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Hungary vs Romania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Hungary has a population of 9.56M (ranked 97/197), compared with 19.1M in Romania (ranked 67/197). Hungary's land area is 35,236 sq mi versus 88,834 sq mi for Romania (ranked 109th vs. 80th).

By GDP, Hungary ranks 55/197 ($223B) and Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B). By GDP per capita, Hungary ranks 54/197 ($23,311), while Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072).

Main facts and rankings

Hungary Romania
Population
9518980
18962595
Population rank 98/197 69/197
GDP
$223B
2024
$383B
2024
GDP rank 55/197 43/197
GDP per capita
$23,311
2024
$20,072
2024
GDP per capita rank 54/197 58/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$47,636
2024
$48,712
2024
Government debt
$164B
2024
$219B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
73.5%
2025
61.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$17,123
2024
$11,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 35/185 49/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$15,444
2025
$13,200
2025
Land area
35,236 sq mi
2025
88,834 sq mi
2025
Population density
271.4 ppl/mi²
2024
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.51
2023
1.71
2023
Median age
44.6 years
2024
43.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.3 years
2025
76.2 years
2025

Hungary and Romania: Comparison Charts

Hungary and Romania economies compared

GDP
Hungary

Romania
Year GDP
Hungary Romania
1968 $4,886,222,555 -
1969 $5,429,812,387 -
1970 $5,780,929,203 -
1971 $6,291,568,221 -
1972 $7,379,313,742 -
1973 $9,138,292,402 -
1974 $10,016,338,179 -
1975 $11,420,392,515 -
1976 $13,235,612,079 -
1977 $14,783,674,055 -
1978 $17,286,744,154 -
1979 $19,959,731,325 -
1980 $23,116,977,148 -
1981 $23,705,883,892 -
1982 $24,141,667,188 -
1983 $21,910,365,258 -
1984 $21,242,726,264 -
1985 $21,510,643,750 -
1986 $24,778,163,812 -
1987 $27,232,016,527 $38,067,567,568
1988 $29,799,838,597 $40,424,528,302
1989 $30,422,508,938 $41,450,777,202
1990 $34,478,360,679 $38,247,882,300
1991 $34,867,307,353 $28,850,634,900
1992 $38,857,339,125 $25,121,666,667
1993 $40,256,233,360 $26,361,160,450
1994 $43,307,949,890 $30,072,805,104
1995 $46,577,614,589 $37,430,162,103
1996 $46,833,767,124 $36,937,074,278
1997 $47,398,564,799 $35,575,214,078
1998 $48,784,412,624 $41,696,091,974
1999 $49,160,204,397 $35,953,156,754
2000 $47,275,954,429 $37,253,739,511
2001 $53,800,068,066 $40,395,116,581
2002 $67,636,468,625 $46,065,502,703
2003 $85,190,469,121 $57,806,384,143
2004 $104,015,363,080 $74,973,656,852
2005 $113,098,237,571 $98,454,380,120
2006 $115,604,111,412 $122,023,735,993
2007 $140,123,326,896 $174,588,782,939
2008 $158,228,265,916 $214,315,932,061
2009 $130,807,441,076 $174,110,532,659
2010 $131,898,737,241 $170,064,350,672
2011 $141,712,804,954 $192,623,977,894
2012 $128,470,269,690 $179,117,323,107
2013 $135,646,053,779 $189,798,603,751
2014 $141,128,696,412 $199,722,319,676
2015 $125,244,126,623 $177,885,131,240
2016 $128,983,560,865 $185,290,759,249
2017 $143,335,098,992 $210,147,385,855
2018 $161,184,691,014 $243,468,683,030
2019 $164,936,682,034 $251,677,082,534
2020 $158,468,487,754 $252,033,792,712
2021 $183,282,685,440 $286,578,196,368
2022 $177,536,698,165 $296,354,358,293
2023 $214,022,571,311 $350,775,856,415
2024 $222,904,723,252 $382,767,571,329

