The latest officially reported population of Hungary was 9,562,065 in 2024 vs 35,557,673 people in Malaysia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Hungary's population is 9,472,812 people compared to 36,389,490 in Malaysia.
Population statistics:
- Malaysia's population is 3.84 times bigger than Hungary's.
- Hungary is ranked the 98th most populous country in the world, while Malaysia is the 45th.
- The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.11% for Hungary vs 0.44% for Malaysia.
- For the last 10 years, Hungary has had an average growth rate of -0.29% per year vs +1.5% in Malaysia.
- Since 2006, the population of Hungary has decreased from 10.1M people to 9.47M (5.94% decline), while Malaysia has grown from 26.4M to 36.4M (37.7% growth).
- Malaysia is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 46.4M people, while Hungary's population already peaked in 1981 at 10.7M people and is projected to decrease to 7.37M people by 2100.
Hungary vs Malaysia: live population counter
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| Current population |
9472812
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36389490
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| Population rank | 98/197 | 45/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
17.4 minutes
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1.22 minutes
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| One birth every |
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1.21 minutes
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +16,223 | +174,770 |
| Daily growth/decline | -83 | +1,182 |
| Annual growth/decline | -30,121 | +431,375 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.31% | +1.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 90/197 |
Hungary and Malaysia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,983,512 | 7,956,197 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,027,958 | 8,164,443 | 0.45% | 2.62% |
| 1962 | 10,060,825 | 8,380,172 | 0.33% | 2.64% |
| 1963 | 10,087,947 | 8,602,160 | 0.27% | 2.65% |
| 1964 | 10,119,835 | 8,828,406 | 0.32% | 2.63% |
| 1965 | 10,147,935 | 9,056,408 | 0.28% | 2.58% |
| 1966 | 10,178,653 | 9,284,688 | 0.3% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 10,216,604 | 9,507,099 | 0.37% | 2.4% |
| 1968 | 10,255,815 | 9,725,281 | 0.38% | 2.29% |
| 1969 | 10,298,723 | 9,947,597 | 0.42% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 10,337,910 | 10,178,802 | 0.38% | 2.32% |
| 1971 | 10,367,537 | 10,423,453 | 0.29% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 10,398,489 | 10,676,835 | 0.3% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 10,432,055 | 10,935,621 | 0.32% | 2.42% |
| 1974 | 10,478,720 | 11,200,906 | 0.45% | 2.43% |
| 1975 | 10,540,525 | 11,471,914 | 0.59% | 2.42% |
| 1976 | 10,598,677 | 11,750,097 | 0.55% | 2.42% |
| 1977 | 10,648,031 | 12,035,713 | 0.47% | 2.43% |
| 1978 | 10,684,822 | 12,328,157 | 0.35% | 2.43% |
| 1979 | 10,704,152 | 12,627,862 | 0.18% | 2.43% |
| 1980 | 10,711,122 | 12,983,363 | 0.07% | 2.82% |
| 1981 | 10,711,848 | 13,399,203 | 0.007% | 3.2% |
| 1982 | 10,705,535 | 13,832,798 | -0.06% | 3.24% |
| 1983 | 10,689,463 | 14,285,907 | -0.15% | 3.28% |
| 1984 | 10,668,095 | 14,759,009 | -0.2% | 3.31% |
| 1985 | 10,648,713 | 15,252,258 | -0.18% | 3.34% |
| 1986 | 10,630,564 | 15,760,419 | -0.17% | 3.33% |
| 1987 | 10,612,741 | 16,276,737 | -0.17% | 3.28% |
| 1988 | 10,596,487 | 16,796,605 | -0.15% | 3.19% |
| 1989 | 10,481,719 | 17,314,997 | -1.08% | 3.09% |
| 1990 | 10,373,988 | 17,833,171 | -1.03% | 2.99% |
| 1991 | 10,373,400 | 18,342,464 | -0.006% | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 10,369,341 | 18,834,572 | -0.04% | 2.68% |
| 1993 | 10,357,523 | 19,322,664 | -0.11% | 2.59% |
| 1994 | 10,343,355 | 19,820,446 | -0.14% | 2.58% |
| 1995 | 10,328,965 | 20,330,599 | -0.14% | 2.57% |
| 1996 | 10,311,238 | 20,850,087 | -0.17% | 2.56% |
| 1997 | 10,290,486 | 21,375,218 | -0.2% | 2.52% |
| 1998 | 10,266,570 | 21,906,713 | -0.23% | 2.49% |
| 1999 | 10,237,530 | 22,435,531 | -0.28% | 2.41% |
| 2000 | 10,210,971 | 22,967,816 | -0.26% | 2.37% |
| 2001 | 10,187,576 | 23,526,538 | -0.23% | 2.43% |
