Population in Hungary compared to Romania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Hungary and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Hungary	Romania	Hungary	Romania
1960	9,983,512	18,406,905	-	-
1961	10,027,958	18,555,250	0.45%	0.81%
1962	10,060,825	18,676,550	0.33%	0.65%
1963	10,087,947	18,797,850	0.27%	0.65%
1964	10,119,835	18,919,126	0.32%	0.65%
1965	10,147,935	19,031,576	0.28%	0.59%
1966	10,178,653	19,215,450	0.3%	0.97%
1967	10,216,604	19,534,242	0.37%	1.66%
1968	10,255,815	19,799,831	0.38%	1.36%
1969	10,298,723	20,009,141	0.42%	1.06%
1970	10,337,910	20,250,398	0.38%	1.21%
1971	10,367,537	20,461,567	0.29%	1.04%
1972	10,398,489	20,657,957	0.3%	0.96%
1973	10,432,055	20,835,681	0.32%	0.86%
1974	10,478,720	21,029,429	0.45%	0.93%
1975	10,540,525	21,293,583	0.59%	1.26%
1976	10,598,677	21,551,634	0.55%	1.21%
1977	10,648,031	21,756,096	0.47%	0.95%
1978	10,684,822	21,951,464	0.35%	0.9%
1979	10,704,152	22,090,488	0.18%	0.63%
1980	10,711,122	22,207,282	0.07%	0.53%
1981	10,711,848	22,353,070	0.007%	0.66%
1982	10,705,535	22,475,741	-0.06%	0.55%
1983	10,689,463	22,560,478	-0.15%	0.38%
1984	10,668,095	22,640,547	-0.2%	0.35%
1985	10,648,713	22,732,999	-0.18%	0.41%
1986	10,630,564	22,836,841	-0.17%	0.46%
1987	10,612,741	22,949,430	-0.17%	0.49%
1988	10,596,487	23,057,662	-0.15%	0.47%
1989	10,481,719	23,161,458	-1.08%	0.45%
1990	10,373,988	23,201,835	-1.03%	0.17%
1991	10,373,400	23,001,155	-0.006%	-0.86%
1992	10,369,341	22,794,284	-0.04%	-0.9%
1993	10,357,523	22,763,280	-0.11%	-0.14%
1994	10,343,355	22,730,211	-0.14%	-0.15%
1995	10,328,965	22,684,270	-0.14%	-0.2%
1996	10,311,238	22,619,004	-0.17%	-0.29%
1997	10,290,486	22,553,978	-0.2%	-0.29%
1998	10,266,570	22,507,344	-0.23%	-0.21%
1999	10,237,530	22,472,040	-0.28%	-0.16%
2000	10,210,971	22,442,971	-0.26%	-0.13%
2001	10,187,576	22,131,970	-0.23%	-1.39%
2002	10,158,608	21,730,496	-0.28%	-1.81%
2003	10,129,552	21,574,326	-0.29%	-0.72%
2004	10,107,146	21,451,748	-0.22%	-0.57%
2005	10,087,065	21,319,685	-0.2%	-0.62%
2006	10,071,370	21,193,760	-0.16%	-0.59%
2007	10,055,780	20,882,982	-0.15%	-1.47%
2008	10,038,188	20,537,875	-0.17%	-1.65%
2009	10,022,650	20,367,487	-0.15%	-0.83%
2010	10,000,023	20,246,871	-0.23%	-0.59%
2011	9,971,727	20,147,528	-0.28%	-0.49%
2012	9,920,362	20,058,035	-0.52%	-0.44%
2013	9,872,734	19,983,693	-0.48%	-0.37%
2014	9,833,038	19,908,979	-0.4%	-0.37%
2015	9,797,755	19,815,616	-0.36%	-0.47%
2016	9,759,755	19,702,267	-0.39%	-0.57%
2017	9,726,756	19,588,715	-0.34%	-0.58%
2018	9,706,964	19,473,970	-0.2%	-0.59%
2019	9,694,824	19,371,648	-0.13%	-0.53%
2020	9,670,419	19,265,250	-0.25%	-0.55%
2021	9,630,932	19,122,059	-0.41%	-0.74%
2022	9,605,074	19,048,502	-0.27%	-0.38%
2023	9,592,186	19,061,062	-0.13%	0.07%
2024	9,562,065	19,051,804	-0.31%	-0.05%
2025	9,518,732	18,945,157	-0.45%	-0.56%
2026	9,472,812	18,836,893	-0.48%	-0.57%
2027	9,440,619	18,727,645	-0.34%	-0.58%
2028	9,407,662	18,617,757	-0.35%	-0.59%
2029	9,373,290	18,506,702	-0.37%	-0.6%
2030	9,337,723	18,394,947	-0.38%	-0.6%
2031	9,301,448	18,282,991	-0.39%	-0.61%
2032	9,264,499	18,170,681	-0.4%	-0.61%
2033	9,227,024	18,057,661	-0.4%	-0.62%
2034	9,189,104	17,943,814	-0.41%	-0.63%
2035	9,150,738	17,828,772	-0.42%	-0.64%
2036	9,112,410	17,712,177	-0.42%	-0.65%
2037	9,074,020	17,595,189	-0.42%	-0.66%
2038	9,035,854	17,477,597	-0.42%	-0.67%
2039	8,998,108	17,360,012	-0.42%	-0.67%
2040	8,960,722	17,242,939	-0.42%	-0.67%
2041	8,924,117	17,124,773	-0.41%	-0.69%
2042	8,888,128	17,006,515	-0.4%	-0.69%
2043	8,852,952	16,888,882	-0.4%	-0.69%
2044	8,818,541	16,770,593	-0.39%	-0.7%
2045	8,784,424	16,652,406	-0.39%	-0.7%
2046	8,750,745	16,534,847	-0.38%	-0.71%
2047	8,717,755	16,416,456	-0.38%	-0.72%
2048	8,685,518	16,297,099	-0.37%	-0.73%
2049	8,653,796	16,177,534	-0.37%	-0.73%
2050	8,622,486	16,058,209	-0.36%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Hungary decreased by 311,615 people (a 3.09% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Hungary lost -286,943 (a 2.94% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2006 and is 98th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.