The latest officially reported population of Hungary was 9,562,314 in 2024 vs 2,839,175 people in Jamaica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Hungary's population is 9,518,980 people compared to 2,837,071 in Jamaica.
Population statistics:
- Hungary's population is 3.36 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Hungary is ranked the 98th most populous country in the world, while Jamaica is the 140th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.12% for Hungary vs 0.03% for Jamaica.
- For the last 10 years, Hungary has had an average growth rate of -0.29% per year vs +0.18% in Jamaica.
- Since 2005, the population of Hungary has decreased from 10.1M people to 9.52M (5.63% decline), while Jamaica has grown from 2.69M to 2.84M (5.58% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 18% of the population in Hungary and 39.6% in Jamaica.
Hungary vs Jamaica: live population counter
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| Current population |
9518980
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2837071
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| Population rank | 98/197 | 140/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
17.6 minutes
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14.3 hours
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| One birth every |
6.02 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One death every |
4.09 minutes
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22.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
32.4 minutes
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50 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +16,223 | -10,506 |
| Daily growth/decline | -82 | -2 |
| Annual growth/decline | -29,872 | -611 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.31% | -0.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 178/197 | 167/197 |
Hungary and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,983,512 | 1,650,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,027,958 | 1,673,261 | 0.45% | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 10,060,825 | 1,696,932 | 0.33% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 10,087,947 | 1,721,099 | 0.27% | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 10,119,835 | 1,745,568 | 0.32% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 10,147,935 | 1,769,192 | 0.28% | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 10,178,653 | 1,791,475 | 0.3% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 10,216,604 | 1,812,865 | 0.37% | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 10,255,815 | 1,833,765 | 0.38% | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 10,298,723 | 1,855,127 | 0.42% | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 10,337,910 | 1,878,196 | 0.38% | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 10,367,537 | 1,903,728 | 0.29% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 10,398,489 | 1,931,542 | 0.3% | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 10,432,055 | 1,961,219 | 0.32% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 10,478,720 | 1,990,906 | 0.45% | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 10,540,525 | 2,018,981 | 0.59% | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 10,598,677 | 2,045,578 | 0.55% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 10,648,031 | 2,070,657 | 0.47% | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 10,684,822 | 2,094,836 | 0.35% | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 10,704,152 | 2,119,486 | 0.18% | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 10,711,122 | 2,145,658 | 0.07% | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 10,711,848 | 2,173,818 | 0.007% | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 10,705,535 | 2,203,889 | -0.06% | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 10,689,463 | 2,234,832 | -0.15% | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 10,668,095 | 2,264,562 | -0.2% | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 10,648,713 | 2,290,656 | -0.18% | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 10,630,564 | 2,312,125 | -0.17% | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 10,612,741 | 2,329,813 | -0.17% | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 10,596,487 | 2,345,777 | -0.15% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 10,481,719 | 2,361,916 | -1.08% | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 10,373,988 | 2,379,877 | -1.03% | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 10,373,400 | 2,400,869 | -0.006% | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 10,369,341 | 2,424,701 | -0.04% | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 10,357,523 | 2,449,916 | -0.11% | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 10,343,355 | 2,475,220 | -0.14% | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 10,328,965 | 2,500,151 | -0.14% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 10,311,238 | 2,524,463 | -0.17% | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 10,290,486 | 2,547,848 | -0.2% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 10,266,570 | 2,569,736 | -0.23% | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 10,237,530 | 2,589,795 | -0.28% | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 10,210,971 | 2,607,826 | -0.26% | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 10,187,576 | 2,624,403 | -0.23% | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 10,158,608 | 2,640,572 | -0.28% | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 10,129,552 | 2,656,623 | -0.29% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 10,107,146 | 2,672,225 | -0.22% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 10,087,065 | 2,687,066 | -0.2% | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 10,071,370 | 2,700,968 | -0.16% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 10,055,780 | 2,713,800 | -0.15% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 10,038,188 | 2,725,635 | -0.17% | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 10,022,650 | 2,736,995 | -0.15% | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 10,000,023 | 2,748,568 | -0.23% | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 9,971,727 | 2,760,494 | -0.28% | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 9,920,362 | 2,772,430 | -0.52% | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 9,872,734 | 2,783,687 | -0.48% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 9,833,038 | 2,793,749 | -0.4% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 9,797,755 | 2,802,534 | -0.36% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 9,759,755 | 2,809,915 | -0.39% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 9,726,756 | 2,815,764 | -0.34% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 9,706,964 | 2,820,097 | -0.2% | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 9,694,824 | 2,823,271 | -0.13% | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 9,670,419 | 2,830,739 | -0.25% | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 9,630,932 | 2,837,682 | -0.41% | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 9,605,074 | 2,839,144 | -0.27% | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 9,592,186 | 2,839,786 | -0.13% | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 9,562,314 | 2,839,175 | -0.31% | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 9,518,980 | 2,837,071 | -0.45% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 9,473,059 | 2,833,401 | -0.48% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 9,440,865 | 2,828,530 | -0.34% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 9,407,907 | 2,822,861 | -0.35% | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 9,373,535 | 2,816,391 | -0.37% | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 9,337,966 | 2,808,946 | -0.38% | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 9,301,690 | 2,800,607 | -0.39% | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 9,264,741 | 2,791,130 | -0.4% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 9,227,265 | 2,780,468 | -0.4% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 9,189,343 | 2,768,714 | -0.41% | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 9,150,977 | 2,755,929 | -0.42% | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 9,112,647 | 2,742,071 | -0.42% | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 9,074,256 | 2,726,892 | -0.42% | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 9,036,089 | 2,710,812 | -0.42% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 8,998,343 | 2,693,901 | -0.42% | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 8,960,956 | 2,676,087 | -0.42% | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 8,924,349 | 2,657,558 | -0.41% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 8,888,360 | 2,638,085 | -0.4% | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 8,853,182 | 2,617,576 | -0.4% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 8,818,771 | 2,596,160 | -0.39% | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 8,784,653 | 2,574,074 | -0.39% | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 8,750,973 | 2,551,347 | -0.38% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 8,717,982 | 2,528,004 | -0.38% | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 8,685,744 | 2,504,191 | -0.37% | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 8,654,021 | 2,479,744 | -0.37% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 8,622,711 | 2,454,935 | -0.36% | -1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Hungary decreased by 289,310 people (a 2.87% decline), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Hungary lost -278,775 (a 2.85% decline), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).
Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2005 and is 98th in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Hungary's population will shrink by 9.42% to 8,622,711 people with a rank change from 98th to 111th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Budapest | 1.69M |
| Debrecen | 202K |
| Miskolc | 144K |
| Pecs | 140K |
| Gyor | 130K |
| Nyiregyhaza | 115K |
| Kecskemet | 109K |
| Szekesfehervar | 96K |
| Szombathely | 77.8K |
| Erd | 71.3K |
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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Population differences between Hungary and Jamaica
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| Life expectancy | 77.3 years | 71.7 years |
| Average age | 43.2 years | 34.9 years |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 33.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48:52 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 271.4 ppl/mi² | 679 ppl/mi² |
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