Hungary and Romania economies compared

GDP per capita
Hungary

Romania
Year GDP per capita
Hungary Romania
1968 $476 -
1969 $527 -
1970 $559 -
1971 $607 -
1972 $710 -
1973 $876 -
1974 $956 -
1975 $1,083 -
1976 $1,249 -
1977 $1,388 -
1978 $1,618 -
1979 $1,865 -
1980 $2,158 -
1981 $2,213 -
1982 $2,255 -
1983 $2,050 -
1984 $1,991 -
1985 $2,020 -
1986 $2,331 -
1987 $2,566 $1,659
1988 $2,812 $1,753
1989 $2,902 $1,790
1990 $3,324 $1,648
1991 $3,361 $1,254
1992 $3,747 $1,102
1993 $3,887 $1,158
1994 $4,187 $1,323
1995 $4,509 $1,650
1996 $4,542 $1,633
1997 $4,606 $1,577
1998 $4,752 $1,853
1999 $4,802 $1,600
2000 $4,630 $1,660
2001 $5,281 $1,825
2002 $6,658 $2,120
2003 $8,410 $2,679
2004 $10,291 $3,495
2005 $11,212 $4,618
2006 $11,478 $5,758
2007 $13,935 $8,360
2008 $15,763 $10,435
2009 $13,051 $8,548
2010 $13,190 $8,400
2011 $14,211 $9,561
2012 $12,950 $8,930
2013 $13,739 $9,498
2014 $14,353 $10,032
2015 $12,783 $8,977
2016 $13,216 $9,405
2017 $14,736 $10,728
2018 $16,605 $12,502
2019 $17,013 $12,992
2020 $16,387 $13,082
2021 $19,031 $14,987
2022 $18,484 $15,558
2023 $22,312 $18,404
2024 $23,311 $20,072

Hungary vs. Romania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Hungary

Romania
Year Life expectancy, years
Hungary Romania
1950 62.1 60.5
1951 62.5 61.2
1952 63.9 61.8
1953 63.9 62.5
1954 65.4 63
1955 66.9 63.3
1956 66 63.6
1957 66.3 64
1958 67.4 64.4
1959 67.3 64.9
1960 68.1 65.6
1961 69 66.4
1962 67.9 67.2
1963 68.9 67.8
1964 69.5 68.4
1965 69.1 68.4
1966 69.9 68.2
1967 69.5 68.1
1968 69.3 67.9
1969 69.4 67.2
1970 69.2 67.9
1971 69.1 68.4
1972 69.7 69
1973 69.6 68.7
1974 69.3 69.5
1975 69.4 69.6
1976 69.7 69.9
1977 69.9 69.5
1978 69.5 69.8
1979 69.7 69.5
1980 69.1 69.2
1981 69.2 69.5
1982 69.4 69.8
1983 68.9 69.8
1984 69 69.9
1985 68.9 69.4
1986 69.1 69.7
1987 69.6 69.1
1988 69.9 69.4
1989 69.4 69.5
1990 69.4 69.8
1991 69.4 70
1992 69.2 69.5
1993 69.2 69.5
1994 69.6 69.3
1995 70 69.3
1996 70.6 68.8
1997 71 69.1
1998 70.9 69.9
1999 71 70.6
2000 71.8 71.2
2001 72.4 71.1
2002 72.5 70.8
2003 72.5 70.8
2004 72.9 71.1
2005 72.9 71.6
2006 73.3 72.2
2007 73.4 72.8
2008 74 73.2
2009 74.2 73.5
2010 74.5 73.6
2011 74.9 74.3
2012 75.2 74.3
2013 75.7 74.9
2014 75.8 74.8
2015 75.7 74.7
2016 76.2 75
2017 76 75
2018 76.2 75.1
2019 76.5 75.3
2020 75.7 74
2021 74.2 72.7
2022 76.2 75.3
2023 77 75.9
2024 77.2 76.1
2025 77.3 76.2

