The latest officially reported population of Hungary was 9,562,065 in 2024 vs 5,169,395 people in Mauritania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Hungary's population is 9,472,812 people compared to 5,462,924 in Mauritania.
Population statistics:
- Hungary's population is 1.73 times bigger than Mauritania's.
- Hungary is ranked the 98th most populous country in the world, while Mauritania is the 123rd.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.11% for Hungary vs 0.07% for Mauritania.
- For the last 10 years, Hungary has had an average growth rate of -0.29% per year vs +3% in Mauritania.
- Since 2006, the population of Hungary has decreased from 10.1M people to 9.47M (5.94% decline), while Mauritania has grown from 3.01M to 5.46M (81.3% growth).
- Mauritania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 17.1M 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 Mauritania: live population counter
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| Current population |
9472812
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5462924
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| Population rank | 98/197 | 123/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
17.4 minutes
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3.58 minutes
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| One birth every |
6.02 minutes
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3.04 minutes
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| One death every |
4.09 minutes
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19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
32.4 minutes
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4.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | +16,223 | -2,185 |
| Daily growth/decline | -83 | +403 |
| Annual growth/decline | -30,121 | +146,954 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.31% | +2.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 180/197 | 17/197 |
Hungary and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,983,512 | 824,298 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,027,958 | 846,167 | 0.45% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 10,060,825 | 869,184 | 0.33% | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 10,087,947 | 893,423 | 0.27% | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 10,119,835 | 918,955 | 0.32% | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 10,147,935 | 945,838 | 0.28% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 10,178,653 | 974,157 | 0.3% | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 10,216,604 | 1,003,843 | 0.37% | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 10,255,815 | 1,034,739 | 0.38% | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 10,298,723 | 1,066,754 | 0.42% | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 10,337,910 | 1,099,806 | 0.38% | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 10,367,537 | 1,133,702 | 0.29% | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 10,398,489 | 1,168,355 | 0.3% | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 10,432,055 | 1,203,838 | 0.32% | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 10,478,720 | 1,240,188 | 0.45% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 10,540,525 | 1,277,330 | 0.59% | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 10,598,677 | 1,315,336 | 0.55% | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 10,648,031 | 1,353,768 | 0.47% | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 10,684,822 | 1,392,713 | 0.35% | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 10,704,152 | 1,432,758 | 0.18% | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 10,711,122 | 1,474,043 | 0.07% | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 10,711,848 | 1,516,877 | 0.007% | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 10,705,535 | 1,561,176 | -0.06% | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 10,689,463 | 1,606,746 | -0.15% | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 10,668,095 | 1,653,693 | -0.2% | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 10,648,713 | 1,702,107 | -0.18% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 10,630,564 | 1,751,835 | -0.17% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 10,612,741 | 1,803,014 | -0.17% | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 10,596,487 | 1,855,859 | -0.15% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 10,481,719 | 1,903,048 | -1.08% | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 10,373,988 | 1,951,878 | -1.03% | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 10,373,400 | 2,009,738 | -0.006% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 10,369,341 | 2,088,135 | -0.04% | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 10,357,523 | 2,174,328 | -0.11% | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 10,343,355 | 2,249,454 | -0.14% | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 10,328,965 | 2,312,017 | -0.14% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 10,311,238 | 2,358,188 | -0.17% | 2% |
| 1997 | 10,290,486 | 2,411,306 | -0.2% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 10,266,570 | 2,474,651 | -0.23% | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 10,237,530 | 2,541,698 | -0.28% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 10,210,971 | 2,613,441 | -0.26% | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 10,187,576 | 2,678,760 | -0.23% | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 10,158,608 | 2,738,655 | -0.28% | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 10,129,552 | 2,802,046 | -0.29% | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 10,107,146 | 2,868,664 | -0.22% | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 10,087,065 | 2,939,059 | -0.2% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 10,071,370 | 3,013,660 | -0.16% | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 10,055,780 | 3,093,059 | -0.15% | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 10,038,188 | 3,183,269 | -0.17% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 10,022,650 | 3,284,448 | -0.15% | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 10,000,023 | 3,390,965 | -0.23% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 9,971,727 | 3,502,811 | -0.28% | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 9,920,362 | 3,619,034 | -0.52% | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 9,872,734 | 3,734,318 | -0.48% | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 9,833,038 | 3,848,514 | -0.4% | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 9,797,755 | 3,965,959 | -0.36% | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 9,759,755 | 4,086,657 | -0.39% | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 9,726,756 | 4,210,600 | -0.34% | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 9,706,964 | 4,337,685 | -0.2% | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 9,694,824 | 4,467,708 | -0.13% | 3% |
| 2020 | 9,670,419 | 4,600,131 | -0.25% | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 9,630,932 | 4,734,874 | -0.41% | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 9,605,074 | 4,875,637 | -0.27% | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 9,592,186 | 5,022,441 | -0.13% | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 9,562,065 | 5,169,395 | -0.31% | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 9,518,732 | 5,315,063 | -0.45% | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 9,472,812 | 5,461,313 | -0.48% | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 9,440,619 | 5,608,785 | -0.34% | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 9,407,662 | 5,757,952 | -0.35% | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 9,373,290 | 5,909,186 | -0.37% | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 9,337,723 | 6,062,523 | -0.38% | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 9,301,448 | 6,217,791 | -0.39% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 9,264,499 | 6,374,839 | -0.4% | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 9,227,024 | 6,533,828 | -0.4% | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 9,189,104 | 6,694,445 | -0.41% | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 9,150,738 | 6,856,314 | -0.42% | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 9,112,410 | 7,019,227 | -0.42% | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 9,074,020 | 7,183,105 | -0.42% | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 9,035,854 | 7,348,357 | -0.42% | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 8,998,108 | 7,514,734 | -0.42% | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 8,960,722 | 7,681,907 | -0.42% | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 8,924,117 | 7,850,210 | -0.41% | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 8,888,128 | 8,020,480 | -0.4% | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 8,852,952 | 8,192,542 | -0.4% | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 8,818,541 | 8,365,171 | -0.39% | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 8,784,424 | 8,538,521 | -0.39% | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 8,750,745 | 8,713,247 | -0.38% | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 8,717,755 | 8,888,466 | -0.38% | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 8,685,518 | 9,064,207 | -0.37% | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 8,653,796 | 9,240,169 | -0.37% | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 8,622,486 | 9,415,589 | -0.36% | 1.9% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Hungary decreased by 311,615 people (a 3.09% decline), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Hungary lost -286,943 (a 2.94% decline), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).
Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2006 and is 98th in 2026. Mauritania was ranked 132nd in 2006 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.
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 |
| Nouakchott | 1.08M |
| Rosso | 33.5K |
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Population differences between Hungary and Mauritania
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| Life expectancy | 77.5 years | 69.2 years |
| Average age | 43.2 years | 23 years |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48:52 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 271.4 ppl/mi² | 13 ppl/mi² |
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