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	50.8%	21.9%	28.8%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	51.9%	22.1%	29.8%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	53%	22.3%	30.7%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	53.8%	22.4%	31.4%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	54.2%	22.4%	31.8%	54%	39%	15%
2023	54.6%	22.4%	32.2%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	54.8%	22.3%	32.5%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Hungary increased from 45.3% to 54.8% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Hungary working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Hungary	World
1960	65.6%	57.6%
1961	65.6%	57.5%
1962	65.7%	57.4%
1963	65.9%	57.2%
1964	66.1%	57%
1965	66.3%	56.9%
1966	66.5%	56.8%
1967	66.6%	56.9%
1968	66.8%	56.9%
1969	67.2%	56.9%
1970	67.6%	57%
1971	67.9%	57.1%
1972	67.9%	57.2%
1973	67.8%	57.3%
1974	67.4%	57.3%
1975	66.9%	57.4%
1976	66.4%	57.5%
1977	65.8%	57.7%
1978	65.3%	58%
1979	64.9%	58.4%
1980	64.7%	58.7%
1981	64.8%	59%
1982	65.2%	59.3%
1983	65.7%	59.6%
1984	66%	59.9%
1985	66%	60.1%
1986	65.9%	60.4%
1987	65.8%	60.5%
1988	65.8%	60.7%
1989	66%	60.8%
1990	66.4%	60.9%
1991	66.7%	61%
1992	67%	61.1%
1993	67.3%	61.2%
1994	67.5%	61.3%
1995	67.6%	61.5%
1996	67.8%	61.7%
1997	67.9%	61.9%
1998	68%	62.2%
1999	68.1%	62.5%
2000	68.3%	62.8%
2001	68.5%	63.1%
2002	68.6%	63.4%
2003	68.7%	63.7%
2004	68.8%	64%
2005	68.9%	64.3%
2006	69%	64.5%
2007	69%	64.7%
2008	68.9%	64.9%
2009	68.9%	65%
2010	68.8%	65.1%
2011	68.7%	65.2%
2012	68.5%	65.2%
2013	68.2%	65.2%
2014	67.9%	65.2%
2015	67.5%	65.1%
2016	67.1%	65.1%
2017	66.7%	65%
2018	66.3%	64.9%
2019	65.8%	64.9%
2020	65.4%	64.8%
2021	65%	64.9%
2022	64.8%	64.9%
2023	64.7%	65%
2024	64.6%	65.1%
2025	64.5%	65.2%
2026	64.4%	65.3%
2027	64.3%	65.4%
2028	64.3%	65.4%
2029	64.3%	65.4%
2030	64.3%	65.4%
2031	64.3%	65.4%
2032	64.2%	65.4%
2033	64.1%	65.4%
2034	63.9%	65.3%
2035	63.7%	65.2%
2036	63.5%	65%
2037	63.3%	64.9%
2038	63.1%	64.7%
2039	62.6%	64.6%
2040	62.1%	64.5%
2041	61.4%	64.4%
2042	60.9%	64.3%
2043	60.4%	64.2%
2044	60%	64.1%
2045	59.6%	63.9%
2046	59.4%	63.8%
2047	59.1%	63.7%
2048	59%	63.6%
2049	58.9%	63.4%
2050	58.8%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Hungary changed from 68.8% to 64.6% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Hungary	World
1960	25.3%	37.4%
1961	25.1%	37.5%
1962	24.8%	37.6%
1963	24.3%	37.8%
1964	23.8%	38%
1965	23.3%	38%
1966	22.8%	38%
1967	22.4%	38%
1968	22%	37.9%
1969	21.4%	37.8%
1970	20.8%	37.7%
1971	20.4%	37.6%
1972	20.1%	37.5%
1973	20%	37.3%
1974	20.1%	37.2%
1975	20.4%	37.1%
1976	20.8%	36.9%
1977	21.1%	36.7%
1978	21.5%	36.3%
1979	21.8%	35.9%
1980	21.9%	35.5%
1981	22.1%	35.2%
1982	22.1%	34.9%
1983	22%	34.6%
1984	21.8%	34.3%
1985	21.6%	34%
1986	21.5%	33.8%
1987	21.4%	33.6%
1988	21.2%	33.4%
1989	20.8%	33.2%
