The latest officially reported population of Hungary was 9,562,314 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Hungary's population is 9,518,980 people compared to 241,467,099 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 25.4 times bigger than Hungary's.
- Hungary is ranked the 98th most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 3.04% of the world: 0.12% for Hungary vs 2.92% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Hungary has had an average growth rate of -0.29% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2005, the population of Hungary has decreased from 10.1M people to 9.52M (5.63% decline), while Nigeria has grown from 145M to 241M (66.5% growth).
- Nigeria is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 477M 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 Nigeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
9518980
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241467099
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| Population rank | 98/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 2.92% |
| One net population change |
17.6 minutes
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6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
6.02 minutes
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4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
4.09 minutes
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
32.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +16,223 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | -82 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | -29,872 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.31% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 178/197 | 50/197 |
Hungary and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,983,512 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,027,958 | 45,989,310 | 0.45% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 10,060,825 | 46,965,292 | 0.33% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 10,087,947 | 47,973,575 | 0.27% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 10,119,835 | 49,012,016 | 0.32% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 10,147,935 | 50,086,764 | 0.28% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 10,178,653 | 51,188,234 | 0.3% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 10,216,604 | 52,293,065 | 0.37% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 10,255,815 | 53,432,783 | 0.38% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 10,298,723 | 54,631,914 | 0.42% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 10,337,910 | 55,893,838 | 0.38% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 10,367,537 | 57,214,684 | 0.29% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 10,398,489 | 58,601,748 | 0.3% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 10,432,055 | 60,082,139 | 0.32% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 10,478,720 | 61,679,144 | 0.45% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 10,540,525 | 63,410,815 | 0.59% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 10,598,677 | 65,258,009 | 0.55% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 10,648,031 | 67,234,590 | 0.47% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 10,684,822 | 69,326,532 | 0.35% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 10,704,152 | 71,498,242 | 0.18% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 10,711,122 | 73,764,641 | 0.07% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 10,711,848 | 76,068,103 | 0.007% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 10,705,535 | 78,378,701 | -0.06% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 10,689,463 | 80,438,260 | -0.15% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 10,668,095 | 82,526,443 | -0.2% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 10,648,713 | 84,897,973 | -0.18% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 10,630,564 | 87,235,953 | -0.17% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 10,612,741 | 89,591,716 | -0.17% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 10,596,487 | 92,020,090 | -0.15% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 10,481,719 | 94,531,014 | -1.08% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 10,373,988 | 97,120,925 | -1.03% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 10,373,400 | 99,720,162 | -0.006% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 10,369,341 | 102,372,770 | -0.04% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 10,357,523 | 105,122,069 | -0.11% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 10,343,355 | 107,935,714 | -0.14% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 10,328,965 | 110,819,428 | -0.14% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 10,311,238 | 113,754,779 | -0.17% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 10,290,486 | 116,754,792 | -0.2% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 10,266,570 | 119,846,254 | -0.23% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 10,237,530 | 123,047,320 | -0.28% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 10,210,971 | 126,382,494 | -0.26% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 10,187,576 | 129,862,595 | -0.23% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 10,158,608 | 133,471,989 | -0.28% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 10,129,552 | 137,202,644 | -0.29% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 10,107,146 | 141,057,045 | -0.22% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 10,087,065 | 145,017,253 | -0.2% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 10,071,370 | 149,077,334 | -0.16% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 10,055,780 | 153,267,261 | -0.15% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 10,038,188 | 157,595,014 | -0.17% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 10,022,650 | 162,049,464 | -0.15% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 10,000,023 | 166,642,886 | -0.23% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 9,971,727 | 171,379,598 | -0.28% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 9,920,362 | 176,200,625 | -0.52% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 9,872,734 | 181,049,443 | -0.48% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 9,833,038 | 185,896,915 | -0.4% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 9,797,755 | 190,671,878 | -0.36% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 9,759,755 | 195,443,700 | -0.39% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 9,726,756 | 200,254,579 | -0.34% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 9,706,964 | 204,938,755 | -0.2% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 9,694,824 | 209,485,641 | -0.13% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 9,670,419 | 213,996,181 | -0.25% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 9,630,932 | 218,529,286 | -0.41% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 9,605,074 | 223,150,896 | -0.27% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 9,592,186 | 227,882,945 | -0.13% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 9,562,314 | 232,679,478 | -0.31% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 9,518,980 | 237,527,783 | -0.45% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 9,473,059 | 242,431,830 | -0.48% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 9,440,865 | 247,374,258 | -0.34% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 9,407,907 | 252,346,128 | -0.35% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 9,373,535 | 257,352,638 | -0.37% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 9,337,966 | 262,380,975 | -0.38% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 9,301,690 | 267,421,079 | -0.39% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 9,264,741 | 272,483,635 | -0.4% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 9,227,265 | 277,555,116 | -0.4% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 9,189,343 | 282,622,388 | -0.41% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 9,150,977 | 287,685,757 | -0.42% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 9,112,647 | 292,739,390 | -0.42% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 9,074,256 | 297,773,236 | -0.42% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 9,036,089 | 302,782,350 | -0.42% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 8,998,343 | 307,764,754 | -0.42% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 8,960,956 | 312,710,403 | -0.42% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 8,924,349 | 317,607,237 | -0.41% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 8,888,360 | 322,450,302 | -0.4% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 8,853,182 | 327,243,941 | -0.4% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 8,818,771 | 331,983,354 | -0.39% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 8,784,653 | 336,662,502 | -0.39% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 8,750,973 | 341,281,757 | -0.38% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 8,717,982 | 345,844,004 | -0.38% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 8,685,744 | 350,347,757 | -0.37% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 8,654,021 | 354,792,418 | -0.37% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 8,622,711 | 359,185,550 | -0.36% | 1.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Hungary decreased by 289,310 people (a 2.87% decline), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Hungary lost -278,775 (a 2.85% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).
Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2005 and is 98th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
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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Population differences between Hungary and Nigeria
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| Life expectancy | 77.3 years | 54.8 years |
| Average age | 43.2 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48:52 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 271.4 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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