Hungary and Romania population clocks and comparison

Population
Hungary

Romania
Year Population
Hungary Romania
1960 9,983,512 18,406,905
1961 10,027,958 18,555,250
1962 10,060,825 18,676,550
1963 10,087,947 18,797,850
1964 10,119,835 18,919,126
1965 10,147,935 19,031,576
1966 10,178,653 19,215,450
1967 10,216,604 19,534,242
1968 10,255,815 19,799,831
1969 10,298,723 20,009,141
1970 10,337,910 20,250,398
1971 10,367,537 20,461,567
1972 10,398,489 20,657,957
1973 10,432,055 20,835,681
1974 10,478,720 21,029,429
1975 10,540,525 21,293,583
1976 10,598,677 21,551,634
1977 10,648,031 21,756,096
1978 10,684,822 21,951,464
1979 10,704,152 22,090,488
1980 10,711,122 22,207,282
1981 10,711,848 22,353,070
1982 10,705,535 22,475,741
1983 10,689,463 22,560,478
1984 10,668,095 22,640,547
1985 10,648,713 22,732,999
1986 10,630,564 22,836,841
1987 10,612,741 22,949,430
1988 10,596,487 23,057,662
1989 10,481,719 23,161,458
1990 10,373,988 23,201,835
1991 10,373,400 23,001,155
1992 10,369,341 22,794,284
1993 10,357,523 22,763,280
1994 10,343,355 22,730,211
1995 10,328,965 22,684,270
1996 10,311,238 22,619,004
1997 10,290,486 22,553,978
1998 10,266,570 22,507,344
1999 10,237,530 22,472,040
2000 10,210,971 22,442,971
2001 10,187,576 22,131,970
2002 10,158,608 21,730,496
2003 10,129,552 21,574,326
2004 10,107,146 21,451,748
2005 10,087,065 21,319,685
2006 10,071,370 21,193,760
2007 10,055,780 20,882,982
2008 10,038,188 20,537,875
2009 10,022,650 20,367,487
2010 10,000,023 20,246,871
2011 9,971,727 20,147,528
2012 9,920,362 20,058,035
2013 9,872,734 19,983,693
2014 9,833,038 19,908,979
2015 9,797,755 19,815,616
2016 9,759,755 19,702,267
2017 9,726,756 19,588,715
2018 9,706,964 19,473,970
2019 9,694,824 19,371,648
2020 9,670,419 19,265,250
2021 9,630,932 19,122,059
2022 9,605,074 19,048,502
2023 9,592,186 19,059,479
2024 9,562,314 19,069,340

Fertility rates in Hungary and Romania

Fertility rate
Hungary

Romania
Year Fertility rate
Hungary Romania
1960 2.02 2.34
1961 1.94 2.17
1962 1.79 2.04
1963 1.82 2.01
1964 1.82 1.96
1965 1.82 1.91
1966 1.89 1.9
1967 2.01 3.66
1968 2.06 3.63
1969 2.04 3.19
1970 1.98 2.89
1971 1.93 2.67
1972 1.93 2.55
1973 1.93 2.44
1974 2.27 2.71
1975 2.35 2.59
1976 2.23 2.54
1977 2.15 2.57
1978 2.06 2.52
1979 2.01 2.49
1980 1.91 2.43
1981 1.88 2.36
1982 1.8 2.17
1983 1.75 2.06
1984 1.75 2.26
1985 1.85 2.31
1986 1.84 2.39
1987 1.82 2.38
1988 1.81 2.3
1989 1.82 2.22
1990 1.87 1.83
1991 1.87 1.59
1992 1.77 1.51
1993 1.68 1.43
1994 1.64 1.4
1995 1.57 1.33
1996 1.46 1.3
1997 1.37 1.32
1998 1.32 1.32
1999 1.28 1.3
2000 1.32 1.31
2001 1.31 1.27
2002 1.3 1.27
2003 1.27 1.3
2004 1.28 1.33
2005 1.31 1.4
2006 1.34 1.42
2007 1.32 1.45
2008 1.35 1.6
2009 1.32 1.66
2010 1.25 1.59
2011 1.23 1.47
2012 1.34 1.52
2013 1.35 1.46
2014 1.44 1.56
2015 1.45 1.62
2016 1.53 1.69
2017 1.54 1.78
2018 1.55 1.76
2019 1.55 1.77
2020 1.59 1.8
2021 1.61 1.81
2022 1.56 1.71
2023 1.51 1.71