1990	20.2%	33%
1991	19.7%	32.9%
1992	19.2%	32.7%
1993	18.8%	32.5%
1994	18.5%	32.3%
1995	18.2%	32.1%
1996	17.9%	31.8%
1997	17.6%	31.5%
1998	17.4%	31.1%
1999	17.1%	30.8%
2000	16.8%	30.4%
2001	16.5%	30%
2002	16.2%	29.6%
2003	16%	29.2%
2004	15.8%	28.8%
2005	15.6%	28.5%
2006	15.3%	28.1%
2007	15.1%	27.9%
2008	15%	27.6%
2009	14.8%	27.5%
2010	14.7%	27.3%
2011	14.6%	27.1%
2012	14.5%	27%
2013	14.4%	26.9%
2014	14.5%	26.8%
2015	14.5%	26.6%
2016	14.5%	26.5%
2017	14.5%	26.4%
2018	14.5%	26.2%
2019	14.5%	26%
2020	14.6%	25.8%
2021	14.6%	25.6%
2022	14.6%	25.3%
2023	14.5%	25%
2024	14.4%	24.7%
2025	14.4%	24.4%
2026	14.3%	24.1%
2027	14.3%	23.8%
2028	14.3%	23.4%
2029	14.2%	23.1%
2030	14.2%	22.8%
2031	14.1%	22.6%
2032	14%	22.3%
2033	13.9%	22.1%
2034	13.8%	21.9%
2035	13.7%	21.7%
2036	13.6%	21.6%
2037	13.5%	21.5%
2038	13.4%	21.4%
2039	13.4%	21.3%
2040	13.4%	21.2%
2041	13.5%	21.1%
2042	13.5%	21%
2043	13.5%	21%
2044	13.5%	20.9%
2045	13.6%	20.8%
2046	13.6%	20.7%
2047	13.7%	20.7%
2048	13.7%	20.6%
2049	13.8%	20.5%
2050	13.8%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Hungary decreased from 15.8% to 14.4% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Hungary	World
1960	9.04%	4.97%
1961	9.27%	4.99%
1962	9.5%	5.01%
1963	9.76%	5.02%
1964	10.1%	5.04%
1965	10.4%	5.08%
1966	10.6%	5.12%
1967	10.9%	5.16%
1968	11.2%	5.2%
1969	11.4%	5.24%
1970	11.5%	5.28%
1971	11.7%	5.32%
1972	12%	5.37%
1973	12.2%	5.42%
1974	12.4%	5.47%
1975	12.7%	5.53%
1976	12.9%	5.59%
1977	13%	5.65%
1978	13.2%	5.71%
1979	13.4%	5.77%
1980	13.4%	5.81%
1981	13.1%	5.81%
1982	12.7%	5.8%
1983	12.4%	5.79%
1984	12.2%	5.8%
1985	12.4%	5.82%
1986	12.6%	5.86%
1987	12.8%	5.91%
1988	13.1%	5.95%
1989	13.2%	6.01%
1990	13.4%	6.07%
1991	13.6%	6.14%
1992	13.7%	6.21%
1993	13.9%	6.29%
1994	14%	6.37%
1995	14.2%	6.45%
1996	14.3%	6.53%
1997	14.5%	6.61%
1998	14.6%	6.68%
1999	14.8%	6.76%
2000	14.9%	6.84%
2001	15%	6.92%
2002	15.1%	7.01%
2003	15.3%	7.1%
2004	15.4%	7.18%
2005	15.5%	7.26%
2006	15.7%	7.34%
2007	15.9%	7.41%
2008	16.1%	7.47%
2009	16.3%	7.52%
2010	16.5%	7.58%
2011	16.7%	7.66%
2012	17%	7.78%
2013	17.3%	7.92%
2014	17.7%	8.08%
2015	18.1%	8.26%
2016	18.4%	8.45%
2017	18.8%	8.65%
2018	19.1%	8.88%
2019	19.6%	9.1%
2020	20.1%	9.33%
2021	20.4%	9.53%
2022	20.6%	9.74%
2023	20.8%	9.98%
2024	21%	10.2%
2025	21.2%	10.4%
2026	21.3%	10.6%
2027	21.4%	10.8%
2028	21.4%	11.1%
2029	21.5%	11.5%
2030	21.5%	11.7%
2031	21.6%	12%
2032	21.8%	12.3%
2033	22.1%	12.6%
2034	22.4%	12.8%
2035	22.7%	13.1%
2036	22.9%	13.4%
2037	23.2%	13.7%
2038	23.5%	13.9%
2039	23.9%	14.1%
2040	24.5%	14.3%
2041	25.1%	14.5%
2042	25.6%	14.7%
2043	26.1%	14.9%
2044	26.5%	15%
2045	26.8%	15.2%
2046	27%	15.4%
2047	27.2%	15.7%
2048	27.3%	15.9%
2049	27.3%	16.1%
2050	27.4%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Hungary increased from 15.4% to 21% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.