| 2002 | 10,158,608 | 24,102,477 | -0.28% | 2.45% |
| 2003 | 10,129,552 | 24,679,602 | -0.29% | 2.39% |
| 2004 | 10,107,146 | 25,256,772 | -0.22% | 2.34% |
| 2005 | 10,087,065 | 25,836,071 | -0.2% | 2.29% |
| 2006 | 10,071,370 | 26,417,909 | -0.16% | 2.25% |
| 2007 | 10,055,780 | 26,998,389 | -0.15% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 10,038,188 | 27,570,059 | -0.17% | 2.12% |
| 2009 | 10,022,650 | 28,124,778 | -0.15% | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 10,000,023 | 28,655,776 | -0.23% | 1.89% |
| 2011 | 9,971,727 | 29,162,039 | -0.28% | 1.77% |
| 2012 | 9,920,362 | 29,662,831 | -0.52% | 1.72% |
| 2013 | 9,872,734 | 30,174,265 | -0.48% | 1.72% |
| 2014 | 9,833,038 | 30,696,137 | -0.4% | 1.73% |
| 2015 | 9,797,755 | 31,232,798 | -0.36% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 9,759,755 | 31,789,685 | -0.39% | 1.78% |
| 2017 | 9,726,756 | 32,355,644 | -0.34% | 1.78% |
| 2018 | 9,706,964 | 32,910,967 | -0.2% | 1.72% |
| 2019 | 9,694,824 | 33,440,596 | -0.13% | 1.61% |
| 2020 | 9,670,419 | 33,889,558 | -0.25% | 1.34% |
| 2021 | 9,630,932 | 34,282,399 | -0.41% | 1.16% |
| 2022 | 9,605,074 | 34,695,493 | -0.27% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 9,592,186 | 35,126,298 | -0.13% | 1.24% |
| 2024 | 9,562,065 | 35,557,673 | -0.31% | 1.23% |
| 2025 | 9,518,732 | 35,977,838 | -0.45% | 1.18% |
| 2026 | 9,472,812 | 36,385,119 | -0.48% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 9,440,619 | 36,785,089 | -0.34% | 1.1% |
| 2028 | 9,407,662 | 37,182,773 | -0.35% | 1.08% |
| 2029 | 9,373,290 | 37,574,292 | -0.37% | 1.05% |
| 2030 | 9,337,723 | 37,961,722 | -0.38% | 1.03% |
| 2031 | 9,301,448 | 38,347,786 | -0.39% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 9,264,499 | 38,728,383 | -0.4% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 9,227,024 | 39,097,871 | -0.4% | 0.95% |
| 2034 | 9,189,104 | 39,457,849 | -0.41% | 0.92% |
| 2035 | 9,150,738 | 39,814,834 | -0.42% | 0.9% |
| 2036 | 9,112,410 | 40,166,904 | -0.42% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 9,074,020 | 40,512,289 | -0.42% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 9,035,854 | 40,853,318 | -0.42% | 0.84% |
| 2039 | 8,998,108 | 41,185,892 | -0.42% | 0.81% |
| 2040 | 8,960,722 | 41,509,646 | -0.42% | 0.79% |
| 2041 | 8,924,117 | 41,828,594 | -0.41% | 0.77% |
| 2042 | 8,888,128 | 42,144,474 | -0.4% | 0.76% |
| 2043 | 8,852,952 | 42,455,952 | -0.4% | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 8,818,541 | 42,754,140 | -0.39% | 0.7% |
| 2045 | 8,784,424 | 43,038,205 | -0.39% | 0.66% |
| 2046 | 8,750,745 | 43,313,754 | -0.38% | 0.64% |
| 2047 | 8,717,755 | 43,580,459 | -0.38% | 0.62% |
| 2048 | 8,685,518 | 43,831,577 | -0.37% | 0.58% |
| 2049 | 8,653,796 | 44,065,538 | -0.37% | 0.53% |
| 2050 | 8,622,486 | 44,289,765 | -0.36% | 0.51% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Hungary decreased by 311,615 people (a 3.09% decline), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Hungary lost -286,943 (a 2.94% decline), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).
Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2006 and is 98th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Hungary's population will shrink by 8.98% to 8,622,486 people with a rank change from 98th to 111th. The population of Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.
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 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 1.98M |
| Klang | 878K |
| Ipoh | 867K |
| Johor Bahru | 798K |
| George Town | 794K |
| Shah Alam | 741K |
| Subang Jaya | 708K |
| Petaling Jaya | 639K |
| Kuantan | 608K |
| Sungai Petani | 545K |
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Population differences between Hungary and Malaysia
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| Life expectancy | 77.5 years | 77.2 years |
| Average age | 43.2 years | 33.2 years |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 31.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48:52 | 52.4:47.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman |
| Population density | 271.4 ppl/mi² | 280.3 ppl/mi² |
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