Hungary and Romania demographics compared

Median age
Hungary

Romania
Year Median age, years
Hungary Romania
1960 32.1 28.5
1961 32.4 28.9
1962 32.6 29.3
1963 32.9 29.7
1964 33.2 30.2
1965 33.4 30.6
1966 33.7 31
1967 33.8 31.3
1968 34 31.3
1969 34.1 31.3
1970 34.1 31.4
1971 34.2 31.4
1972 34.3 31.5
1973 34.3 31.5
1974 34.3 31.6
1975 34.3 31.7
1976 34.2 31.8
1977 34.2 31.8
1978 34.2 31.7
1979 34.3 31.7
1980 34.3 31.8
1981 34.4 31.9
1982 34.5 32
1983 34.7 32.1
1984 34.9 32.3
1985 35.1 32.5
1986 35.3 32.7
1987 35.5 32.8
1988 35.8 32.8
1989 36.1 32.9
1990 36.5 33
1991 36.7 33.1
1992 36.9 33.3
1993 37 33.6
1994 37.2 33.8
1995 37.5 34
1996 37.7 34.2
1997 37.9 34.4
1998 38.1 34.6
1999 38.3 34.7
2000 38.4 34.8
2001 38.6 34.8
2002 38.7 35.3
2003 38.8 36
2004 38.9 36.6
2005 39 37
2006 39.1 37.3
2007 39.2 37.7
2008 39.4 38.2
2009 39.6 38.8
2010 39.9 39.3
2011 40.4 39.8
2012 40.9 40.2
2013 41.2 40.5
2014 41.5 40.9
2015 41.9 41.3
2016 42.3 41.7
2017 42.6 42
2018 42.8 42.3
2019 43 42.6
2020 43.3 42.9
2021 43.6 43.2
2022 43.9 43.3
2023 44.2 43.5
2024 44.6 43.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Hungary Romania
GNI, Atlas method
$198B
2024
$336B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
46.7%
2025
39.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.81%
2022
3.28%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.13%
2023
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
46,000
2020
128,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.59%
2025
-7.83%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.47%
2024
5.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.7%
2024
62.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
23.9%
2024
25%
2024
Economic freedom index
61.4
2025
66.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.4%
2022
21.8%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2022
2.4%
2023
Number of millionaires
24,692
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
0.32%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
4
2025
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00005%
2025
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
68
2024
83
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$41.5B
2024
$47.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$46.4B
2024
$73.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$5.24B
2024
$9.52B
2024
International tourist arrivals
31,641,000
2020
5,023,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.4%
2020
1.73%
2020
Banked people share
87%
2024
71.3%
2024

Energy

Hungary Romania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,515 kg
2023
1,601 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18
2023
$28.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
43.8 megatons
2023
70.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.57 tons
2023
3.71 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
64.2%
2023
70.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
15.3%
2021
23.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
21.1%
2023
17.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share
62.5%
2023
28.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,605 kWh
2023
2,585 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
19.1%
2021
44.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.62%
2023
32.2%
2023
Nuclear share
44.8%
2023
19.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Hungary Romania
% of world population
0.12%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
+16,223
2024
-28,466
2024
Urban population
73.2%
2024
54.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.83 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
69.4
2025
67.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
80
2025
69
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.77
2023
1.11
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.7
2019
10.3
2019
Visa free countries
174
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.1%
2021
99.2%
2021
English speaking
25.3%
2023
31%
2023
People using the Internet
93.8%
2024
91.3%
2024

Health

Hungary Romania
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,407
2023
$902
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$401
2023
$193.3
2022
Life expectancy
77.3 years
2025
76.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.3
2021
3.47
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.8 years
2023
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
12
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.8
2023
6.6
2023
Obesity rate
32.5%
2022
35%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.3%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
59
2025
50
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
32.2%
2022
30%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.93 liters
2020
16.8 liters
2020

Territory

Hungary Romania
% of world land
0.06%
2025
0.15%
2025
Land area per capita
3,685 sq mi
2024
4,658 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
19,626 sq mi
2025
49,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
7,910 sq mi
2025
26,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
130,979 mi
2018
53,679 mi
2023

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